Labor Day seemed a good time to recognize the role which Big Labor and union issues will play in the upcoming election so U.S. Chamber President and CEO Tom Donohue circulated an op/ed this past weekend on card check and its threat to workers’ rights.  It began:

Labor Day signals the beginning of the sprint toward the November elections, when Americans cast a secret ballot for the candidates of their choice.

Sadly, this year - whether they know it or not - voters may very well be deciding whether to do away with that sacred tradition when it comes to union organizing campaigns.

That's because the fate of legislation called the Employee Free Choice Act - better known as the Card Check law - may depend on what happens in November. Unions are pouring as much as $400 million into the 2008 campaign to ensure that the next Congress will pass Card Check, effectively stripping workers of the private ballot.

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