Over 150 union members faced off against Randy Kuhl outside the Steuben Library in Corning yesterday. The confrontation was sparked by Kuhl's vote against H R 800, the Employee Free Choice Act. Union members at the action said Kuhl had promised to vote for the measure and changed his mind because of his allegiance to the Bush administration. Kuhl says that he decided to vote against it after "looking deeper" into the issue.
Kuhl had been a co-sponsor of the bill during the 109th Congress, but he withdrew his co-sponsorship less than a week after the 2006 election. Unions that had supported Kuhl during his 2004 run endorsed his opponent, Eric Massa, in the 2006 contest.