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By Doug Cunningham

A thousand businesses have formed a coalition called Business Leaders for a Fair Economy to support the Employee Free Choice Act. Negotiations on the labor law reform making it easier for workers to join unions free of employer intimidation are ongoing, with action expected later this year once Al Franken is seated as Minnesota’s new senator. Business Leaders for A Fair economy says that good jobs with good wages create demand for the goods and services they provide and when workers do well it builds a stronger, more sustainable national economy.