Opinions on right-to-work

Recently, State Rep. Kathy Swan sent me an email updating legislative events. Although she is not my representative, she keeps me informed and to this I am grateful. In her email, Swan released the results of a 15-question survey she conducted. The first question dealt with the "right-to-work" issue. Eighty percent of the respondents replied with a "yes" that workers should not be compelled to join a union as a condition of employment.

Yet in the same week, this newspaper publishes the results of an online poll that appears to have completely different results. In the pie chart example shown, a whopping 73.7 percent of the respondents were opposed to right-to-work. You know the social media phenomenon is an amazing thing. Why, just the magic of Twitter, any organized labor business manager can get their minions to respond instantly to such a poll just like a flash mob at the mall. You can influence elections and public opinion with such tactics. Probably the most amazing thing is that most of these minions do not read a newspaper on a regular basis, and in the social media world you do not have to take responsibility for your comments like I have to.

Respectfully,

JAMES C. ROCHE, Jackson