puckstopshere, why would employee come to your office dragged by the shop steward crying and not report coercion to Ministry of Labour ?
She was not a complainer. Preferred to come to work, do her job, go home. Didn't want the drama. She was happy in her job. She was not the type to call Ministry of Labour.
I was "unofficially threatened" many times by union business agents. Never in a meeting. Always when we wee one-on-one. Had a business agent who disliked one of my supervisors. He told me (in a meeting with other people) that he wished that we were back in the good old days. The union would have gotten a few of their members to meet this supervisor in a dark alley. After they had "discussed his attitude" with him, they would never have a problem with him again.
Had an incident on a picket line. I was stopped in my car. A picketer threw herself on the hood of my car, then falling to the ground. I was pulled from my vehicle (forcefully) and accused of hitting her. Fortunately, there were police nearby who intervened. However, they had not "witnessed the actual incident". After a brief discussion with the picketers (and a lot of laughter from them and the cops), I was allowed to get back in my vehicle and drive through. Had there been charges laid, I have no doubt that the union would have come up with a hundred witnesses to testify that I hit her. Even though there were only about 35 picketers.
Later in life, I worked as a security guard on a picket line near Sudbury. Soon after arriving, my photo appeared on the union website along with my name and home address. There was also a statement - "we know where your family is".
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