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	Copyright Term Extension Act - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Before the act (under the Copyright Act of 1976), copyright would last for the life of the author plus 50 years, or 75 years for a work of corporate authorship; the act extended these terms to life of the author plus 70 years and 95 years respectively.
		Prior to the 1976 copyright act, many copyrighted literary works, movies and fictional characters were soon to pass into the public domain due to their 56 year maximum copyright terms.
		The act was named after the late Congressman Sonny Bono (who was killed in a ski accident more than nine months before the act became law), who had favored this position as a songwriter and filmmaker even prior to his entry into politics.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sonny_Bono_Copyright_Term_Extension_Act (1584 words)

	Act of Free Choice - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Act of Free Choice (Indonesian: Penentuan Pendapat Rakyat [PEPERA]) was the title of a 1969 referendum in the former Dutch territory of Western New Guinea, to determine whether the territory would become part of Indonesia or maintain independence.
		Consultation (musyawarah) with the representative councils on procedures and methods to be followed for ascertaining the freely expressed will of the population.
		The determination of the actual date of the exercise of free choice within the period established by the present Agreement.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Act_of_Free_Choice (549 words)

	InnerNet Magazine
		Free will is exercised and a valid choice made only on the borderline between the forces of good and the forces of evil within that person.
		With each good choice successfully carried out, the person rises higher in spiritual level; that is, things that were previously in the line of battle are now in the area controlled by the good inclination and actions done in that area can be undertaken without struggle and without choice.
		To sum up everyone has free choice at his "point of free choice", but the position of the "point of free choice" itself is determined by various factors.
	www.heritage.org.il /innernet/archives/choice.htm (1079 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Determinism
		In this view each volition or act of choice is determined by the character of the agent plus the motives acting on him at the time.
		The Anti-determinists, while denying that the act of choice is always merely the resultant of the assemblage of motives playing on the mind, teach positively that the Ego, or Self, is the cause of our volitions; and they describe it as a "free" or "self-determining" cause.
		Choice is not, they maintain, uniformly determined by the pleasantest or the worthiest motive or collection of motives.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/04756c.htm (632 words)

	FREE CHOICE by Prof. William E. May
		The experience of free choice can be summarized as follows: First, a person is in a situation where he or she is attracted by alternative possibilities and there is no way to eliminate the incompatibility of the different alternatives or to limit the possibilities to one only.
		They are, rather, the outward expression of a person’s choice, the disclosure or revelation of that person’s moral identity, his or her being as a moral being.
		The choice to marry, or to become a priest or religious or a member of the Mafia illustrates this.
	www.christendom-awake.org /pages/may/free-choice.htm (4808 words)

	Free Will
		Free will also appears to be a condition on desert for one's accomplishments (why sustained effort and creative work are praiseworthy); on the autonomy and dignity of persons; and on the value we accord to love and friendship.
		Free choice is an activity that involves both our intellectual and volitional capacities, as it consists in both judgment and active commitment.
		Choices are free insofar as they are not deterministically caused, and so might not have occurred in just the circumstances in which they did occur.
	plato.stanford.edu /entries/freewill (6416 words)

	Home - American Progress Action Fund
		The act removes obstacles that prevent workers from forming unions and strengthens protections for workers who are attempting to negotiate a first contract with their employer.
		The Employee Free Choice Act creates a framework for mediation and arbitration of first contracts and establishes harsh penalties for employers who harass workers while they are attempting to organize.
		The act removes obstacles that prevent workers from forming unions and strengthens protections for workers who are attempting to organize and negotiate a first contract with their employer.
	www.democracyinaction.org /dia/organizationsORG/americanprogress/campaign.jsp?campaign_KEY=3383&t=alert.dwt (548 words)

