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Introduction
Path to Prosperity
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Path to
Prosperity
Why America Needs Employee Free Choice
January 2009
“Amid this country’s strong economic expansion,
many Americans simply aren’t feeling the benets.”
Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson, rom remarks at Columbia University on August 1, 2006
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Executive Summary .............................................................
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Introduction ..........................................................................
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A Tale o Two Economies .....................................................
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America’s Economic Crisis Today .........................................
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Shared Prosperity and Economic Strength: 1947–1973 ....
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The Draining o the Middle Class and EconomicFragility: 1970s-Today ......................................................
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The Economic Consequences o Low Wages .................
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Restoring the Freedom to Form Unions to RestoreConsumer Purchasing Power with Wages, Not Debt ...
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Box: Estimating the Economic Impact o theEmployee Free Choice Act ...............................................
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Workers Want Unions, But Cannot Get Them ...............
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The Employee Free Choice Act will Restore Choice,Fairness, and Integrity to Collective Bargaining ...........
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Box: A Historical Perspective on Big Business’Opposition to Helping Workers ......................................
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Responding to Employee Free Choice Critics .................
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Box: Free Choice Opponents: Talking Out o BothSides o Their Mouth? ......................................................
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Conclusion .........................................................................
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Contents
Path to Prosperity
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