We have detailed the flagging support that the unions have experienced over their desire to get the Employee Free Choice Act passed. We’ve detailed how several Senators have bailed on the EFCA and stated they won’t support it. We’ve also reported that the Speaker of the House has said she won’t raise it if there is no chance it’ll get through the Senate.

But it ain’t over until the fat lady sings. Big Labor is mounting an offensive meant to strong-arm Congress into approving this economy killing bill despite its lack of support.

As Politico reports:

The hot contest over the legislation also known as “card check” may have cooled for the moment, but labor has rolled out a national TV ad and grass-roots campaign to coincide with the congressional recess, and there is still a chance that a stripped-down version of the bill will pass this year.

And this new campaign is also filled with cooked polling numbers skewed in favor of the union position, naturally. And it is not a legitimate use of polls.

…when advocates or opponents use these numbers out of context in statements or press releases, they are essentially attempting to form public opinion by asserting that they already know what public opinion is — which can produce the kind of absurdist discrepancies that have been a hallmark of the labor/management smackdown thus far.

Personally, I don’t really believe aANY poll no matter who conducted it these days. But I don’t believe ANYTHING a unions says, in any case.

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