A top Democratic goal in recent years has been passage of the ‘Employee Free Choice Act,’ also known as Card Check. The measure would end the secret ballot system by which workers currently choose whether or not to unionize. Instead it would allow unionization based on the majority of a shop’s workforce signing cards in public — allowing pressure to be brought by coworkers and union officials. Democrats and unions figure that passage of Card Check will dramatically expand union ranks, coffers, and influence. However as Samantha pointed out here yesterday, a new series of polls shows that card check is opposed by a majority of voters in several key swing states:
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