Wow

I'm impressed. Union dude Ed Hawkins is actually willing to put out a letter explaining that public employee union membership is optional in response to a complaint about how public union employees should not be forced to fund their union efforts because they're forced to join. (in contrast with corporate shareholders)

While he is technically correct that they don't have to join the union, they still have to pay dues to the union, which is sort of the relevant point. But it takes balls to put out a comment like Ed's.

posted by Beetle Aurora Drake 10/13/2005 12:52:00 PM #
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hate your blog, but i thought i'd just correct you.

IF the union has a "union security" clause in their contract, THEN a worker who isn't in the Union has to pay a share of the Union's total expenditures which represent their expenses on bargaining. Not for political expenditures, or organizing, or anything else.

# posted by  JoshSN : 4:29 PM, October 14, 2005

 

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