[elkhunter11]

Way back in the 1980s an attempt was made to unionize the company that I worked at. Yes some good salesmen tried convince us just how much better off we would be if we signed up, but the first time that some people attempted to resort to intimidation, they soon found out that they were the ones that had something to fear if things became ugly. In those days the workers stood together without any official representatives, and anyone that turned on the other workers didn't last long. Moving to a few years ago, the entire attitude of the workforce has changed. The workers demographics are far different with many newer Canadians, and the workers were segregated into multiple social groups primarily based on their country of origin. These groups do not support one another, and these people will turn on each other for personal gain. As a result, the workforce can be much more easily manipulated, or intimidated than 30 years ago. With no unified opposition, I can actually see how a union could use tactics like this to unionize the company , even though the unionized workers in the industry enjoy no better benefits or working conditions than the workers at the company that I used to work at. As to changing the law to do away with a private vote, that is the type of socialist policy that I expect from the NDP. They will do whatever they can to buy votes, because they know that unions are their largest supporters.