Glenn Spencer, Executive Director, Workforce Freedom Initiative, of the US Chamber of Commerce, was interviewed here – giving his thoughts on whether the Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA) (sometimes referred to as Card Check) was going to pass this year.

In response to stories that card check was dead Mr. Spencer states: A story was floated before the Congressional recess in  The New York Times that suggested that this group of senators had agreed to get rid of the secret ballot provisions of EFCA. However, that story was quickly shot down, most notably by the Service Employees International Union (SEIU). The AFL-CIO also said that they wouldn’t be supportive of a bill that did not allow them to bypass secret ballot elections. Therefore, I’m not sure that there actually is an alternate bill that’s even close to being ready to go, but obviously we will monitor that very closely.  Even if The New York Times story were right and the card-check provision was definitively eliminated there are other elements in the so-called compromise which would make the bill unacceptable to business.

He goes on to discuss the ongoing conflict and debate between businesses in general and the Service Employees Union as it relates to the passage of EFCA and what form the future bill may take.