When it comes to voting everyone just naturally assumes that the most fair way to do it is by secret ballot, especially on the big decisions. Well, everyone except the fascists. From the Washington Times:
That window has taken the form of the cleverly worded Employee Free Choice Act, which strips workers of their right to a secret ballot in union recognition elections. Instead, it would force workers to submit to a “card check” — a process that places them at risk of intimidation, coercion and threats from labor bosses, all to get them to sign a card to demonstrate their “support” for unionization.
That’s right, you’ll be forced to march up to the front and sign your pledge to support the union. If you don’t, well, WE KNOW WHO YOU ARE!
As if this isn’t enough, marvel at the hypocrisy:
What’s truly amazing about the Big Labor and congressional Democratic push for the card check bill is the absolute hypocrisy of it all. The labor bosses behind the effort to strip workers of their rights to a private ballot in union organization elections are the very same people who have argued passionately for such rights in union decertification elections. In fact, using quite stirring language, Big Labor once told the National Labor Relations Board that the secret ballot election is a “solemn” occasion, imperative to preserving “privacy and independence.”
But Big Labor doesn’t have a monopoly on hypocrisy in this debate. Congressional Democrats are giving them a run for their money. Consider this: Writing to Mexican — yes, Mexican — officials in August 2001 in advance of an election between two competing labor unions in that country, 16 House Democrats — 11 of whom remain in the House and sponsor the card-check bill, including the bill’s lead sponsor himself, Rep. George Miller of California — plainly stated: “We understand that the secret ballot is allowed for, but not required by Mexican labor law. We feel that the secret ballot is absolutely necessary in order to ensure workers are not intimidated into voting for a union they may otherwise not choose.” Not only do Democratic card-check proponents seem to support rights for Mexican workers that they aren’t even willing to protect for their own constituents, but they also have admitted that the process is deeply flawed and prone to intimidation.
Fascism:
2 : a tendency toward or actual exercise of strong autocratic or dictatorial control