If the mislabeled "Employee Free Choice Act," becomes law, it will likely have a similar effect on the economy as the original Wagner Act, (transforming)what could have been a recovery into a lengthy, deep recession, or worse.
The bill would greatly (facilitat) organization in workplaces by effectively (eliminating) secret ballot elections, allowing unions to become exclusive (bargaining) agents when a majority of the workers sign a card indicating they want a union -- before they've heard a word from their employer about the potential downside of unionization.
The cards themselves may be signed under duress. Service (Employees) International Union (SEIU) czar Andy Stern predicts that its enactment would cause unions to "grow by 1.5 million members a year, not just for five years but for 10 to 15 straight years."
Sen. Obama voted for one version of the card-check bill in June 2007 and pledged to Big Labor that he will push for (enactment) as president. With a handful of pickups he will have a (filibuster-proof) majority in the next Senate, and can make good his pledge.