Nevada teachers to block Hotel Worker’s Union Vote in Nevada Caucus?

The New York Times has an article about an attempt by Nevada teachers union to block the Hotel Worker’s Union Vote in the Nevada Caucuses.

Nevada’s state teachers union and six Las Vegas residents filed a lawsuit arguing that the Nevada Democratic Party’s decision to create at-large precincts inside nine Las Vegas resorts on caucus day violates the state’s election laws and creates a system in which voters at the at-large precincts can elect more delegates than voters at other precincts.

These precincts were created with the goal to allow thousands of hotel workers - who often cannot leave work to participate in the midday caucuses in their normal precincts - to participate in their party's presidential selection process.

http://www.nytimes.com/...

This could be seen as a dirty trick by the Hillary campaign to try to nullify the endorsement of the 60,000-member Culinary Workers Union Local 226 which endorsed Sen. Obama. After all although the Nevada State Education Association has said it would not endorse any Democrat, manye of its top officials have endorsed Sen. Clinton.

Although it is still unclear just when the state court will hear the matter, this lawsuit has the possibility to throw a big wrench in the Nevada caucuses.

Personally I find it a nasty ploy from one union towards an other. Any means that would allow a higher voter participation should be encouraged by the unions and not sabotaged when it doesn't suit their whim.