What Ifs? The Sad Tale of Darlington Mills  Thursday, 01 August
2013 15:24 By Ellen Dannin and Ann Hodges, Truthout | Op-Ed   •
Print   • Email  Power lines.The Don Valley Parkway as it passes
beneath the Gatineau Hydro Corridor, a high-tension power
transmission line between Toronto and Ottawa that connects with
Pickering and Darlington Nuclear plants. (Photo: Floydian /
Flickr)What if your employer threatened to close down your
workplace unless the employees voted for the candidates your
employer supported? Most people would say that the right to vote
is our most precious right and threatening to take away that
right must violate the law.   But what if the "candidate" your
employer opposed were a union, and what if your employer
threatened to shut down the company if the employees voted for a
union? And what if the employees screwed up their courage,
despite the threat, and voted to unionize even though the
employer was the largest employer in a small town? What if the
employer then closed the plant? Surely