Organized labor has big plans for the new Congress. Its top legislative priority is the Employee Free Choice Act, which would make it easier to unionize.
If a majority of workers at a company sign cards saying they want union representation, they could have it. Unions say the current law is one reason union membership keeps declining. They say it allows employers to use intimidation and delaying tactics to block efforts to organize.
Business groups say the proposed legislation would allow unions to bully workers. They have made defeating the bill one of their top priorities.
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