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Originally Posted by gimpy117
Unions encourage you to vote for a candidate. I'm in a union. We endorsed candidates, and our newsletter had an article about him. But never once was there a slip in my paycheck saying "If you don't vote for this candidate you might not get a raise".
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How would they know?
This is not a "vote for X, then I dock your check."
This is "vote for X, and his
policies (if enacted) will result in us having to dock
everyone's check."
HUGE difference.
It is no different than the unions. Anyone offended is free to leave, or start a competitor to McDonalds.
I pretty consistently don't care in the least what employers do, I think they should be able to do pretty much what they want (I think the employer should have the right to fire employees for unionizing, for example)—except when the employer is the government, they need to be held to a FAR higher standard.
It is a fact that the new healthcare law is changing insurance with many companies. Their accountants tell them for planning purposes that if the thing passed we need to do X, Y, and Z. The employer telling the employees this ahead of an election is GOOD. "Regardless of what the candidates tell you, if bills like X, Y, or Z pass, the result for THIS company will be increased cost of your part of insurance, a slowing of raises, and fewer new jobs, or possibly cutbacks depending on how many of these legislative goals are met. Vote how you like, but be cognizant of how it might affect your workplace."
There is no coercion here because the employer
cannot possibly know how thew employees voted.
Mookie, regarding Obama supporters doing the same, they DID as I said. Find the post started by me where I complain it's unfair (hint: I didn't). I would complain if a government agency did this, however (a school, municipal office, etc) as they'd be wasting taxpayer money to do so (a clear conflict of interest).