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After overwhelming opposition from businesses, other employers and a tremendous investment of resources by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, supporters of the so-called "Card Check" bill have conceded defeat with respect to the most controversial provision of the Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA) and abandoned the idea of trying to convert the National Labor Relations Act's (NLRA) current secret ballot system to one where a simple majority of eligible employees' signing union cards would establish a union. It became apparent in late spring that certain moderate Democratic Senators would not vote in favor of the card-check provision, making it impossible for the EFCA's supporters to acquire the filibuster-proof 60 votes necessary to pass the ...

The Senate plans to drop the “card check” provision from the Employee Free Choice Act (“EFCA”), a bill that seeks to alter the landscape of American labor law by making it easier for unions to organize workers, according to late reports from Washington, D.C. Despite a seemingly “filibuster proof” Democratic Senate majority – 60 of the 100 Senate seats – a handful of Democratic senators announced recently that they would not support EFCA as initially proposed because the “card check” provision effectively eliminated workers’ rights to vote by secret ballot on unionization. At least one of the dissenting Democrats, Senator Arlen Specter, while still a Republican, also indicated dissatisfaction with the mandatory arbitra...

With membership at its lowest point in over 60 years, unions are steadfastly proving they still know how to play politics. Organized labor has recently taken steps to reinforce its ranks through legislation, introducing significant reform efforts such as the Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA). The Act, in effect, would eliminate secret ballot elections from the provisions of the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) related to union organizing, substitute card check verification instead, and make employer neutrality mandatory in the electoral process.

We have all seen the headlines. One of President Obama's first acts after taking office was to sign into law the Lily Ledbetter Act, which effectively reversed a United States Supreme Court decision involving the timing of lawsuits under the Equal Pay Act. Employers also know that unions are flexing their muscle after years of support of Democratic candidates and unprecedented support of President Obama's campaign for President. The unions' goal is the passage of the Employee Free Choice Act, otherwise characterized as the "card check" legislation, because it eliminates secret ballot elections now required to unionize an employer.

While healthcare reform, the economy, and the confirmation hearings for Supreme Court Nominee Sonia Sotomayor have dominated the news, labor unions, with a cadre of supporters in the U.S. Senate, have been quietly working on a compromise to steer labor's number one legislative agenda through the Senate.

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