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Baltha · 08-28-2012, 07:58 PM

Coal Miners Forced To Attend Romney Event – Without Pay | Addicting Info

The scariest thing about this was from a link in the article:
FEC Concludes Corporations And Unions May Force Workers To Campaign For Political Candidates Of Their Choice | Addicting Info

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Once upon a time, two United Public workers in Hawaii refused to campaign for the candidate of their Union’s choice in their off-hours. They were subsequently fired and brought suit against the UPW. UPW argued that under Citizens United they were allowed to compel its employees to participate because Citizens clearly states that a corporation and/or a labor union may engage in political action and that nothing prohibits it from requiring participation by union employees.

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The FEC found that UPW did in fact violate the Federal Election Campaign Act by not filing independent expenditures reports but requiring employees to work on independent expenditures for either the union or a non-connected political committee was not a violation of the Act. UPW’s independent use of its paid workforce to campaign for a federal candidate was not contemplated by Congress post-Citizens United and consequently it is not prohibited by either the Act or Commission regulations.