Arlen Specter

Last month, I stated some reasons why I was against the Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA)—pending legislation that could significantly alter the landscape of unionization for years to come. Within the last few weeks, the Printing Industries of America and the TLMI have issued strong position statements against EFCA (see p. 8 for TLMI’s statement). This is definitely a hot button in the printing industry—as it should be.

President Obama signed into law a $787 billion stimulus bill on Feb. 17, 2009. Formally called the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Recovery Act), this bill has enough money to provide $2,570 for every man, woman, and child in the U.S. (Do the math and you’ll find it’s based on a population of about 306 million.)