Today, interviews with SEIU President Andy Stern have been published in both USA Today and the Huffington Post. In both, Stern talks about the Employee Free Choice Act, discussing timeline and strategy for the piece of legislation.

In his interview with USA Today, Stern "said there are 60 senators who either support the Employee Free Choice Act or would vote to cut off a filibuster," and that action on the legislation should be expected "by August."

He also pointed out the vast resources that Employee Free Choice Act opponents spent - nearly $10 million last year - to "try to defeat senators" who support Free Choice, and that, in Stern's word, it was "a total wipeout."

Shortly after Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis was confirmed yesterday, Stern also spoke with Huffington Post's Sam Stein on a variety of topics, including Free Choice. Stern said that he is confident that Congress, with Solis and President Obama, will move forward on the legislation.

Here's what Stern said to Stein:

"In the end, we have to pass this bill in the House and the Senate. I'm not a congressional strategist," he said, "[but] I would say that in the end both houses are going to get to vote. And whatever way makes sense -- where it starts and where it ends is really not that important, as long as in the end everybody understands the importance of getting this job done. Which I believe they do."

Stern also talked about Secretary Solis' confirmation process, calling the delaying tactics "the same old Washington that voters are trying to move past." He also noted that Solis' absence, in the words of Stein, "deprived the early administration debates of a much-needed working class anchor."
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"I think working people did not have an additional voice in her absence and particularly as it related to some of the issues of training, unemployment, insurance. Her voice would have been a very important and welcomed voice in a community of obviously very different voices. And I think her voice was missing and we are pretty proud that it is now there."

You can find the USA Today post here and the Huffington Post article here.