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

Card check, and its legislative embodiment, the smirkingly named Employee Free Choice Act, continues to be the point of debate. Some think the issue is dead, while others say it is a done deal. Whom to believe, then?

Tough to say, so here are some items that can act as food for thought.

One advocate of organized labor says card check is dead, and that

Today, Associated Builders and Contractors reiterated its serious concerns over the president’s nominee, Craig Becker, for the National Labor Relations Board.

ABC urged its members to take immediate action (members should go here immediately to act!):

The U.S. Senate is expected to vote in the near future on President Obama

From the Workforce Fairness Institute:

You probably thought it was outrageous that SEIU president Andy Stern has persecuted his own members and driven away large chunks of his own organization.

You probably thought it was incredible that he dropped tens of millions of dollars on politics after leading a split in labor because the other federation was spending too much on politics.

You probably thought it was horrifying to hear how SEIU badgers — almost terrorizes — companies that don’t cave into the union’s card check demands.

Even with all that, you’ll probably still manage to be shocked that Stern has criticized Sen. Joe Lieberman and Sen. Ben Nelson for halting disastrous health care legislation by saying, “There are a lot of terrorists in the Senate who think we are supposed to negotiate with them when they have their particular needs that they want met.”

Stern has flown the cuckoo nest. We wonder if the rest of the labor movement really wants to tie their wagon to this guy.

UPDATE: Thanks to BigGovernment.com and Instapundit.com readers for joining us!

Matt Lewis at The Daily Caller has an excellent look at the desire for the current Administration and Congressional leadership to appease Big Labor. He turned to none other than ABC member Brett McMahon of Miller & Long for some insight, and reported:

A recent letter sent to House and Senate committees by a collection of union and pension sponsors noted that a,

Shocking! A letter signed by 66 academics demands the immediate confirmation of SEIU counsel Craig Becker to head the National Labor Relations Board. (For a background on why employers are concerned about Mr. Becker’s positions, see here.)

Sixty-six academics is a pretty powerful thing, right? A collective call to action that we should all do a coffee spit-take, stop what we’re doing, and take action, right? Each reader can place his own weight on the importance of comments by professors, but it’s worth going back to our previous post and noting the view of academics by some inside organized labor:

• Referring to academics, Javier Morillo of SEIU 26 wants to respond with a letter that