article_snippet: AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka sent a clear message to members of Congress, warning, "There is such a dramatic impact on the standard of living and lowering of wages and a loss of jobs -- this will have a major impact, and then we will not forget this vote for a long time.
article_snippet: AFL-CIO announced that AFL-CIO would withhold donations to political action committees until this controversy cleared up.
article_snippet: the Employee Free Choice Act would require that a union be deemed as legitimate when the Employee Free Choice Act had the support of a majority of employees and imposed tough penalties on employers who tried to punish workers from forming unions.
article_snippet: If our don't stand up for the working people in this country, who is going to?"
article_snippet: The Koch brothers have unleashed fierce financial assault against unions.
article_snippet: Scott Walker, the governor of Wisconsin and potential Republican presidential candidate, has stripped away the power of public unions and signed a right to work law that barred unions from collecting dues from employees who weren't in unions.
article_snippet: Unions are under assault, and the movement is looking for help.
article_snippet: Shoring up the strength of unions is one area where the government can help protect jobs for middle class Americans.
article_snippet: Without strong unions, the battle against economic inequality and insecurity will never really get started.
article_snippet: As George Gresham, the president of United Health Care Workers East wrote in The New York Times, "By defunding unions and weakening union members via 'right to work' laws, corporations and those that do their bidding remove workers' primary means of raising wages, securing pensions and improving workers conditions.
article_snippet: Workers' main vehicle for advancing Workers' and Workers' communities is jeopardized.
article_snippet: Democrats need to listen to what the AFL-CIO is saying.
highlights_snippet: Organized labor is right to worry that this would take away more jobs from Americans .