In regards to all the post about the ratio of part-time to full-time employees and control of the vote, I'm curious if anyone has any real numbers on the ratio of actual UNION MEMBERSHIP, not just the number of total employees.
Where I work most part-timers are not in the union. Believe it or not, in right to work states, many part-time employees simply don't see any benefit from paying dues for no other reason than to be able to vote every 4 or 5 years. They are disenfranchised from the get go with the low pay, and don't want it to be any lower. Most people just don't understand how much damage the right to work laws do to an employee's power.
Right or wrong, it is just the way it is. I'm curious if part-timers who can actually vote outnumber the full-timers who can vote.
