On Thu, Mar 26, 2009 at 4:39 PM, Judah wrote: > > By the same token the current law allowing companies to force an > election allows them time to bully workers into voting "no".
No, it allows both sides to campaign, which is how elections work. > They > routinely coerce employees, they fire organizers, they threaten and > cajole. > Businesses are allowed to compel employees to come to meetings > where anti-union speakers try to indoctrinate them. O If the company is paying the employee for their time, the company has the right to tell the employee to show up at meetings. No one is forcing the employee to work for a particular employer. That's their choice. > Organizers are not > allowed to post materials in the workplace nor are they allowed to > hold meetings during work hours. > If the company is paying for the office and the wages of the employees, they get to decide what the employees do during work hours in the office. If we are talking undue influence here I'd have to say that an > employer has way more undue influence on an employees union choice > than anyone else. > The employer is PAYING for the employee to work for them. If the employee doesn't like that situation, it's a free country and they can find another job. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:292942 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
