The U.S. Chamber of Commerce has released a comprehensive analysis of how the so-called Employees Free Choice Act, or card check, would dramatically change existing labor laws.

Written by labor lawyers for non-lawyer readers, The Employee Free Choice Act: Piercing the Rhetoric critiques each of EFCA's three provisions: Card check certification for union organizing, compulsory interest arbitration of first contracts, and increased penalties on employers.

The three provisions are non-negotiable, says Randy Johnson, Chamber vice president of Labor, Immigration and Employee Benefits. "No part of EFCA can be justified, and it is in the best interests of employees and employers alike that this bill never be enacted."

"Supporters of EFCA have been quick to demonize employers and mischaracterize existing law," Johnson adds.  "But you won't find the union leadership discussing the details of the bill, if they can help it. This is because its major three components represent the most radical threat to balanced labor law in decades."

Read the briefing book.