I will admit to not being the biggest fan of organized labor. (Threats against one’s life and one’s family as a child will do that to a guy.) Even setting aside my visceral hostility to unions, I was schocked to come across this report (third item) that John Kerry is now opposed to secret ballots for votes on union representation. Without a doubt, organized labor believes that allowing union organizers to collect cards from workers makes it easier to certify a union — but it also facilitates coercion and fraud. If a company’s workers support unionization, then the union will win a secret certification vote. This looks like a sop to Big Labor, pure and simple — and one that comes at the expense of workers. Is there any other plausible basis can one defend Senator Kerry’s position?
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