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The NLRB needs our help!
For decades, unions have been fighting to preserve workers' rights, but that fight just got a lot more difficult. Yesterday, two separate events illustrated just how extreme the war on labor has become. First, Republican judges on Third Circuit Court of Appeals struck down President Obama's recess appointments to the National Labor Relations Board.
On the same day, the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee held a contentious confirmation hearing on current NLRB board appointments. The hearing served as a blatant reminder that nearly every judge and nominee appointed by President Obama has been blocked by Republicans. So, on a single day, right-wing judges rendered the NLRB impotent, and Senate Republicans may obstruct NLRB confirmations, leaving it powerless to protect workers.
Without these confirmations, the NLRB will be powerless to enforce workers' rights to form a union, stand up to abusive working conditions, and force employers to actually negotiate with unions. The Obama Administration has appealed a similar ruling from the D.C. Circuit Court to the U.S. Supreme Court, but the High Court has shown in multiple cases that it favors businesses over workers.
The only way to fight this is to demand that the Senate confirms these NLRB appointments, so that the agency can again enforce these vital labor laws. We must demand it. Call your Senators today and tell them to confirm all of Obama's NLRB appointments.
-Thom
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Tonight on The Big Picture on RT TV at 7pm and 9pm... Lee Fang, "The Machine: A Field Guide to the Resurgent Right" (check your local listings for stations or stream at RT, and catch past shows on Youtube)
In for Thom tonight, please welcome Progressive Writer Sam Sacks.
Conversations with Great Minds - Lee Fang, The Machine: A Field Guide to the Resurgent Right 
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Thursday's Daily Stack 
In for Thom today, Dr. Mike Newcomb, The Mike Newcomb Show, 1480AM KPHX, Phoenix, AZ
Hour One: Should corporations be able to own human genes?- Dr. Elaine Schattner, Physician & Writer
Also, should we be more excited about cloning?- Dr. Arthur Caplan, Division of Medical Ethics-NYU Langone Medical Center
Next Friday (5/17) it's Brunch With Bernie...on the road...from Plainfield, VT! Thom will be coming to you from WGDR...Goddard College Community Radio...(91.1FM Plainfield, 91.7 FM Hardwick)...PLUS, Saturday evening (5/18) - Goddard College presents the "Alternative Media Conference" featuring Keynote Speakers 'yours truly' & Ellen Ratner...for tickets & info, go to: goddard.edu
Hour Two: Latest on the AP scandal...GOP defends DOJ- Ian Millhiser, Think Progress
IRS, AP, Benghazi scandals...oh my!- Congresswoman Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ, 9th District)
Movie: " I AM", Directed by Tom Shadyac. Poem: " Miss T" by Walter de la Mare.
Hour Three: AP scandal...is history repeating itself?- James Goodale, Fighting For the Press.
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Will Republicans take credit for lowering the deficit?
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Full Show 5/16/13: Gitmo Hunger Strike Reaches Day 100
Guest host Sam Sacks is in for Thom Hartmann tonight and talks with the Government Accountability Project's Kathleen McClellan on whether we need to pass laws to protect our journalists. Also discussed: another deadly factory collapse in Asia, day 100 of the Gitmo hunger strike and in tonight's "Daily Take" Thom discusses how big he thinks government should be.
Thom Hartmann on the News: May 16, 2013
Jefferson: Give the Unused Land to the Poor
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