Quote Originally Posted by Sasaki Kojiro View Post
So you you only believe in democratic principles when it suits your purpose.
The company and the workers have a vested interest in what they do for a living. It is not undemocratic for the company to use its resources to make their case about unionization. Are you going to demand Obama doesn't use a cent more of the money he raises above what McCain raises?

You say its undemocratic because union jerks can be banned from company property (but not from talking outside of there). But it's like not allowing Canadians to vote in the US. The workers and management are the ones who are going to be affected, and they can talk on company property.

The current environment (as you applauded earlier) is not democratic. Imagine a presidential campaign where the voters are only allowed to view pro obama, anti-McCain videos and known McCain supporters have their phone tapped. The bill lets the workers decide if they want a secret ballot.
Yes it is - it's a secret ballot. That is the essence of democracy. Right now, unions want a supermajority of workers to sign cards before an election, because they recognize that everyone who signs a card won't really support the union in a secret election.

Think about that a bit, and how this bill would increase pressure on workers from unions to sign a card.

Rabbit, it's quite simple. It is not in the advantage of the union members to drive a company out of business by demanding overly high wages.
And yet that's what they've done in many occasions, like Detroit.

It is to the advantage of the people running the company to to screw over the employees in many many situations.
Um, no it isn't. Because it is to the company's advantage to have happy employees.
Heck, if the company goes belly up the CEO's often get giant severance packages. So, companies do everything they can to keep unions out. You're arguing in favor of making the CEO's richer while the workers don't have decent health care. Wake up.
Where I work the hundreds of hourly guys aren't union and it's a much better environment and relationship between management and workers than other, similar, locations around the nation. And employees still get paid well and have great health care, and they don't have to pay union dues.

CR