Unions and Secret Ballots

Unions are proposing "card-check" legislation that would eliminate secret balloting during representation elections. Where are you ACLU? I mean this to me would be a civil rights violation. Then again this fits the behavior of most unions--worker intimidation. One local chief a union confessed to the Wall Street Journal that "we don't do elections." Well, isn't that nice. With the democrats in charge now that legislation might happen to the detriment of the union members.

If you think this kind of intimidation is rare you would be wrong. In 1996, A West Virginia miner was shot dead for working during a strike. Want another example a little more recent? In 2004, a worker who opposed unionization has his house "put on the map" by flyers put in the plant that had the worker's address and phone number on it and this message "Jeff Ward lives here. Go tell him how you really feel about the union." Mr. Ward had the plant cancel its recognition of the union because the workers never had a chance to vote for or against the union. The two examples sound more like organized crime than organized labor. That's why I like right to work laws that make it illegal for unions to force or coerce someone to join a union.

I find it interesting that labor unions say they back the worker and yet call him a "scab" when he crosses the picket line. Unions should not endorse such behavior but they do and they probably even encourage it. I guess the unions only support workers if they go along with what unions want. Then again if workers don't join a specific union the union's leaders not only loses money from dues but also power.

I believe not only should people hold big government and big business accountable for their actions but also big labor.