The proposed Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA) would eliminate secret ballots in union elections, making it easier for unions to organize at companies.

EFCA earlier this year won approval in the US House and a majority of votes in the Senate.

With the risk that another Senate vote might put EFCA advocates over the top, the business-backed Center for Union Facts (CUF) stepped in with a campaign supporting a cloture vote to end the Senate's consideration of the legislation.

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