"I understand your job's on the line, and I understand that my job's on the line."  That's what Senator Arlen Specter said at a rally last week when workers told him his flip-flop on the Employee Free Choice Act could cost him their votes.  Workers across the country are telling Specter not to sell out America's middle class, and Specter's words show it's working – but his words are empty until he changes his position.

For years, Senator Specter was a strong supporter of the Employee Free Choice Act.  In 2005, he was a co-sponsor of the bill.  In 2007, he was one of the few Republicans to vote in favor of it.

But this year he gave in to pressure from corporate lobbyists desperate to maintain the status quo.  He even said he'd actively block the bill from coming to a vote.

Specter now says he is "committed to finding an answer" on making it easier to organize unions.  But by working against the Employee Free Choice Act, he's protecting a system that allows employers to intimidate, harass, and even fire workers (in 34% of cases!) when they try to form a union.

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