> The union members vote on union matters.

And who monitors the ballots?

> Why are you talking as if you're an authority on unions when you don't even know this stuff?

I'm not. I'm asking questions and being downvoted for it. Worse, none of my questions are being answered.

> The point is that a democratic organisation of workers exercising the collective political will of those members using the collective funds of those members, is quite clearly compatible with democracy

Only if the ballots are free and fair. Otherwise, it's just the union bosses dictating terms. So who monitors the ballots?