Employee Free Choice Act Thrown In the Freezer

According to Senator Tom Harkin, talks with Senators Arlen Specter, Mark Pryor, Sherrod Brown, Thomas Carper and Charles Schumer lead Harkin to conclude that card check legislation could not get the required 60 votes in the Senate this year. Whether some watered down compromise preserving a requirement for secret ballot elections regarding union representation could emerge before the end of the session remains to be seen.