Justin's Political Corner

sarahlee310:

Apparently, Mitt Romney doesn’t believe in workplace democracy. And as more and more reports of employer coercion of workers’ political rights emerge, it is clear that Romney’s disdain for workplace rights is not unique.  In fact, the employer communications to workers that we are seeing include both direct and implicit threats and scare tactics to make employees fear for their jobs if President Obama wins.  These are the same tactics that employers use against workers trying to organize a union. The Supreme Court has long recognized that even what appears on its face to be mere persuasion becomes inherently coercive when it’s an employer urging its employees to take particular actions.

Unions represent a necessary bulwark against bullying by employers, whether about the workplace or politics. That is why unions are critical to democracy, and why the right to organize is an internationally recognized human right. The recent outbreak of stories of employers bullying their workers into supporting their candidate underscores the crucial role of unions in our fragile democracy.

(via AFL-CIO Responds to Romney Call - Working In These Times)