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0 pointsalasdair_7y ago0 comments

>People don't join unions if they are going to be worse off materially.

Tell that to anyone whose workplace unionizes against their wishes and lives in a "closed shop" state. (Yes, closed shops are illegal, but agency fees lead to essentially the same thing).

Being forced to pay a fee to a union that does not represent you and that you did not vote to join is absolute bullshit.

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495317y ago· 1 in thread

You can say that about any job, union or non union. You don't join a job not knowing it's a union job. But in a non union workplace, if you don't like how things are you can change them. Good luck doing that without a union.

alasdair_OP7y ago

I am talking about places that turn into union jobs after you have been there a few years.

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