The word around the DC Beltway is that the Senate is working on a new, compromise version of the controversial Employee Free Choice Act (or “card check,” depending which team you’re on) one that would let employees vote up or down by mail on unionizing, rather than a public square petition.
Regardless of the tweaks, the bill likely will rub either union or employer groups the wrong way, but lawmakers are trying to find middle ground on the legislation, as President Obama has indicated he will sign EFCA once it makes its way through Congress.
