In all honesty, this is a crappy topic. It should go without saying that things evolve. History should remind us of the company towns, company script, horrific working conditions, etc... Because of all that the modern labor movement was born of which my grandfather played a significant part on the local level. Back then, it was about giving workers a fair shake.

Fast forward to more recent times. When Louisiana's "Right to Work" law was passed it was a time in which workers who were not members of unions attempted to report for work at non-union job sites only to encounter groups of thugs armed with clubs, baseball bats, etc.. lined shoulder to shoulder daring workers to move forward. In addition, the local unions were pushing to unionize many construction projects and require non-union members to join or loose their job. Talk about giving people a bad taste..

Then as we move forward, it seems many workers are tiring of watching their dues spent on salaries for bloated union staffs full of okie dokies and as contributions to political parties whose agendas are completely opposite of their own.

Abrignac wrote:

The coke, as it were, was negotiated in your contract. What's being taken away is the staff at the store to unlock the doors, turn on the light, stock the cooler with coke, and reorder when needed.

Dues provide local unions the staff that works there.

You no longer have to pay dues, where's the coke come from. ??

sd72 wrote:

The fed employee union is forced to provide services to non union members..... ie you need not join or pay dues but they must treat you as if you are a union member and represent you in grievances etc. No real distinction between union and non union other than you may not be eligible for a afge lnchbox raffle or such. You in effect are in the union just not paying for it.

teedubbya wrote:

The coke, as it were, was negotiated in your contract. What's being taken away is the staff at the store to unlock the doors, turn on the light, stock the cooler with coke, and reorder when needed.

Dues provide local unions the staff that works there.

You no longer have to pay dues, where's the coke come from. ??

sd72 wrote:

By definition, right-to-work laws grant workers the freedom to reject union membership dues, even if they join a union and enjoy all its benefits. /

sd72 wrote:

Did you read post 49. That's Forbes. So I'm lying, Forbes is lying, local news is lying, my unions lying, but your right.

Gotcha.

sd72 wrote:

Post 54.

Anyone can join the union, get every benefit and not pay dues. I already pasted it. A,B, & C from the pervious post.
That's what that says.

sd72 wrote: