You're right. No one is saying that it happens all the time, but a major labourers' local of a construction sector union didn't hold an internal meeting for 15 years. What could those people do about that? When they do question it, they are challenged and intimidated; they can be threatened with being thrown out of the membership.
I disagree with Ms. Nash's assertion that there isn't forced membership in this country. There's only one set of workers in Canada who can't be forced to join a union as a condition of employment—federal government workers. Every other labour code in this country allows the union and employer to force a worker to become a member as a condition of employment.
Therefore, are you going to ask the tough question at the meeting if you could be thrown out of the membership and potentially lose your job? No, you're not. That's one of the fundamental problems, and that's what anonymity...that's what a website does: people can just look it up and know.