@50. Mark Buehner:
“The problem with a secret ballot is that the employer is given the opportunity to harass and fire workers before the vote occurs.”
The Union has the same opportunity, no?
Um, no. The union doesn’t have the threat of termination as leverage. That’s the ace in the hole for the employer – and can provide a powerful incentive for workers to act against their larger interests.
The elephant in the room is that given a secret ballot, less people vote union. Doesn’t that provide pretty compelling proof about just who is doing the bullying generally?
I’d love to see the data you’ve got to back up that assertion. The data I have seen indicates that most workers would vote for a union if given the opportunity.
Would you support a law where each employee had to sign their vote alone, in the presence of the employer? Then why the opposite? Lets get real, nobody is even really pretending this bill does anything but legalize union strong-arming.
Organizing is a matter for labor to decide – and the method should be the choice of the workers as well, not subject to the desires of the employer. Fear mongering about union intimidation is not justified, given the much more disturbing history of management aggression.
Peace.
DS
