Two years after an election, 37percentt of workers' unions still had no labor agreement.
Even though workers in unionized companies make more money, have better benefits, and are protected from arbitrary termination, in about half of the elections the majority of workers vote against having a union.
The re-election of the Workers' party for its fourth term was now a high stakes game.
During the 2005 election, a third of workers voted for the conservatives, compared with 37percentt for the incumbent Social Democrats.
Although the unions now win slightly more elections than they used to (over 60% in 2005), both the number of elections and the number of workers covered have plunged.Instead union organisers have shifted to "corporate campaigns" designed to pressure firms into allowing unionisation by card-check.
During European Parliament elections last June, 35percentt of workers voted for the conservatives, and just 23percentt for the Social Democrats.
In an interview last night, Betty Monroe, Mercer County's deputy superintendent of elections, said five pairs of workers -- each with one Democrat, one Republican -- would begin verifying ballots immediately.
This permitted a truly democratic society to flourish and paved the way for the election of a worker as Brazil's president in Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.Finally, the assertion that senators "answer" to me is baseless.
Wal-Mart Stores said Monday a regional director of the National Labor Relations Board has ruled to not allow a union election by a group of workers in Clinton, Maryland.
Many of these people say they declined to bring this problem to the attention of election workers for fear of looking foolish and also, as one voter said, because poll officials "tend to be a little trigger happy".
Several groups -- including two American groups, the National Democratic Institute and the International Republican Institute -- cited instances of elections agency workers stuffing ballot boxes.
