A Washington Post article on divisions within the Service Employees International Union told reader that the Employee Free Choice Act, "would make it possible to form a union by collecting cards from a majority of workers, rather than through a secret-ballot election."
Actually it is already possible for workers to organize through card check, if the employer agrees to accept a card check certification. The main change that would result from the Employee Free Choice Act is that workers would be able to decide whether to organize through card check or an election supervised by the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB). Card check recognition would be an option for workers, but they could also petition to have NLRB conduct an election.
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