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Should union membership be optional?
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<blockquote data-quote="Grammarly1959" data-source="post: 1066827" data-attributes="member: 44977"><p>I think union membership should be optional. However, if an employee chooses not to join the union, neither should he benefit from anything the union bargains for their members. Its only fair, IMO.</p><p></p><p>My son works for UPS but is thinking of switching to Fedex because he doesn't like the idea of having to (eventually) join the union. Neither of us like the idea of it being mandatory. And in case you think I know nothing about unions, I grew up in a union household with a father who was a labor union president of his local.</p><p></p><p>Don't get me wrong; I'm not against the existence of labor unions; I think they're fine for people who choose to join one. My problem is that unions (like management at times), when out of control, can be dangerous. I deliberately never chose to work for a company that was unionized because I didn't want my union dues going to fund political candidates I might not agree with. Unions have also become much more thuggish since my father's time as a union president (and they were thuggish then too!). Absolute power, whether on the side of management OR unions, corrupts absolutely.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Grammarly1959, post: 1066827, member: 44977"] I think union membership should be optional. However, if an employee chooses not to join the union, neither should he benefit from anything the union bargains for their members. Its only fair, IMO. My son works for UPS but is thinking of switching to Fedex because he doesn't like the idea of having to (eventually) join the union. Neither of us like the idea of it being mandatory. And in case you think I know nothing about unions, I grew up in a union household with a father who was a labor union president of his local. Don't get me wrong; I'm not against the existence of labor unions; I think they're fine for people who choose to join one. My problem is that unions (like management at times), when out of control, can be dangerous. I deliberately never chose to work for a company that was unionized because I didn't want my union dues going to fund political candidates I might not agree with. Unions have also become much more thuggish since my father's time as a union president (and they were thuggish then too!). Absolute power, whether on the side of management OR unions, corrupts absolutely. [/QUOTE]
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