Is all card check legislation, dead on arrival?
Recently, unions have switched the focus of their organizing operations from private balloting to publicly signed cards. These so-called card-check campaigns make it much easier for unions to organize workers, but most companies strongly resist the idea of denying their employees a vote. Unions now want the government to take away workers’ right to vote and certify unions after only a card-check campaign. The Employee Free Choice Act would do this and more. – Heritage Foundation. All unionization legislation proposed in the 111th United States Congress might be dead as we speak, as all members of the current Republican caucus in the United States Senate are opposed to “card check” legislation, while the eventual arrival of Senator-elect Scott Brown, should kill the horrific legislation once and for all. During the 110th United States Congress, when George Bush was still President, Senate Democrats attempted a cloture vote on card check legislation, however, 48 members of the Republican
