[quote=flu]Never understood why it would be requirement to join a union in order to be employed for a specific job.
Sounds like extortion to me.[/quote]
Wasn’t this even more limited than that? I’m not an expert, but I read that part of this was to remove the ability for unions to force folks to pay union dues even if they aren’t part of the union. That is crazy! Good riddance to that nonsense.
I saw some other union official in MI yesterday saying “well, these folks will benefit from our representation without paying for it”. Personally, if I want representation, I’ll choose it, hire it, and pay for it myself, thank you very much. And the teamsters probably wouldn’t be my first choice…
