EFCA back in play – but somewhat neutered

New Sen. Al Franken has helped revive the Employee Free Choice Act — but, with one major proviso — card check is now out.

That’s to get the magic bullet of having a filibuster-proof bill.

Unions are taking this in some sort of stride:

“Our goals,” an anonymous AFL-CIO official said, “have always been letting employees have a real choice, having real penalties against employers who break the law in fighting unions, and having some form of binding arbitration to prevent employers from dragging their feet forever to prevent reaching a contract.”

And, big biz still isn’t, overall, too happy with the bill, so it can’t be all that bad.