Ohio McDonald's gives voting advice in paychecks By JULIE CARR SMYTH The Associated Press Saturday, October 30, 2010; 1:16 AM COLUMBUS, Ohio -- A handful of McDonald's employees in northeastern Ohio received handbills in their most recent paychecks suggesting they vote for three Republican candidates. "If the right people are elected we will be able to continue with raises and benefits at or above our present levels," the insert said. "If others are elected we will not." The fast food chain's corporate headquarters in Oak Brook, Ill., distanced itself from the action by Canton franchisee Paul Siegfried, saying it was not reflective of the company's position. Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner, the Democratic elections chief, said she was launching an investigation because the action appeared to violate Ohio election laws. Allen Schulman, an attorney representing one of the employees, said Friday he had forwarded the paycheck insert to Canton's city law director, citing state and federal laws against corporate advocacy in elections. Click link below for more of article: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/10/29/AR2010102905201.html Did everyone take advantage of their state's early voting???
That is very common, for some reason in my experience it is always a scare tactic from the right. Union messages pro and con are commonplace. Who the hell works at McDonalds for good benefits, anyway? Threating wage freezes or cutbacks over election results goes back to coal mine companies in KY and WV. That kind of behavior is one of the reasons unions still exist. It goes on in churches only the black ones support Democrats for the most part but, where I am from Rep. have received up to forty percent of the black vote if they go to black churches and state their case and ask for support.
