Congressional Democrats are backing a bill to abolish secret ballots in workplace union representation elections in exchange for the heavy financial support they received from labor unions, during the 2008 campaign, according to critics of the bill and business community advocates.

The Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA or Card Check) passed in the House last March but fell short of the 60 votes required for cloture in the Senate. Under current law, workers are guaranteed a federally supervised secret ballot election when formation of a new union is disputed.

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