Cohousing-L Mailing List: Dynamic Governance & Unions [was hotel/ union ]

[Sharon Villines (sharon]

On 4 Apr 2011, at 7:27 PM, R.N. Johnson wrote:

> Just to give a little background, anti-union management often ask for a 
> secret ballot, because this gives them an opportunity to stall the election 
> for months and years, intimidating workers in the meantime.

I'm not sure why this stalls the election. Unions want secret ballots and in 
some states the election is not legal if the ballots are not secret. The 
intimidation is huge if management can determine who voted for the union and 
who against. There are good procedures for determining that a vote has been 
legally cast and counted.

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 In The Netherlands where unions are mandatory, sociocratic, dynamically 
governed businesses are exempt because the workers are better protected than 
with a union. They become part of the decision-making and budget process. All 
workers receive both market rate wages and what we call bonuses that are based 
on company profits.

Sharon
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Sharon Villines
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