Group uses Blago to knock unions, card check

From NBC's Carrie Dann The reported ties between Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich  and the nation's largest labor union continue to be ad fodder for organizations wary of a a pro-labor agenda item that looms as one of next year's brewing legislative showdowns.    The pro-business issue group, Americans for Job Security (AJS), is up with a new ad linking Blagojevich, the Service Employees International Union (SEIU), and the Employee Free Choice Act -- a union-backed measure that would overhaul labor law and forbid employers from mandating that workers cast secret ballots in union negotiations.     The ad, running in red states Nebraska, Arkansas, and North Dakota, calls the proposed legislation "a bailout for union bosses" meant as "payback" to the political arms of unions like SEIU that fundraised heavily for Democratic senatorial candidates.    The opening shot of the ad: Blago.    ...( read more ) (link)