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Old March 11, 2009, 04:26 PM   #15
Evan Thomas
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Thanks, PBP. Good try.

If anyone is interested in some actual data on the subject of the ways employers intimidate workers who try to unionize, they'll find it here. I'd also suggest just thinking, for a moment, about who has the actual power, and most of the resources, in a typical non-union shop. (Hint: it isn't the workers.) Under the current system, secret ballot elections are controlled by management: they determine the schedule and control access to information before the election, so they have all the power.

And for those who didn't read my first post carefully: Under the terms of the EFCA, workers can still have secret ballots if they want them. No one is taking that option away. The difference is that they would also, by law, have the option to just sign up -- if a majority do so, the union is in, and that's the end of the process: no harassment, no intimidation, etc. There's nothing radical about this: many companies already do it this way.
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