McDonalds Employees threatened if Republicans don't win.

IF it is true, then yes I am angry about it. That is like buying votes. That is illegal. Something should be done about that if true.

We all have our own political opinions. We should not force our views onto others. nobody should ever feel threatened because of their political stands. we are all free to choose.

What is the difference between this and the Union telling me in a mailing that if I elect a Republican my job will be at stake. This is sent in a letter to me because they have my name and address(required by law that I give it because I was forced to join the Union). I live in a state that is not a Right To Work state, once a Union is voted in I have to pay my "Fair Share" of negotiating the contract. When figured out I have to pay all but one dollar of the Union Dues. At least McDonald's was not asking the employees to pay for the cost of printing and postage to receive the information.

Should we count how many times you lumped people together based on your own preconcieved stereotype? First of all, this was a franchise owner, not McDonalds corperation (which you falied to mention). Next we have your painting all republicans with your broad brush. You also seem to assume that all McDonalds employees are "hard working". Something we know isn't true of all of them. ;~D The wording of your tyrade is also just plain wrong. Nowhere does example on the link say that there were any threats to anyone. It simply said that the franchise owner thinks that voting for the named candidates will help that McDonalds store improve it's business. Shouldn't raises and increased benefits be the result of improved business? I do thank you for giving me a good lesson in critical thinking though. After all, we can learn from good examples as well as bad ones. :~)

Voter intimidation of any kind is something that everyone should stand together against. I noticed that franchise owner Paul Siegfried did not apologize for attempting to force his employees to vote for specific candidates who he supported but for "offending"?

I was just reading about this a little while ago and I was very surprised that an employer would actually come out and do that. My husband's employer hints at it, the VP even talks about how bad the Democrats are for businesses but, even his crappy company hasn't done this. If the AG doesn't do something to this McDonald's I'm sure that many companies will see that they can get away with it and more of it will be happening.

To be fair, they did include, "As always, who you vote for is completely your personal decision and many factors go into your decision." I don't know if I'd call this voter intimidation. Did they threaten employees with lay-offs?

No, what they said in the letter was that certain candidates would allow McDonald's to continue growing financially, thus allowing for better benefits. Here's a pdf copy of the letter: http://media2.newsnet5.com/uploads/wews_mcdonalds-letter.pdf In other words: If certain candidates win, their policies would allow the company to grow and pay more. If those candidates don't win, their policies would affect the company negatively, limiting the amount business growth or money they can give their employees. The letter doesn't say anywhere that they won't receive raises or benefits. It's not a threat, but it is intimidation. Regardless, the franchise owner is guilty of breaking the law. They are not allowed to influence employees with political messages the way they did.

This is sooo wrong. Employers should completely stay of politics when it comes to their employees. Politics do not belong in the work place. He is also abusing his power as their boss. Hopefully charges get brought against him. Do you know if any of the employees have contacted law enforcement about this?

Like HawaiiGopher said, I don't think we can call this voter intimidation, because they just say that the Republicans are the best choice to help McDonalds with the raises and benefits, but they are not saying the the employees should vote for the Republicans. If the letter said "Vote Republican or you're fired", we could call this voter intimidation, but not in this case I think.