[quote=CA renter]They are totally free to work for any non-union employer they desire, but they do NOT have a right to the compensation and working conditions earned by dues-paying members. Hell no.[/quote]

This really irks me. You make it sound as if it is not extortion because there are some non-unionized schools.

That doesn’t mean it isn’t extortion for the unionized schools.

Workers may not have a right to the compensation and working conditions that the unions have strong-armed their way into, but workers do have a right to work at those schools under different conditions by providing a service that competes with the unions. Giving the union monopoly power over a particular school is extortion and grants preferred status to a select set of private individuals.