Contributions for July 2003 - August 2003
| Organization of contributor | Interest Group of contributor | Position of organizations in the interest group | Amount | Date | Legislator (recipient) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SABRE INC | Lodging & tourism | Oppose | $2,000 | 7/2/2003 | Barton |
| FRIENDS OF SBDCS | Small business associations | Oppose | $1,000 | 7/2/2003 | Wolf |
| CHAMBER OF COMMERCE | Chambers of commerce | Oppose | $200 | 7/8/2003 | Reynolds |
| MACHINISTS/AEROSPACE WORKERS UNION | Manufacturing unions | Support | $5,000 | 7/9/2003 | Hooley |
| MACHINISTS/AEROSPACE WORKERS UNION | Manufacturing unions | Support | $5,000 | 7/9/2003 | Hooley |
| MACHINISTS/AEROSPACE WORKERS UNION | Manufacturing unions | Support | $5,000 | 7/9/2003 | Velázquez |
| MACHINISTS/AEROSPACE WORKERS UNION | Manufacturing unions | Support | $2,000 | 7/9/2003 | Velázquez |
| AFL-CIO | Labor Unions | Support | $1,000 | 7/14/2003 | Visclosky |
| SABRE INC | Lodging & tourism | Oppose | $500 | 7/14/2003 | DeFazio |
| CONFERENCE OF NATL PARK CONCESSIONERS | Lodging & tourism | Oppose | $2,000 | 7/14/2003 | Radanovich |
| STONE MANUFACTURING | Manufacturing | Oppose | $4,000 | 7/15/2003 | DeMint |
| UNITED AUTO WORKERS | Manufacturing unions | Support | $1,000 | 7/16/2003 | Stabenow |
| CARLSON COMPANIES | Lodging & tourism | Oppose | $1,000 | 7/17/2003 | Reid |
| FRIENDS OF SBDCS | Small business associations | Oppose | $1,000 | 7/17/2003 | Gregg |
| INTL FEDN OF PROF & TECHNICAL ENGINEERS | Labor Unions | Support | $500 | 7/17/2003 | Wynn |
| INTL FEDN OF PROF & TECHNICAL ENGINEERS | Labor Unions | Support | $500 | 7/17/2003 | Davis |
| PALMER MFG & TANK | Manufacturing | Oppose | $500 | 7/17/2003 | Brownback |
| INTL FEDN OF PROF & TECHNICAL ENGINEERS | Labor Unions | Support | $500 | 7/17/2003 | Hoyer |
| GREATER WASHINGTON BOARD OF TRADE | Chambers of commerce | Oppose | $2,000 | 7/18/2003 | Hoyer |
| UNITED AUTO WORKERS | Manufacturing unions | Support | $1,000 | 7/23/2003 | Jackson-Lee |
| UNITED AUTO WORKERS | Manufacturing unions | Support | $2,000 | 7/23/2003 | Alexander |
| UNITED AUTO WORKERS | Manufacturing unions | Support | $1,000 | 7/23/2003 | Lee |
| UNITED AUTO WORKERS | Manufacturing unions | Support | $1,000 | 7/23/2003 | Pastor |
| UNITED AUTO WORKERS | Manufacturing unions | Support | $1,000 | 7/23/2003 | Kennedy |
| UNITED AUTO WORKERS | Manufacturing unions | Support | $1,000 | 7/23/2003 | Watt |
| NATIONAL ASSN OF DEVELOPMENT COMPANIES | Small business associations | Oppose | $1,000 | 7/23/2003 | Velázquez |
| UNITED AUTO WORKERS | Manufacturing unions | Support | $1,000 | 7/23/2003 | Gordon |
| CARLSON COMPANIES | Lodging & tourism | Oppose | $1,000 | 7/23/2003 | Bayh |
| UNITED AUTO WORKERS | Manufacturing unions | Support | $1,000 | 7/23/2003 | Lofgren |
| BOILERMAKERS UNION LOCAL 169 | Manufacturing unions | Support | $1,000 | 7/24/2003 | Kildee |
| HARBOUR GROUP INDUSTRIES | Manufacturing | Oppose | $1,000 | 7/25/2003 | Bond |
| LABOR CONSULTANT | Labor Unions | Support | $250 | 7/26/2003 | Davis |
| AFL-CIO | Labor Unions | Support | $1,000 | 7/28/2003 | Baca |
| AFL-CIO | Labor Unions | Support | $1,000 | 7/29/2003 | Dorgan |
| RAIN BIRD SPRINKLER MANUFACTURING | Manufacturing | Oppose | $1,000 | 7/29/2003 | Dreier |
| RAIN BIRD SPRINKLER MANUFACTURING | Manufacturing | Oppose | $1,000 | 7/29/2003 | Dreier |
| GREATER WASHINGTON BOARD OF TRADE | Chambers of commerce | Oppose | $1,000 | 7/30/2003 | Hoyer |
