Demand fair elections for airline & rail workers - House vote tomorrow

[Omaha Steve]

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*Imagine an election where all non-voters are counted as "NO" voters. *It's undemocratic, and it would make it extremely difficult to get enough "YES" votes to pass anything.

*That's exactly what House Transportation Chairman John Mica has in mind for airline and railway workers who are voting in union elections.* Mica, who has taken more than $620,000 in campaign contributions from the airline industry, has put a provision into the FAA reauthorization bill that would make it much more difficult for railway and airline employees to form unions.

Under this rule, even if more people voted "yes" than voted "no", the "yeses" could still lose. Can you think of ANY election that works this way? We would never tolerate this kind of voting in our political elections; why would we allow it in union elections?

Congress is expected to vote on the provision TOMORROW. *Please send an email TODAY < http://afl.salsalabs.com/o/4023/c/33/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY=1812 > to let Congress know we will not tolerate this undemocratic process. * The only votes that should count are the votes that are actually cast!*
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Thanks for all you do.

In Solidarity,

Allison Fletcher Acosta
Jobs with Justice

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[sinkingfeeling]

1. Done. Sorry that my Rep. is a Teabagger.