Leaders of IATSE locals across the country who recommended unanimously that their members ratify the union’s new film and TV contracts had a distinct advantage over opponents of the deal.
While voting was underway, they had access to records showing who had voted, and who hadn’t – though not how they voted.That data was provided to the union by Honest Ballot, the independent company that conducted the electronic balloting.
It should be noted that there is nothing illegal about giving this information to the union while voting was ongoing, though some critics feel it violated the very nature of a secret ballot.A vice president of one of IATSE’s largest locals explained in a Facebook post that “every local gets reports of exactly which
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