6mo ago

Republican mega-donors asked their employees who they will vote for in survey

www.theguardian.com

Summary

Republican mega-donors Dick and Liz Uihlein, major backers of Trump, surveyed employees at their company, Uline, on their voting preferences for the upcoming U.S. election. Uline is based in swing-state Wisconsin, critical for presidential candidates.

Marketed as "anonymous," the survey requested employees sign in, raising privacy concerns and skepticism among staff.

Liz Uihlein dismissed concerns, calling the survey "for fun" and voluntary, though legal experts warn that such employer requests can be intimidating and may increase employee anxiety.

Federal and state laws prohibit voter intimidation, with Wisconsin specifically criminalizing vote solicitation.

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“For fun”
Yea, sure. Hey, you know what else is fun…
- Union drives?
- Organizing a union?
- Guillotines and gallows.
- And I'm sure it's just coincidence that everyone who said they were voting for Kamala has to work a double shift tomorrow.
  
  Or fired for "other reasons"....
- Overthrowing liberal capitalism and eating the rich to celebrate :3
  
  Sounds fun, when do we start?
- Employer BBQs?
  
  I'm assuming the employer will be the food being served
  
  Secrets' in the sauce!
  
  The Final Pizza Party.
- Gulags?

- They also fund a ton of shit in Ohio. Fuck these people. They are truly awful. The world would be better without them in it.
- Their kids are carrying on making the world worse :(
- Pritzker is one of the most down to earth wealthy people I've ever met. I didn't realize who I was dealing with until later on.

I guess republicans don't care about those laws since Orange Jesus will just pardon them, or so they hope. They believe they are on a just crusade... disgusting.
- They're banking on SCOTUS continuing to gut regulatory agencies from having the authority to oversee corporations.
  They want their fiefdoms.
  
  I weep for you Americans.
- That, and they know none of them will see effective penalties for voter intimidation and coercion. Maybe a fine. Maybe a year in jail. Maybe both.
  In a just world, these donors would get a year for every employee who took the survey. Just to serve as a deterrent to other multi-millionaire bosses. More likely they'll weasel out of anything but lawyers fees and a statement on their website.

- beer heir...vs marijuana...always follow the money
  
  No such issue here in Indiana. Just stupid right-wing Christian bullshit.
  We're surrounded on three sides by states making all of Indiana's potential tax money from cannabis sales.

"Anonymous"
"Log in"
Lmao. Nope. I've seen that one before. Didn't get me that time either.
- I would also just lie to my boss anyway. But I also don't have a social media present that's tied to my real life/name.

If the parties were reversed, and it were a Democratic owner pushing the polling, Republican employees would have burned the place down already.
- What? And lose the only source of income they can get? That boat, RV, and truck payment ain't gonna pay itself.

Oh boy, ACLU, sue their ass!

Did they just give out wrongful termination settlements as severance for all employees?

Just write in "yo momma"
For fun.
- "Nutz, Deez (B)"

Anonymous. Sign in to take it. "Requested".

As somebody who has to deal with them every day, Fuck Uline.
- I work in the packaging industry, and they have literally every size box, in any quantity, on demand. That being said, our clients purchase everything. We don't have much say in what vendors they choose.
  Fun fact: I throw away (recycle) 2-5 full size Uline catalogs a day, even though it says on every packing slip CUSTOMER REQUESTS NO CATALOGS.

My brother’s former employer (Jim Justice, current governor of West Virginia) once laid off nearly everyone in the mine he worked at. With their last paycheck was a letter, (paraphrasing) “If Barack Obama is elected, we may never return to work.”
I took it as, “Well, vote Republican or we aren’t opening the mines back up and you won’t have a job.”
Wasn’t long after Obama won that they called most of them back.
It’s crazy how often my brother and his coworkers had to chase their paychecks too. Justice is known locally for stiffing his workers, yet somehow he’s qualified to govern the state. Beats me man. I need to look at the election results and see how many people voted for him in towns where he employs people. It would shock me if he got a significant post job of the vote in those towns given his reputation.
Before he was governor I only ever heard his name in a negative light.

Man, that really sucks, because I really liked Uline shit.
- I worked for them for a year as a contractor. That's one place I'm glad I don't work any more. Weird as fuck. The people there were normal but the policies and things felt cultish to me.
  
  Could you elaborate, I'm very curious

How did I know it'd be Uline?
- I haste them for so many reasons.
  Not least of which is the 5 phone-book-sized catalogs they mail me every week despite me never, ever using their services.
  They'd make a bunch more money by just cutting back on their junk mail than through illegal voter intimidation.

Yeah, politics is....fun. Just another Republican caught in the act thinking everything is a joke. You're not a comedian, you're an asshole.

Give them the respect they deserve. Lie to them and vote as you please.

Will these stats end up in a trump lawsuit trying to prove he won?

what losers, but the answer is telling them what they want to hear and then vote the way you want

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