Dead horse beaten for lively political purposes.dead horse, EFCA, labor reform, political posturing

EFCA is a dead horse that keeps getting beaten. If anymore proof is necessary look at what these candidates in close senate races are saying. Truly labor has itself to blame here for insisting on card check as the cornerstone of labor law reform. All that insistence did is create a sound bite for the opposition. "We oppose getting rid of secret ballot elections." By its own insistence labor allowed itself to be portrayed as undemocratic and even unAmerican. There is zero chance EFCA will get passed in a lame duck session.

Politicians continue to provide cover for a compromise on passage of a version of EFCA that does not eliminate secret ballot elections, binding arbitration, or draconian restrictions on employer speech. As we have previously blogged, this only makes such compromise easier by creating a public mindset that card check recognition is the only major issue.