More links on the hottest labor law issue since, oh, maybe the Eisenhower years:

• Some unionists say card check would "leave employees with choice" on whether to use a secret ballot. What a tall tale;
• Vote counting on the Senate side not looking great for the unions;
• Thorough and scathing evaluation of the proposal by Thomas Gies for AEI's The American; and James Sherk of Heritage has a lot to say about the government-arbitrator-imposed contracts that the law envisions: "Card Check Creates Government-Run Workplaces".
• Tuesday's Senate hearing.
  


• Missouri Sen. Claire McCaskill seems at best badly confused about the current state of the law, and what the bill would do;
• D'you think unions' willingness to browbeat opponents of the bill might foreshadow a willingness to browbeat workers who refuse to sign the cards?
• Michael Fox, Jottings of an Employer's Lawyer, explains why he has mixed feelings about the fight.


• Noted law professor Edward Zelinsky explains why he hopes Congress will keep the secret ballot. And Warren Buffett: "I think the secret ballot's pretty important in the country. You know, I'm against card check, to make a perfectly flat statement."
  


• Comrades! Revolutionary solidarity with working class need not mean repeating AFL-CIO talking points on EFCA without checking!
  


• Even without passing, the bill's hurting the economy: "Wal-Mart Downgraded On 'Card Check' Fears";


• Ohio Employment Law has a roundup with many fresh links, not duplicating the ones above.