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In article <4elon8$640@nntp.ucs.ubc.ca>,
Mark Wilkinson <markw@unixg.ubc.ca> wrote:
>In article <4ee0lq$m5p@grid.direct.ca>,
>   cskelton@direct.ca (craig skelton) wrote:
>
><>This is true... What some of you guys don't seem to understand is that 
><>unionization of employee's is not up to any one else but the employee's.
><>They have chosen to band together, and voted to have a union become their 
><>bargaining agent. 
>
>
>Well... Not exactly.  As another respondent pointed out, unionization is not 
>based on a unanimous decision, but rather a 'democratic' one.  The reason I am 
>so hesitant to use the word 'democratic' w.r.t. unionization is that they do 
>not have open votes (before you flame me for saying this, please phone the BC 
>Fed. of Labour and check out your facts!).
>
>We have all seen examples of picket-line violence.  Combine this with 
>non-secret ballots and you realize that there is really *no* democracy in the 
>unionization process.  People are bullied into making the decision to join the 
>union.  It really isn't a free choice at all.

While unions may conduct votes without using secret ballots, that isn't 
the case for the "unionization process".  Union certification votes are 
conducted by secret ballot by the Labour Relations Board.  

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