We're sure there will be no shortage of commentary on the Employee Free Choice Act coming out of Denver this week.  In the meantime, here are a few items from around the web.

In The Tennessean, NFIB State Director Jim Brown recently criticized the Act and the effects it is certain to have on small business:

Small businesses would be especially vulnerable to card check. In fiscal year 2005, 70 percent of elections conducted by the National Labor Relations Board involved bargaining units of 50 employees or fewer.

Even very small businesses would be vulnerable: More than 20 percent of NLRB-supervised elections involved bargaining units of 10 employees or fewer.

I recently asked one small-business owner with 24 employees what he would do if a union obtained the necessary 12 card-check signatures. "Shut down shortly thereafter," he said.

In WSJ Online, Bernie Marcus proclaimed the "Bad Labor Law is a Path to Economic Ruin," adding:

To my astonishment, most CEOs in America are unaware of this planned hostile takeover of their human resources. I am retired, so this is not business for me. It's strictly personal. I care deeply about the competitiveness of American companies and our system of free enterprise.

I know that labor-union contributions are the lifeblood of many in the House and Senate. But I just cannot understand how so many in Congress are willing to sell out America for political dollars. When the bill came up for a key vote in 2007, all Senate Democrats voted yes and only two Democrats in the House had the courage to vote no. While the bill passed the House, it failed in the Senate because the Democrats were unable to get the required 60 votes to stop a Republican filibuster.

If the Democrats have a good November, the measure could become law early next year. Bill co-sponsor Barack Obama has said: "We will pass the Employee Free Choice Act. It's not a matter of if, it's a matter of when. We may have to wait for the next president to sign it, but we will get this thing done."

The CongressNow publication of Roll Call notes organized labor's naked power grab:

[Change To Win official Chris ]Chafe said this could be a “watershed election” that puts Democrats in a position to move the labor agenda forward. Unions would push other labor bills if Obama is elected, including several anti-discrimination bills, paid leave legislation and more stringent Occupational Safety and Health Administration regulations, particularly involving ergonomics.

“We don’t need tweaks around the edges,” Chafe said of labor’s broad legislative agenda.

A Senate GOP aide said that if Democrats are able to capture 60 Senate seats, or close to that, “big labor will just run the table” on all of its priorities.