03-01-2011, 06:38 PM
Dakota has put his focus on the payroll deduction mechanism. If he wants to talk about the fairness of requiring people to pay a union to represent them, then he should bring that up.
Take a look at how things work in "right to work" states. Unions are effective because they represent all employees. Unions have regular meetings and elected officials. If you don't like how the union is handling something, you do have a voice.
An employer has no incentive to negotiate separately with thousands of individual employees over things like overtime, seniority, number of vacation days, etc., because one voice has no power. Collective voices have power, that's the point of unions. They work, and that's why they've lasted so long as important American institutions.
Take a look at how things work in "right to work" states. Unions are effective because they represent all employees. Unions have regular meetings and elected officials. If you don't like how the union is handling something, you do have a voice.
An employer has no incentive to negotiate separately with thousands of individual employees over things like overtime, seniority, number of vacation days, etc., because one voice has no power. Collective voices have power, that's the point of unions. They work, and that's why they've lasted so long as important American institutions.