Since when is the secret ballot a basic tenet of democracy?

Amazing. [Link]

To answer Jimmy Hoffa's question, "Um, since, like, 1000 BC?"

True, it's a novelty of sorts, and possibly just a fad, a flavor of the month; and yet, this upstart notion seems to have some good stuff going for it.

Earlier today, a link to a Teamsters press release appeared on
Twitter: http://twitter.com/efca. In this release, Teamster president Hoffa praised the House and Senate sponsors of card check and asked, “Since when is the secret ballot a basic tenet of democracy?”