Somehow I can’t see forcing a union member to attend a non-union related rally as being legal. I’m thinking there could be some ethics problems regarding this. It could be a violation of the Union’s Constitution or guidelines. People pay Union dues for the Union to represent them in work-related issues. It has no right to force or intimidate union members to do its bidding on political issues. And if they are doing that, then there is usually an independent commission that oversees the union’s actions, that members can file a complaint with.
There are all kinds of ways to influence people to do things in the workplace, short of force. The person clearly didn't seem to understand what the event was about until arriving there and seeing their protest and our rally.
According to Wikipedia, under the subheadline "Membership": "Currently, the AFL-CIO's only explicit restriction on membership excludes those labor unions whose 'policies and activities are consistently directed toward the achievement of the program or purposes of authoritarianism, totalitarianism, terrorism and other forces that suppress individual liberties and freedom of association...' (Art. II, Sec. 7)."
It's hard to see how they square their opposition to this war, or a Local's demonstration against this war, based on the above, unless they are internationalist to believe it only applies to our enemies and not to our U.S. citizens.
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During the weekend of Thanksgiving, 2000, Al Gore had John Sweeney on the phone, begging for “volunteers” to counteract the demonstrators standing out side the gates of his residence, shouting “Get out of Cheney’s house.”
“Who sent those people” was a question that Gore’s supporters and operatives kept asking. TV reporters kept asking us, too, as I recall. Apparently dems have a real problem conceptualizing real grass roots efforts.
Something not right here. If I were a member of that union and they TOLD me I HAD to protest at Walter Reid I’d tell them to go F themselves and go right to the newspapers . Bette ryet I’d wear a wire and record the event.
Likewise; this is illegal. Could you file a formal complaint with the National Labor Relations Board?
Thanks to you, AW, and the rest of the DC Team for keeping the moonbat scumbags at bay.
It has no right to force or intimidate union members to do its bidding on political issues. “”
IF you think this is new, think again.
Imremember being told how to vote when I was working a machinists union job when I was 21. I am now just short of 68. I was really angry, but I just nodded and said- yeah, sure. Then I went into the polling place and voted what I wanted. Their choices for me were entirely different than what I voted. STILL are.