WASHINGTON – Tomorrow, the Senate will vote on ending the debate on two important bills. The first vote will be on Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's (D-NV) cloture motion to proceed to debate the Employee Free Choice Act, or "card check" bill. The second vote will be on stopping debate and moving to negotiations on the immigration bill.

NACS is opposed to the card check bill and hopes that the Senate will not have the required 60 votes to pass this legislation. As of today, NACS is optimistic that the unions will not get the required votes and the debate on this anti-workers right bill will be put to rest for a long time.

On Monday, NACS sent every senator a letter [PDF] outlining its opposition to the bill. The legislation would "strip American workers of the opportunity to keep private their decision on whether or not to be represented by a union. It would virtually replace private ballots in union elections with the very public card check recognition process. With the card check process, workers are forced to vote in front of union organizers by signing or not signing an authorization card."

Also, NACS is following the immigration debate to make sure any legislation does not include a burdensome employee verification system and provides real safe harbors from liability for employers who comply with the law.