Question about pickets at political events

[ashling]

I brought this question up in the course of another thread, but that thread seems to have been put to be, so to speak, so I will try my own:

If a union who is on strike and, in the course of that strike, pickets a ot of venues at which political events, fundraisers, speeches, etc. had been planned, generally democratic candidates will not cross the line out on general principles. However, if such union declares that they won't picket events of one political candidate, isn't this some sort of contributiion in kind from that union to that candidate unless, they do so for all of the candidates?

How much would it be worth?

I am not asking to "pile on" any particular candidate, it is just a question. What do you think?

:shrug:

[ashling]

1. Kick

noooooooooooo! my threads are dripping like fies. and enquiring minds want to know.

[I work for workers]

2. Generally, from what I have seen,

Unions are pretty slick about not picketing when it would look bad. Case in point:

Have you ever seen the show Orange County Choppers? They are building a new assembly plant/showroom. The construction employs about 4/5 union labor. They are being picketed by the unions covering the remaining 1/5 of the construction force, but to avoid union members having to cross a line, they only picket when no work is going on.

That doesn't really answer your question that well, but it's a decent example of what I'm talking about.

If you are asking whether or not calling off a picket line would count as some sort of monetary contribution, then I'd say no.