	DC Link
		The stronger monetary penalties of the Employee Free Choice Act apply only to illegal discrimination that occurs during organizing efforts or during the period when employees are seeking to negotiate a first contract.
		The Employee Free Choice Act’s provisions for equal access to injunctive relief are limited to violations that occur during organizing efforts or during the period when employees are seeking to negotiate a first contract.
		The Employee Free Choice Act provides for civil fines of up to $20,000 for violations of employees’ statutory right to join a union and bargain collectively that occur during organizing efforts or during the period when employees are seeking to negotiate a first contract.
	www.uaw.org /dclink/dcstory.cfm?DcId=102 (1114 words)

	Employee Free Choice Act
		Union representation is a vehicle to reduce poverty for workers in low-wage jobs, encourage profit sharing between owners and workers, provide health care and pension benefits for families, improve health and safety in the workplace, advocate economic and social policies that support all workers, and provide workers a role in workplace decisions.
		The Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA) would ensure that when a majority of employees in a workplace decide to form a union, they could do so without the debilitating obstacles employers now use to block workers’ free choice.
		Senator Kennedy's statement on the Employee Free Choice Act.
	www.iwj.org /actnow/efca.html (491 words)

	(Human Rights Watch Letter, December 10, 2003)
		The Employee Free Choice Act of 2003 would help prevent such violations of workers' right to bargain collectively by allowing workers negotiating their first collective contract to seek mediation after ninety days.
		For example, employers force workers to attend anti-union captive-audience meetings during work time, yet union organizers are denied the opportunity to hold similar meetings; employers make their views clearly known during the workday, yet workers are denied access to union advocates in the workplace.
		Under the Employee Free Choice Act of 2003, if workers requested "card-check" recognition and the NRLB authorized the results, employers would be required to bargain with the union, allowing workers to evade the perilous NLRB election process and increasing their chances of freely exercising their right to organize.
	hrw.org /press/2003/12/us121003-ltr.htm (921 words)

	Employee Free Choice Act
		H. To amend the National Labor Relations Act to establish an efficient system to enable employees to form, join, or assist labor organizations, to provide for mandatory injunctions for unfair labor practices during organizing efforts, and for other purposes.
		To amend the National Labor Relations Act to establish an efficient system to enable employees to form, join, or assist labor organizations, to provide for mandatory injunctions for unfair labor practices during organizing efforts, and for other purposes.
		This Act may be cited as the `Employee Free Choice Act'.
	www.theorator.com /bills108/hr3619.html (839 words)

	Indonesia's 1969 Takeover of West Papua
		On the 35th anniversary of West Papua's so-called "Act of Free Choice" and Indonesia's first direct presidential elections, the National Security Archive posted recently declassified documents on U.S. policy deliberations leading to Indonesia's controversial 1969 annexation of the territory.
		Over six weeks from July to August 1969, U.N. officials conducted the so-called "Act of Free Choice." Under the articles of the New York Agreement (Article 18) all adult Papuans had the right to participate in an act of self-determination to be carried out in accordance with international practice.
		Although they recognized the deep flaws in the Act and in Indonesia's intentions, U.S. officials were not interested in creating any problems for a Suharto regime they saw as nonaligned but pro-Washington.
	www.gwu.edu /~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB128 (1559 words)

	IRIAN JAYA: UNITED NATIONS INVOLVEMENT WITH THE ACT OF SELF- DETERMINATION IN WEST IRIAN (INDONESIAN WEST NEW GUINEA) ...
		Both territories were engaged in an act of self-determination, but the comparison demonstrates the immense difference between a genuine attempt to monitor a democratic referendum and one that was not genuine.
		With the final part of the Act's implementation complete, Jakarta solemnly announced that the legal and final result, in accordance with the New York Agreement, was that all the Papuans had elected to remain with Indonesia.
		In the year leading up to the Act, the Secretariat's objective was to minimize the potential for international criticism by ensuring the appearance of a sufficient level of genuine Papuan participation, while obtaining the desired result.
	www.angelfire.com /journal/issues/saltford.html (8627 words)

