Where does the proposed bill now stand in Congress?
The bills originally submitted for consideration in both the House of Representatives and the Senate have stalled as both sides have remained far apart. Business groups oppose any proposals that “would take away the right of workers to have a secret ballot and the right to vote on contracts withouth interference from government bureaucrats,” according to Katie Packer, executive director of the Workforce Fairness Institute. As of July 17, 2009, a group of senators have offered a compromise that abandons the key “card-check” provision of the bill, which would require employers to recognize a union when a majority of workers signed cards saying they wanted a union. The move was made to try to secure a filibuster-proof 60 votes, according to a The New York Times article. Several moderate Democrats expressed opposition to “card check,” making the passage of the original bill difficult. In addition to dropping the “card-check” provision, the revised bill would require shorter unionization ca
