Bill backs workers, unions and supports democracy Employers now can intimidate workers who try to unionize, and labor has little recourse

May 12, 2007

BY JAMES WOLFINGER

In the recent debate over the Employee Free Choice Act, Vice President Dick Cheney and other opponents of the bill have shown a fine ability with political language. These commentators wield words and phrases such as "democracy," "free choice" and "fairness." They warn the American people that the legislation will dangerously tip the balance of power to that bogey of the right, "big labor," while robbing workers of their cherished democratic right to a secret ballot by forcing them to accept a card check system.