Practically Speaking

I believe you may find that there is a Senate amendment (S. 1312) that will take care of the balloting issue by adding the following:

      (c) Secret Ballot Election- Section 9(a) of the National Labor Relations Act (29 U.S.C. 159(a)), is amended--

           (1) by striking `Representatives' and inserting `(1) Representatives';

           (2) by inserting after `designated or selected' the following: `by a secret ballot election conducted by the National Labor Relations Board in accordance with this section'; and

           (3) by adding at the end the following:

     `(2) The secret ballot election requirement under paragraph (1) shall not apply to collective bargaining relationships that were recognized before the date of the enactment of the Secret Ballot Protection Act of 2007.'.

Kyle's reply: This it? A Case for the Secret Ballot Protection Act.  

"Benefits of enacting the SBPA include:

• embodying in law an absolute right for employees to make a decision about unionization in a fair, secret, and democratic election;
• eliminating unreliable authorization cards as a means for unions to achieve representative status and shielding employees from union misrepresentations, peer pressure, harassment, intimidation, coercion, and forgery of their names;
• giving employees at least the opportunity to learn about both sides of the unionization issue before voting; and
• freeing employers from union coercion to sacrifice their employees’ interest in a secret ballot election.

Seems there is some concern that the older version could be resurrected? 

Actually, I got my information on the Government site. There is usually some twist on any site that "explains" a bill.

Kyle's reply: I do agree about the twist, but I think the most interesting part of the McGovern plea was that it came from McGovern!