Senate Democrats plan to have a showdown with the GOP over a bill that would force workers to cast unionization votes without a secret ballot.
Senator……..Total Labor Contributions…….Total Labor Contributions 2007
Landrieu…………$919,300.00……………………….$46,000.00
Pryor…………….$436,000.00……………………….$50,500.00
Baucus……….$1,062,402.00……………………….$30,500.00
Harkin…………$1,680,086.00……………………….$36,500.00
Biden…………….$479,677.00…………………………$5,000.00
Durbin……………$882,225.00……………………….$63,500.00
Kerry………………$51,556.00……………………….$42,000.00
Lautenberg…..$1,253,764.00……………………….$33,500.00
Levin…………..$1,257,276.00……………………….$51,500.00
Reed……………..$718,900.00………………………$44,100.00
Rockefeller……..$983,728.00……………………….$55,000.00
I can see why the Democrats feel that they have been bought and paid for, therefore in debt to the unions. Captain Ed’s point is correct:
Rather than conducting elections by secret ballot, the workers would be forced to fill out union cards instead, identifying them and their vote on unionization It doesn’t take a genius to understand that people opposed to unionizing their workplace might feel a little intimidated if they knew that the union could identify everyone who voted against them. The unions aren’t exactly known for a history of milquetoast tactics, and putting that kind of information into their hands will win them elections just from fear of retaliation.  In fact, that’s the reason America uses secret ballots for elections.
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