	Take Action: Support the Employee Free Choice Act
		If Congress passes the Employee Free Choice Act, stronger enforcements will be in place to deter violations of labor law.
		This legislation would fix the broken process through which workers form unions by imposing stiffer penalties against employers that violate labor law, and would set up a process for newly-organized workers to negotiate a first contract in a timely manner.
		Under the Employee Free Choice Act, workers could opt to follow the "voluntary recognition" method of organizing, where workers choose union representation through a process in which a majority signs cards indicating their support.
	action.americanrightsatwork.org /campaign/efca_flash (317 words)

	Take Action: Restore the Freedom to Form a Union
		The Employee Free Choice Act would ensure that when a majority of employees in a workplace decide to form a union, they can do so without the obstacles employers use to block their right to have a voice at work.
		I know how important it is for workers to be able to freely form unions to secure a decent standard of living, affordable health insurance and safe workplaces.
		I urge you to become a co-sponsor of the Employee Free Choice Act.
	www.seiuaction.org /campaign/EFCA2005 (351 words)

	Democracy at Comcast, Free Choices at Work - Center for American Progress (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		And when employers illegally act in other ways to thwart union organizing campaigns and collective bargaining drives, they are only required to post notices stating they will not break the law in the future.
		No one can exercise free choice when they must weigh the risks of enduring intimidation, harassment or losing his job.
		If the Employee Free Choice Act was law today, Comcast employees and all workers would have a fair chance to weigh the merits, and choose or not choose to form a union.
	www.americanprogress.org /site/pp.asp?c=biJRJ8OVF&b=123008 (1227 words)

	USW: Employee Free Choice Act
		The tragic irony of the emasculation of the National Labor Relations Act is that 42 million workers who are not represented by a union have stated that they would like to be represented.
		As the 70th anniversary of the signing into law of the National Labor Relations Act approaches, we need to examine how we can assist those who wish to bargain collectively without fear of reprisal and demand that the guiding principles of the NLRA, as they were intended, be enforced.
		The enactment of the Employee Free Choice Act would help remove the political cataracts and would help to ensure again the rights of workers.
	www.uswa.org /USWA/program/content/1982.php (694 words)

	Sen. Kennedy Statement on "Employee Free Choice Act" (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		_ the freedom to associate freely in the workplace _ the freedom to choose your own labor representative _ the freedom to bargain for better wages, better health care, and other benefits.
		We like to think that workers are free to join a union, but too often that basic aspect of freedom is denied in our modern society, because hard-line corporate managers succeed in denying a fair choice by workers.
		At a critical time like this when we are fighting for the basic freedoms of other peoples in other lands, we cannot fail to take a stand for the basic freedoms of the millions of American workers who depend on us to protect their rights at home.
	kennedy.senate.gov /~kennedy/statements/03/11/2003C09549.html (638 words)

	Free Papua Movement (OPM)
		After a 1969 Act of Free Choice, the territory, which the Indonesians called Irian Barat (West Irian) until 1972, was integrated into the republic as Indonesia's twenty-sixth province.
		It was not in any way a 'choice', or 'free', and certainly did not involve the consent of even a substantial minority of the population, let alone a majority.
		The US Government asserts that the Free Papua Movement has committed human rights abuses including hostage-taking and summary executions, and it may be targeting US citizens or US companies in Irian Jaya Province for hostage taking or for sabotage.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/world/para/papua.htm (898 words)

	Take Action: Tell Congress to Support the Employee Free Choice Act! (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		New legislation that was just introduced with bipartisan support seeks to restore workers' freedom to form unions by ensuring that when a majority of workers decide to form a union, they can make union protections and benefits more widely available to more working families.
		I am asking you to get involved in the fight to protect the human right of every worker to freely form or join a union without harassment or intimidation from their employer.
		Please sign on as a co-sponsor of the bipartisan Employee Free Choice Act recently introduced in Congress (H.R. 1696 and S. 842) by Rep. George Miller (D-Calif.), Rep. Peter King (R-N.Y.), and Sen. Edward Kennedy (D-Mass.).
	www.unionvoice.org /campaign/employee_choice (355 words)

	ETAN Calls for UN Review of Papua Act of "Free Choice"
		Two member states of the UN, Nauru and Vanuatu, spoke out at the UN General Assembly in 2000 in favor of reconsideration of the Act, and the matter was also raised the same year at the annual meeting of the South Pacific Forum.
		Since the Council was established, there have been numerous acts of protest, aimed primarily at affirming Papua’s identity and often taking the form of raising the Papuan flag.
		Countless acts of violence against the Council and its members in many parts of the territory reached a climax on November 10/11 last year with the abduction and assassination of the chairperson of the Council, the highly-respected tribal leader Theys Hiyo Eluay.
	www.etan.org /news/2002a/11wpap.htm (781 words)

	Yoga - Free Encyclopedia of Thelema
		They may develop confidence in their chosen deity, their yoga teacher (guru), ancient scriptures on yoga, a particular yoga path or school, etc. and this choice is a matter of personal preference or, for some, religious necessity.
		Shraddha is considered by Patanjali to be one of the fundamental and necessary pillars upon which progress in yoga is founded, but he does not go into specifics, leaving this to the practitioner's choice and preference.
		Bhakti Yoga is simply love and devotion, epitomized today in such practices as worship of various Hindu deities, finding salvation in love of Christ, etc. Karma Yoga is essentially acting, or doing one's duties in life, without desire or expectation of reward, a sort of constant sacrifice of action to the Supreme.
	www.egnu.org /thelema/index.php/Yoga (2868 words)

	Scoop: Aust. Involvement in So-Called Act of Free Choice
		AWPA congratulates the author Pieter Drooglever on the release of his report "An Act of Free Choice', commissioned by the Dutch government which concludes that the so called ‘act of free choice’ was a sham.
		A sham referendum called the ‘Act of Free Choice’ was held in 1969, under UN supervision.
		The UN representative sent to observe the election process, produced a report which raised concerns about serious violations of the New York Agreement and, in spite of this ‘duly noted’ report, West Papua was handed over to Indonesia in November 1969.
	www.scoop.co.nz /stories/WO0511/S00379.htm (975 words)

	Workers Join Lawmakers in Launching Employee Free Choice Act
		The Employee Free Choice Act (H.R. 1696 and S. 842), introduced in Congress today by Reps. George Miller (D-Calif.) and Peter King (R-N.Y.) and Sens.
		The Employee Free Choice Act was introduced last year and gained 210 co-sponsors in the House and more than 30 in the Senate, but the Republican leadership refused to allow it to go to the floor for a vote.
		The Employee Free Choice Act: Meaningful Remedies Against Employer Coercion.
	www.aflcio.org /joinaunion/voiceatwork/ns04192005.cfm?RenderForPrint=1 (683 words)

	AFT - Higher Ed Department - More News - 2003 - GET-UP is Poster Child for Employee Free Choice Act
		Three days earlier, political science graduate student and GET-UP member Justin Wert, a lifelong Republican, was in Washington to speak with Republican congressional staffers about the obstacles facing workers who attempt to exercise their constitutionally protected right to form unions.
		The Employee Free Choice Act, the first serious attempt at labor law reform in two decades, should be supported by all Republicans because it would level the playing field for American working families and allow them to achieve their potential, said Wert.
		Penalties for violations of the National Labor Relations Act also would be toughened under the bill, which would strengthen key sections of the law.
	www.aft.org /higher_ed/news/2003/free_choice.htm (378 words)

	Press Releases -- Committee on Education and the Workforce, Democratic Staff -- Representative Miller, Colleagues ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		“The right of working men and women to freely organize and bargain collectively is a fundamental human right,” said Miller, in introducing the Employee Free Choice Act.
		At the press conference, Miller cited a 2000 report from Human Rights Watch that found rampant violations of the right of free association in the U.S. and weak legal remedies for deterring future violations.
		The Employee Free Choice Act already has 119 cosponsors in the House of Representatives.
	www.house.gov /apps/list/press/ed31_democrats/rel41905.html (529 words)

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