thetruthaboutefca.com | The Truth About The Employee Free Choice Act & Card Check

The drumbeat continues: “Support for healthcare and ‘card check’ legislation would weigh on Sen. Michael Bennet’s (D-Colo.) reelection chances, a new poll found Friday.”

That’s the word from The Hill’s Mike O’Brien, who continues:

The Colorado Democrat’s reelection prospects could hinge on two key issues, though: the Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA) and healthcare reform legislation.

When read a description of EFCA, 66 percent of Coloradans said they’d prefer a candidate who would vote against the union organizing bill, compared to 29 percent who said they would prefer a candidate who supports the ‘card check’ bill.

When read description of key components of the bill, the card check provision and the binding arbitration provision, almost 2/3rds of voters expressed disapproval in the poll, which was commissioned by the anti-EFCA Workforce Fairness Institute and conducted by Public Opinion Strategies.

This is just the latest example of voters clearly signaling their displeasure with EFCA. Virginia‘s gubernatorial victor was incontrovertible evidence, and this year we’ve heard similar tales from Kansas, Nevada, and now Colorado.

When will our elected leaders start listening? When they’re un-elected?

Interesting news out of our friends at the Workforce Fairness Institute, which has released a new poll examining attitudes of Nevadans about card check and the tragically misnamed Employee Free Choice Act. The poll is of sufficient interest to garner the attention of the Las Vegas Sun, which reports:

The poll showed 57 percent of respondents oppose changing the way unions are organized and 64 percent oppose allowing mandatory arbitration to settle organizational disputes between workers and managers, as is proposed under the bill.

The poll also showed more voters would be less likely to support political candidates who support such changes.

The second figure — the one showing opposition to allowing the government to impose labor contracts on small business — is important because it shows that even if card check were dropped from EFCA, the bill would still be disastrous and unpopular.

Nevadans — well, most of them — know that EFCA is the wrong way to go. Check out this video from the state’s own Sen. John Ensign on why he opposes the Employee Free Choice Act.

Our Brad Peck over at Chamberpost.com has a great post on card check and whether it will indeed wait until health care is resolved in the Senate. Check out his thoughts.

See Katie Packer’s article. This has been a building issue (and, of course, is an issue for builders). More card check means fewer jobs.

We’ve been following for a long while the progression of “card check” as an inside-the-Beltway issue into a key issue in Virginia’s gubernatorial race and on ongoing issue of contention in other state races.

The latest evidence comes from the race for the 3rd Congressional District of Kansas, where state Rep. Kevin Yoder has announced his candidacy because “We deserve an experienced leader who will stand up to Congress on job-killing policies such as ‘cap-and-trade,’ ‘card check’ and the government takeover of health care.”

Which may explain why U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi appears to be signaling that her Members don’t want to have to vote for the card-check-carrying Employee Free Choice Act next year.

It will be interesting to see which demand wins in the push-shove battle: Pelosi’s realpolitik look or Big Labor’s hopes of a brighter tomorrow.

Tomorrow! Tomorrow! I love ya! tomorrow!

Annie? Yes. But those must be the thoughts of Big Labor, which continues to push its top domestic policy priority — the laughably misnamed Employee Free Choice Act — will miraculously become more popular and politicians will pick up the mantle soon.

The latest evidence comes from Politico, which reports of EFCA and card check’s hopes for next year:

…labor advocates remain hopeful.