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Mediation board proposes letting air, rail staff organize even if majority don't vote in election
The Airline Unions (like the UAW) are desperate. They can't win as things have been done for 75 years so they are trying to change the rules to make their chances more favorable..... even though they still could lose.
Maybe it would be nice if everyone voted but the argument that a "NON-vote" should be discounted as meaningless is specious. Clearly, a non-vote indicates a lack of interest in organizing into a Union. What else could it mean? And if a majority of the employees do not vote, that means a majority of the employees don't care about the Union.
This is just another attempt to keep these worthless Unions alive when clearly they are an anachronism of another age.
Re: Airlines oppose union rule change
Once again Mr. Hurst is acting as an airline publicist rather than a news reporter. Where's the other side of the story here? This is clearly an editorial; not even a weak attempt at balanced reporting.
Where are the opinions of the AFL-CIO Transportation Trades Department leaders who filed the petition to change the rule on behalf of millions of union members?
Where is the majority opinion of the other two National Mediation Board principal officers? Members Henry Hoglander and Linda Puchala state "In political elections, those who do not vote acquiesce to the will of those who choose to participate. To allow a contrary policy could allow those lacking the interest or will to vote to supersede the wishes of those who do take the time and trouble to cast ballots. The Board's primary duty in representation disputes is to determine the clear, un-coerced choice of the affected employees and the Board believes that this duty can be better fulfilled by modifying its election procedures to rely on the choice of the majority of valid ballots cast in the election. This process will ensure that each employee vote, whether for or against representation, will be regarded with equal weight. The Board will no longer substitute its opinion for that of the employee and register the lack of a vote as a 'no' vote."
There are two sides to this story, and it's a shame that a reader has to tell the other side instead of the reporter.
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