| NATL ASSN/SMALL BUSINESS INVESTMENT COS | Small business associations | Oppose | $5,000 | 7/30/2003 | Gregg |
| LIGHTING | Manufacturing | Oppose | $200 | 7/31/2003 | Isakson |
| AFL-CIO | Labor Unions | Support | $2,500 | 7/31/2003 | Miller |
| BUSINESS COUNCIL OF ALABAMA | Chambers of commerce | Oppose | $1,000 | 8/1/2003 | Cramer |
| UNITED AUTO WORKERS | Manufacturing unions | Support | $-4,000 | 8/1/2003 | Brown |
| UNITED AUTO WORKERS | Manufacturing unions | Support | $4,000 | 8/1/2003 | Brown |
| BOILERMAKERS UNION LOCAL 85 | Manufacturing unions | Support | $4,000 | 8/1/2003 | Kaptur |
| UNITED AUTO WORKERS | Manufacturing unions | Support | $3,000 | 8/4/2003 | Bishop |
| CHINATOWN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE | Chambers of commerce | Oppose | $250 | 8/8/2003 | Lieberman |
| UNITED AUTO WORKERS | Manufacturing unions | Support | $5,000 | 8/11/2003 | Baird |
| CARLSON COMPANIES | Lodging & tourism | Oppose | $250 | 8/11/2003 | Kline |
| UNITED AUTO WORKERS | Manufacturing unions | Support | $1,000 | 8/11/2003 | Farr |
| UNITED AUTO WORKERS | Manufacturing unions | Support | $1,000 | 8/11/2003 | Edwards |
| AMERICAN ARAB CHAMBER OF COMMERCE | Chambers of commerce | Oppose | $500 | 8/12/2003 | Knollenberg |
| INTERFACE GROUP | Lodging & tourism | Oppose | $1,000 | 8/12/2003 | Bennett |
| GWV INTERNATIONAL | Lodging & tourism | Oppose | $1,000 | 8/12/2003 | Bennett |
| INTERFACE GROUP | Lodging & tourism | Oppose | $1,000 | 8/12/2003 | Bennett |
| INTERFACE GROUP | Lodging & tourism | Oppose | $1,000 | 8/12/2003 | Bennett |
| INTERFACE GROUP | Lodging & tourism | Oppose | $1,000 | 8/12/2003 | Bennett |
| UNITED STEELWORKERS OF AMERICA | Manufacturing unions | Support | $5,000 | 8/13/2003 | Kennedy |
| US CHAMBER OF COMMERCE | Chambers of commerce | Oppose | $250 | 8/13/2003 | Cole |
| MACHINISTS/AEROSPACE WORKERS UNION | Manufacturing unions | Support | $5,000 | 8/14/2003 | Reyes |
| MACHINISTS/AEROSPACE WORKERS UNION | Manufacturing unions | Support | $2,000 | 8/14/2003 | Sherman |
| MACHINISTS/AEROSPACE WORKERS UNION | Manufacturing unions | Support | $3,000 | 8/14/2003 | Reyes |
| MACHINISTS/AEROSPACE WORKERS UNION | Manufacturing unions | Support | $2,000 | 8/14/2003 | Levin |
| MACHINISTS/AEROSPACE WORKERS UNION | Manufacturing unions | Support | $2,000 | 8/14/2003 | Baird |
| MACHINISTS/AEROSPACE WORKERS UNION | Manufacturing unions | Support | $5,000 | 8/14/2003 | Edwards |
| MACHINISTS/AEROSPACE WORKERS UNION | Manufacturing unions | Support | $1,000 | 8/14/2003 | Edwards |
| MACHINISTS/AEROSPACE WORKERS UNION | Manufacturing unions | Support | $2,000 | 8/14/2003 | Meeks |
| MACHINISTS/AEROSPACE WORKERS UNION | Manufacturing unions | Support | $3,000 | 8/14/2003 | Stark |
| MACHINISTS/AEROSPACE WORKERS UNION | Manufacturing unions | Support | $5,000 | 8/14/2003 | Dingell |
| MACHINISTS/AEROSPACE WORKERS UNION | Manufacturing unions | Support | $4,000 | 8/14/2003 | Dingell |
| MACHINISTS/AEROSPACE WORKERS UNION | Manufacturing unions | Support | $5,000 | 8/14/2003 | Sherman |
| MANUFACTURER | Manufacturing | Oppose | $500 | 8/15/2003 | Grassley |
| EAST PENN MANUFACTURING | Manufacturing | Oppose | $600 | 8/15/2003 | Holden |
| INTERFACE GROUP | Lodging & tourism | Oppose | $1,000 | 8/18/2003 | Blunt |
| UNITED AUTO WORKERS | Manufacturing unions | Support | $1,000 | 8/18/2003 | Dingell |
| INTERFACE GROUP | Lodging & tourism | Oppose | $1,000 | 8/18/2003 | Blunt |
| UNITED AUTO WORKERS | Manufacturing unions | Support | $1,000 | 8/18/2003 | Boyd |
