▲ 205 ▼ Freedom Foundation Used ‘Trickery’ To Try To Get Teachers To Drop Union Membership (www.huffpost.com) submitted 2 years ago by rockSlayer@lemmy.world [M] to c/leftism@lemmy.world 8 comments fedilink hide all child comments Tl;dr: the right wing, anti-union group Freedom Foundation attempted to commit mail fraud to get teachers to drop their union membership.
[–] Baines@lemmy.world 40 points 2 years ago (2 children) can fuckers be charged with crime now? permalink fedilink source hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] rockSlayer@lemmy.world [S] 27 points 2 years ago the AFT said they're reserving the right to file a lawsuit in their Cease and Desist. I hope they pursue it. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Burn_The_Right@lemmy.world 25 points 2 years ago* (2 children) 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? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [+] aniki@lemm.ee 7 points 2 years ago (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Burn_The_Right@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago You have a damn fine point. permalink fedilink source parent [–] unfreeradical@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) 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? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] rockSlayer@lemmy.world [S] 27 points 2 years ago the AFT said they're reserving the right to file a lawsuit in their Cease and Desist. I hope they pursue it. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Burn_The_Right@lemmy.world 25 points 2 years ago* (2 children) 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? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [+] aniki@lemm.ee 7 points 2 years ago (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Burn_The_Right@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago You have a damn fine point. permalink fedilink source parent [–] unfreeradical@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) 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? permalink fedilink source parent
[+] aniki@lemm.ee 7 points 2 years ago (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Burn_The_Right@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago You have a damn fine point. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Burn_The_Right@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago You have a damn fine point. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] unfreeradical@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) 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? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Treczoks@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago I hope they sue this "Freedumb Foundation" to kingdom come. permalink fedilink source
[–] sara@lemmy.today 7 points 2 years ago I guess if you can’t convince people to support your cause, trying to deceive them into doing so is the next best thing. permalink fedilink source
[–] MrZee@lemm.ee 4 points 2 years ago “Trickery” is a very nice word for blatant fraud. permalink fedilink source
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