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''But
unions poured an estimated $104 million directly into the November
elections; far more, acknowledges union consultant Jon Tasini, is spent
on indirect expenditures that need not be disclosed. Organized labor
expects a return on its investment. No proposal is more important than
the misnamed "Employee Free Choice Act," which
would substitute card check for elections, allowing unions to win legal
recognition based on a preliminary, and very public, show of hands.
(The legislation also includes other remarkably bad provisions,
including compulsory arbitration if an employer and union don't reach
an agreement.) Says Stewart Acuff of the AFL- CIO, "We want to remind
Congress that this is the AFL-CIO's No. 1 priority." - "The Secret Ballot Destruction Act"
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