rockSlayer@lemmy.worldM to Leftism@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoFreedom Foundation Used ‘Trickery’ To Try To Get Teachers To Drop Union Membershipwww.huffpost.comexternal-linkmessage-square8fedilinkarrow-up1206arrow-down13file-textcross-posted to: unions
arrow-up1203arrow-down1external-linkFreedom Foundation Used ‘Trickery’ To Try To Get Teachers To Drop Union Membershipwww.huffpost.comrockSlayer@lemmy.worldM to Leftism@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square8fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: unions
Tl;dr: the right wing, anti-union group Freedom Foundation attempted to commit mail fraud to get teachers to drop their union membership.
minus-squareBurn_The_Right@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up23·edit-21 year agoWhat they did is felony mail fraud, so yes. If postal police or the DOJ pursue it, they can absolutely be charged. They real question is will they be charged?
minus-squareBurn_The_Right@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·1 year agoYou have a damn fine point.
minus-squareunfreeradical@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·edit-21 year agoTo me the real question is, will everyone continue simply to pretend the system is legitimate, as though sustained by magic, despite consistent and robust failures?
What they did is felony mail fraud, so yes. If postal police or the DOJ pursue it, they can absolutely be charged.
They real question is will they be charged?
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You have a damn fine point.
To me the real question is, will everyone continue simply to pretend the system is legitimate, as though sustained by magic, despite consistent and robust failures?