Months after helping put Barack Obama in the White House, organized labor's most important unions are sliding into vicious internecine warfare.rnThe strife has become so intense that the senior Democratic leadership is intervening. The Democrats, under pressure from labor to pass legislation that would make it much easier to unionize workplaces, fear the disputes will further erode support for the controversial issue; they also need union support to help secure popular backing for health-care reform. While the business lobby has so far been surprisingly successful at stalling the unionization bill, known as the Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA), it will have a tougher time getting its way on labor issues and on health care if the unions bring their quarreling to an end.
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