[CaptainHaplo]

August- I am not sure your understand what the unions here is trying to do....

Say they get 15% of the people in a company to back forming a union. Ok - they get those 15% to start telling the coworkers - on the side - you better sign on - cuz if you don't - when it goes thru - your going to be seen as an "outsider". The union won't want to stand up hard for you because you didnt stand up for it.....

Now you get pressure to sign on - even when you may not want it. The problem here is that instead of having a "secret ballot vote" like has always been done - your view on the matter is now PUBLIC to the union. Under the current rules - if you get enough signatures on the card - you force a vote. The vote is secret - so just like our elections its YOUR choice - no one can villify or punish you for voting your own thoughts. However - this wants to take that away - and make it possible for one side or the other to find out how you voted, and depending on the outcome, perhaps use that against you.

I have no problem with letting unions have a voice if the workers want to form one. But doing it this way means that the unions have an ability to strong arm the workers to create one. Whats wrong with the voters having a private ballot? If they get 51% in that ballot, the union wins. Not one supporter of this bill has shown WHY allowing the workers the privacy of a secret ballot hurts them. The only attempt I have heard in any discussions I have had on this was that its SO hard to get 30% signed on to force the vote. Well if you can't get 30% to sign on to force the vote -why do you think your going to get 51%? But if you can force a "public" vote - then you can use fear to pressure those who would choose otherwise.

That is dishonest. This is merely an attempt to change the process to favor unions as organizations over the rights of the workers.