On: Bart employee salaries CSV

[spikels]

The percentage of members of the two BART unions that voted for the strike is also public. It was not close.

   SEIU 98.5%
   ATU  99.9%

http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/BART-workers-vote-to-a...

[flyinRyan → spikels]

Sounds like they have legit grievances then.

[derleth → spikels]

> The percentage of members of the two BART unions that voted for the strike is also public. It was not close.

Those numbers (upwards of 90%) look like the numbers won by dictators in rigged elections. Who monitors the union voting process?

[casiotone → derleth]

Union ballots are well regulated and usually even put incredibly unfair restrictions on the unions. They achieve this result in a very simple way:

Their members want it.

[derleth → casiotone]

> Union ballots are well regulated

Says who? The unions? What outside observers monitor the ballots?