| UNITED STEELWORKERS OF AMERICA | Manufacturing unions | Support | $1,000 | 8/18/2003 | Bishop |
| INTERFACE GROUP | Lodging & tourism | Oppose | $1,000 | 8/18/2003 | Blunt |
| UNITED AUTO WORKERS | Manufacturing unions | Support | $1,000 | 8/18/2003 | Sherman |
| INTERFACE GROUP | Lodging & tourism | Oppose | $1,000 | 8/18/2003 | Blunt |
| INTERFACE GROUP | Lodging & tourism | Oppose | $1,000 | 8/18/2003 | Blunt |
| GWV INTERNATIONAL | Lodging & tourism | Oppose | $1,000 | 8/18/2003 | Blunt |
| GWV INTERNATIONAL | Lodging & tourism | Oppose | $1,000 | 8/18/2003 | Blunt |
| GWV INTERNATIONAL | Lodging & tourism | Oppose | $1,000 | 8/18/2003 | Blunt |
| GWV INTERNATIONAL | Lodging & tourism | Oppose | $1,000 | 8/18/2003 | Blunt |
| INTERFACE GROUP | Lodging & tourism | Oppose | $1,000 | 8/18/2003 | Blunt |
| UNITED AUTO WORKERS | Manufacturing unions | Support | $1,000 | 8/18/2003 | DeGette |
| MANUFACTURER | Manufacturing | Oppose | $2,000 | 8/18/2003 | McKeon |
| INTERFACE GROUP | Lodging & tourism | Oppose | $1,000 | 8/18/2003 | Blunt |
| INTERFACE GROUP | Lodging & tourism | Oppose | $1,000 | 8/18/2003 | Blunt |
| CARLSON COMPANIES | Lodging & tourism | Oppose | $1,000 | 8/18/2003 | Reid |
| UNITED STEELWORKERS OF AMERICA | Manufacturing unions | Support | $5,000 | 8/19/2003 | LaTourette |
| ALTUS CHAMBER OF COMMERCE | Chambers of commerce | Oppose | $250 | 8/19/2003 | Lucas |
| GREATER BOSTON CHAMBER | Chambers of commerce | Oppose | $500 | 8/19/2003 | Frank |
| MANUFACTURING | Manufacturing | Oppose | $2,000 | 8/19/2003 | Wilson |
| UNITED AUTO WORKERS | Manufacturing unions | Support | $4,000 | 8/20/2003 | Filner |
| US CHAMBER OF COMMERCE | Chambers of commerce | Oppose | $500 | 8/20/2003 | Diaz-Balart |
| US CHAMBER OF COMMERCE | Chambers of commerce | Oppose | $250 | 8/20/2003 | Thompson |
| MANUFACTURING REPRESENTATIVE | Manufacturing | Oppose | $200 | 8/21/2003 | Hulshof |
| UNITED STEELWORKERS OF AMERICA | Manufacturing unions | Support | $1,000 | 8/21/2003 | Kucinich |
| UNITED AUTO WORKERS | Manufacturing unions | Support | $4,000 | 8/22/2003 | Bishop |
| UNITED AUTO WORKERS | Manufacturing unions | Support | $1,000 | 8/25/2003 | Spratt |
| UNITED AUTO WORKERS | Manufacturing unions | Support | $1,000 | 8/25/2003 | Boucher |
| UNITED AUTO WORKERS | Manufacturing unions | Support | $1,000 | 8/25/2003 | Pastor |
| UNITED AUTO WORKERS LOCAL 455 | Manufacturing unions | Support | $250 | 8/25/2003 | Stabenow |
| SIOUXLAND CHAMBER OF COMMERCE | Chambers of commerce | Oppose | $1,000 | 8/26/2003 | Grassley |
| SCHUYLER COUNTY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE | Chambers of commerce | Oppose | $1,000 | 8/26/2003 | Kuhl |
| AMERICAN ARAB CHAMBER OF COMMERCE | Chambers of commerce | Oppose | $500 | 8/26/2003 | Dingell |
| LAWRENCE COUNTY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE | Chambers of commerce | Oppose | $1,000 | 8/27/2003 | Voinovich |
| MANUFACTURER'S REPRESENTATIVE | Manufacturing | Oppose | $500 | 8/27/2003 | Voinovich |
| MACHINISTS/AEROSPACE WORKERS UNION | Manufacturing unions | Support | $5,000 | 8/28/2003 | Dicks |
| MACHINISTS/AEROSPACE WORKERS UNION | Manufacturing unions | Support | $3,000 | 8/28/2003 | Udall |
| MACHINISTS/AEROSPACE WORKERS UNION | Manufacturing unions | Support | $5,000 | 8/28/2003 | Hinchey |
| UNITED AUTO WORKERS | Manufacturing unions | Support | $1,000 | 8/28/2003 | Green |
| HORTON MANUFACTURING | Manufacturing | Oppose | $1,000 | 8/28/2003 | Bunning |
