How Nevada Caucuses Killed Myth of Union Intimidation
So rightwingers are taking great glee in Bill Clinton's taking up the cugel of allegations of "union intimidation" during the Nevada caucuses. See this editorial by Reaganite Lawrence Lindsey to use Clinton to more generally go after pro-labor laws:
Now that Bill Clinton has seen for himself that union leaders can and do intimidate employees over whom to vote for in a party caucus, he might want to think about whether union leaders might do the same things when something even more relevant to them is at stake--such as whether their union can win an organizing battle and begin forcing workers to pay dues.
Of course, the irony is that Nevada showed exactly the opposite, since Hillary actually won in the union strip hotel caucuses, reflecting that members felt quite comfortable publicly voting against their union leadership, as this Politico story outlined:




