I’m rather surprised that this happened honestly. I really thought labor was going to be able to ram this down corporate America’s throats and make them digest it. However, I guess in the world of give and take on the Hill some sort of compromise was going to have to be made. It turns out that labor’s top officials were heavily involved in all aspects of this deal and are optimistic that this compromise will go a long way in helping workers organize. Although I will say that I really don’t get why several “moderate” Democrats opposed card check as being “undemocratic.”

While disappointed with the failure of card check, union leaders argued this would still be an important victory because it would give companies less time to press workers to vote against unionizing.

The good thing is the speed in which an election will now be held after thirty percent of workers signed cards saying they want a union. Elections have to be held within five or ten days. They also seem to be willing to get rid of the anti-union workplace meetings that some corporations like Target force their workers to sit through. If this bill can pass despite the continued opposition from corporatists it would appear that this would be a big victory. It’s not card check but it doesn’t appear to be too bad.