(previously posted under Keith McCullough: 06/19/08 6:38 PM EST)


At Research Edge we have our Eye on a potential Union comeback in this country. In a close vote, security guards at MGM's Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas voted against the International Union of Security, Police and Fire Professionals of America. Of course, consistent with our democratic traditions, the vote was conducted through the secret ballot. Obama and a majority in Congress have indicated they would pass the Employee Free Choice Act which would effectively replace the secret ballot with an open petition. My view is that union elections become less free under this measure and in this case the vote would've been radically different.