Lawsuit: Iowa Teamster leader's firing violated free speech rights
Here's an example happening elsewhere. Federal law apparently prohibits retribution against union members in compensated union positions for supporting a particular person in a union election. It makes sense if you think about it... I'm in favor of free and open elections rather than the winning side immediately assassinating all members of the other party.
If one party of the of our MEC wanted to get rid of a guy for supporting the other party of the MEC (yes, we now clearly have a 2-party system), then they should have been bright enough to not actually say that they were doing it based on electioneering. My guess is that internal union by-laws charges are required in an attempt to rectify the misstep before resorting to a Federal suit. And you think they the MEC is distracted now!
