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?
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
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.
If you don't have collective agreements between unions and employers, governments have to legislate more.
I really don't think that the public-sector employees should be unionized.
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.
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.
That's what unions do. They can get money, they can get support, they can get manpower.
I believe if an individual wants to join organized labor and work under a union contract, they should have the legal right to do so. At the same token, a person who does not want to work under organized labor and wants to work should have the ability to do so without the threat of having to join and having to pay dues to organized labor.
There has been a huge attack against private sector unions. Actually, that's been going on since the Second World War.
My problem with unions is they breed mediocrity.
In order to work for Chrysler, you are required to join the union, in this case UAW. There's no choice - it's a union shop - the employees voted to have it that way, and in America, that's the way it is.