Democrats Promote Thuggery

According to the New York Sun the Democrats are pushing an initiative that will remove the need for a secret ballot when voting to form a union. According to the story:

Congressional Democrats and labor unions are moving forward with legislation to replace secret-ballot votes on unionization with a petition-based system, despite misgivings from some labor leaders that the measure has virtually no chance of becoming law while President Bush is in office.

This is a raw attempt designed to create more unions whether they want a union or not. How is this the case and what is wrong with it? According to the story:

Republicans contend that the title of the bill is Orwellian because the measure would make workers subject to intimidation by union organizers who would know whether an individual worker signed the petition or refused to do so.

So a big thug comes up to you with two other big thugs standing behind him and shoves a petition under your nose. Do you think this is an environment that encourages you to act the way you want or the way they want? Many often sign the petition and then vote against forming the union when they can safely do so in secrecy. There are basically two choices here:

1) Allow unionization within an environment that is full of intimidation.
2) Keep unionization as it is where it is only formed from the results of secret ballots.

Of course which side are the Dems on? The thug side of course. What person in their right mind would look at these two choices and think that the first is best for the individual. Only a Democrat would look at this and pick #1 because it is better for Democrats. They sure do care about people, don't they. A labor group tries to spin the situation:

The director of the labor extension program at Rutgers University, Adrienne Eaton, said current labor laws favor employers and the new legislation would help reverse those advantages.

"It wouldn't cure them all, of course, but it would certainly make organizing substantially easier," she said. "The current system allows employers to mount coercive campaigns against unionization.

This last statement is laughable. It assumes that unions do not also engage in heavy handed campaigns in favor of unionization. The fact is that no matter how much coercion from either side, in the secrecy of the ballot box a worker will vote the way he/she wants to vote. The new rules would simply eliminate employer coercion while leaving AND increasing union coercion.

While many currently take the sign and vote against approach, it is likely that many will choose not to sign. This will no doubt result in violence. People will be injured and/or killed as a result of this change if it ever passes. Democrats don't care who gets hurt or killed. It is obvious that they are targeting Walmart. They want their prize and they want it now. If some have to die for that, it is their tough luck.