>If the employer chooses to pay their employees to attend meetings where the employer gives their point of view about unions, how is that different from a union

>If the employer chooses to pay their employees to attend meetings where the employer gives their point of view about unions, how is that different from a union spending their own money holding a union meeting to express their views to the employees? With union meetings, both parties chose to be there. With the work meetings, one side is compelled to be there as part if their work duties. And yes, they pay them to be there, but that also implies that if they don't listen to what is said at those meetings they'll stop paying them. As most work meetings are about things employees have to do or they'll be fired.