Hello, DU. I am a libertarian.

[Ravenna44]

57. Thanks for your thoughts

I appreciate your answer. The truth is, the current system doesn't work perfectly anyway. In my own experience - medical residency - it was better to play along with chronic "hostile workplace" stuff (anti-woman jokes and mockery, mild assault for "fun&quot than speak up and be hated by my co-workers and supervisors as a snitch and troublemaker. Despite the "whistleblower act,". The fact was that I still had to work long hours with those people, and they would have found it easy to make things even worse for me, or fire me on a hundred pretexts. So I am not a blind supporter of status quo.

But I do find it hard to imagine how an organization of workers could do a better job. If your co-workers are making your life hell, a co-workers' union is gonna be the LEAST sympathetic group. Even if it's the boss doing the stuff because he's (male/white/straight/etc) and you are not, it is hard to imagine that all your (male/white/straight/etc) coworkers would rush to defend you. More likely they are grinning and getting in on the action - after all the boss is giving them the green light!. These situations are often not as simple as "bad boss vs outraged and united employees.".

I don't expect you to come up with a magic answer. I would just ask you to think of real-world solutions if you are going to vote to strip protections away from people who count on them. There is a reason these laws came into being.

Best wishes.