| MACHINISTS/AEROSPACE WORKERS UNION | Manufacturing unions | Support | $2,000 | 8/28/2003 | Hinchey |
| MACHINISTS/AEROSPACE WORKERS UNION | Manufacturing unions | Support | $3,000 | 8/28/2003 | Boucher |
| MACHINISTS/AEROSPACE WORKERS UNION | Manufacturing unions | Support | $5,000 | 8/28/2003 | Miller |
| UNITED AUTO WORKERS | Manufacturing unions | Support | $1,000 | 8/28/2003 | Mikulski |
| MACHINISTS/AEROSPACE WORKERS UNION | Manufacturing unions | Support | $5,000 | 8/28/2003 | Miller |
| MACHINISTS/AEROSPACE WORKERS UNION | Manufacturing unions | Support | $2,000 | 8/28/2003 | Roybal-Allard |
| MACHINISTS/AEROSPACE WORKERS UNION | Manufacturing unions | Support | $2,000 | 8/28/2003 | DeGette |
| UNITED AUTO WORKERS | Manufacturing unions | Support | $500 | 8/28/2003 | Roybal-Allard |
| MACHINISTS/AEROSPACE WORKERS UNION | Manufacturing unions | Support | $3,000 | 8/28/2003 | Woolsey |
| MACHINISTS/AEROSPACE WORKERS UNION | Manufacturing unions | Support | $3,000 | 8/28/2003 | Cooper |
| NATIONAL FEDN OF INDEPENDENT BUSINESS | Small business associations | Oppose | $1,000 | 8/28/2003 | Manzullo |
| MACHINISTS/AEROSPACE WORKERS UNION | Manufacturing unions | Support | $5,000 | 8/28/2003 | Larsen |
| MACHINISTS/AEROSPACE WORKERS UNION | Manufacturing unions | Support | $2,500 | 8/28/2003 | Bishop |
| MANUFACTURERS ASSN OF NW PENNSYLVANIA | Manufacturing | Oppose | $100 | 8/29/2003 | English |
Contribution data provided by the Center for Responsive Politics (OpenSecrets.org)
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Employee Free Choice Act may actually undermine employees' free choice by Angela Xu, Jul 31, 2008 (8:20pm)
This bill would eliminate the secret ballot practice used to determine whether to organize a union, and replace that with a public card signing. Opponents argue that this would leave workers open to coercion from their union colleagues, and that the card signing is undemocratic. Small businesses also say that this measure would cut them out of the wage bargaining process, weakening them tremendously. Unions like the bill because it provides an easy way for them to bolster membership at a time when their numbers are declining. President Bush has threatened to veto this bill if it passes Congress.
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Re: Employee Free Choice Act may actually undermine employees free choice by Alec, Oct 16, 2008 (5:51pm)
You are correct that the bill would eliminate the right of an employer to DEMAND an NLRB election (which generally takes many months). If workers want a secret ballot election they will not be prohibited by the bill. What exactly is undemocratic about a majority of workers signing a petition or cards demanding recognition for their union from their employer? Also, the bill does not suddenly make it legal for union supporters to illegally coerce their coworkers. However, it does provide for increased expedited penalties for employers who violate workers rights. Currently, the law provides a mere wrist slap (which can take months and months to effect) for companies who threaten or fire employees for unionizing. By the time violations come before the board the unions have typically already been crushed by companies terrorizing their workers. Surveys show that most U.S. workers want union representation. The current laws and NLRB are set up to allow companies to crush worker’s efforts to unionize.
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