Less than 12% o the workforce are union members. Yet 25% of the Democrats at the convention were union members or married to union members. It is another way the Democrats are disconnected from the voters.

Hillary’s speech made several nods to the union vote. The party stands against right to work states, meaning that a worker can choose not to join a union even if it is a union shop. The party also calls for the abolition of the secret ballot during a union election. This allows the union to know who voted for it and against it in order to intimidate the voting worker.

The unions are known to use physical intimidation to gain power. They certainly did years ago when they tried to unionize my workforce. Other than lies and threats they had nothing to offer.

Once a union is voted in the worker gives a portion of his salary to union dues. By eliminating the secret ballot they can more easily intimidate workers to vote the union in, and by eliminating the right to work option they can force workers to give the unions more money; money used to support their favorite political candidates which are overwhelmingly Democrat.

It is the most naked and shameless political power play and it is totally supported by Obama and the Democratic Party.

from the WSJ Political Diary:

Democrats and the Non-secret Ballot
DENVER — Democrats narrowly avoided a major embarrassment before holding their abbreviated roll call of the states here on Wednesday night.

Politico.com reported that the Obama campaign was seriously considering letting delegates vote by secret ballot, the better to avoid intimidation and fear of reprisal from local party bosses. But the plan — which was pushed on the Obama camp by supporters of Hillary Clinton — was suddenly dropped when it was realized that a key plank of the Democratic Party platform backs a so-called “card check” provision being added to the nation’s labor laws. Card check would effectively strip workers of the protection of secret ballots in union elections. Business groups and former Democratic presidential nominee George McGovern oppose the measure on the grounds that it exposes workers to harassment and intimidation.

That was precisely the concern of Democratic delegates who wanted to cast a secret ballot vote on the convention floor. The Obama campaign thought seriously about accommodating them until it realized how such a naked contradiction to the party’s stance on union balloting might look to voters and the media.

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