Obama Enacting 'Card Check' by Fiat

By Mark Carter

In 2010, organized labor condemned the bipartisan vote in the United States Senate that killed the Employee Free Choice Act.

Employees, prematurely, celebrated the fact that their right to a secret ballot in elections determining union representation was secure.  

EFCA, or the "card check" bill, would have eliminated the sacred right of employees to participate in their union elections by secret ballot.

It would have substantially increased penalties on employers (but not unions) for violating the National Labor Relations Act. It would have obtained other "wish list" items for unions that no Congress ever intended, as re-emphasized with their vote.

Those who believed the card check bill was gone are now realizing that was naive.