There is nothing that says unions have a God-given right to be there. We have to work at it and make ourselves relevant to every section of the workforce.
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I sometimes think that unions don't understand that we live in a free society, and people have the right to not select union representation if they don't want it.
Private unions, such as the UAW, is a choice between employees and employers. If that is what they want, then who am I to say you can't have it?
Now workers should have the right to join unions. But unions should not be forced upon workers. And unions should not have the power to take money our of their members' paychecks to buy the support of politicians that are favored by the union bosses.
If you don't have collective agreements between unions and employers, governments have to legislate more.
Unions inherently create an 'us versus them' dynamic that makes winning against a company's management the top goal, not serving customers, innovating, or in the case of education, teaching kids.
My problem with unions is they breed mediocrity.
Every individual should have both the right to join a union and the right to not join a union should they so choose. It's about basic human freedom.
That's what unions do. They can get money, they can get support, they can get manpower.
This is the crux of the problem: because the Republicans and the right wing have been successful in almost eliminating unions, everyone else has suffered as a result.
Unions go hand-in-hand with a strong middle class.
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