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Obama takes stand for working people with recess appointments

Published on January 7th 2012

President Barack Obama stood up to the US Senate this week by making four "recess appointments" that Republican leaders have blocked for months with a legislative maneuver to keep the Senate technically "in session" even when no senators are actually there.

The appointments are important because all of them are leaders of agencies charged with defending the rights of consumers and working people. Obama named three members to the National Labor Relations Board, giving it a quorum and the ability to conduct business again after one member's retirement reduced the board to two members. He also named Richard Cordray to head the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, which was created in response to the economic crisis to shield the 99 percent from further abuse by Wall Street.

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Published on July 3rd 2011

LA Times: "Gov. Jerry Brown vetoes farmworkers' bill"

"Gov. Jerry Brown, whose signature more than three decades ago gave agricultural workers the right to unionize by secret ballot, vetoed a bill Tuesday that would have made it easier for farm laborers to organize."

SEIU endorsed Brown for governor, and since then we've admired his pragmatic approach to the state budget and willingness to stand tough and independent with allies as well as opponents. But that doesn't mean we like everything he does.

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