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Thursday, March 29, 2012

Georgia's SB 469 Defeated


ATLANTA, GA - SB 469, an anti-union and anti-protest bill, would had turn nonviolent civil disobedience into a felony punishable by imprisonment for one year and a fine of ten thousand dollars for organizations and one thousand dollars for individuals. It also has provisions intended to weaken unions. The Georgia General Assembly ended sessions and the bill that would had make Martha Burk a criminal was defeated.