statutory authority. explain what card check is. i m sorry card check is a mechanism for certifying unions as bar bang bargaining agents for all employees under current law workers entitleed to secret ballot election to determine whether they want to be part of a union. in their world the see ballot election would no longer exist. megyn: this is something congress toyed with but didn t have the support for doing that for opinion dating the open ballot instead of secret ballot. my understanding craig becker doesn t necessarily think that s a deal breaker to forcing card check on employers. well, he s probably written about card check and card check may not be the ultimate price. think what becker has written about and what i think a lot of independent minded workers ought to be worried about is an arbitration provision organized labor sees as their real prize in this particular term of congress and national relations board that is basically getting nlrb to rule first contracts