Labor leaders had pinned their hopes on a new bill in Congress called the Employee Free Choice Act. They hoped something called a “card check” would be part of that bill, which would have made it much easier for employees to unionize. But it looks as though Congress will pass the bill without the card check provision. To talk about what labor unions will do without the card check is Anya Kamenetz, writer for Fast Company Magazine. We’ve also got Andrew Stern, president of the Service Employees International Union, one of the largest unions in the U.S.
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