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It is claimed that non-unionized employees of a company reap the benefits of collective bargaining by the unionized employees, which is why there should be "mandatory dues" even if unionization isn't mandatory. This seems odd. What legal or contractual requirements force the employer to...
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As I understand it, collective bargaining involves forcing two parties, by law, to enter into a contract with each other. Is this correct? If so, how is this consistent with liberty? I think this is what Hazlitt is getting at when he says: On mandatory bargaining: “The employer, like the employee...
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Hey, I posted something, let's see if it makes it past moderation. trent steel // March 25, 2010 at 10:49 pm | Reply If unions benefitted their members above what they cost, there would not need to be any laws or regulations forcing membership or payment of dues. If unions benefitted employers more...
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I'm currently watching Food Inc. and they mentioned how unions improved working conditions in the early food productions businesses during the 20th century. Is this true? And if not, if unions did not get involved, would these conditions ever improved? Explain
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[quote user="Seph"] Im not sure about US laws, but when i was living in Canada, I had a job where I had to join the union, in order to work there. [/quote] Yeah I feel like I've heard of this happening in the US too, but I can't remember where! I asked this initial question here because...
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Yeah, I could almost swear that I think someone I know personally had no choice but to pay union dues when they started. I'll have to ask around. It may have even been a comment someone made in a college class I had ones (many, many years ago unfortunately, lol). Anyway, I researched this some more...
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[quote user="wilderness"] i'm not sure if it's a federal or state law, but undoubtedly there is coercive backing to legitimize this: my wife is a teacher and doesn't have to join the union but if she doesn't join she still has to pay 75% of the union fee but gets none of the...
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[quote user="Angurse"] Kind of. Under U.S. law, in a company where the workers are campaigning to unionise, if the majority of workers vote to unionise, (I'm sure there are more legal strings involved in the actual unionisation process) then the company is unionized. And the minority who...
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Does the government do anything to require or very strongly "suggest" union membership in any industry? Or, do any unions have "agreements" with companies which require that all their employees join a union?
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I know that unions are usually despised by libertarians and true conservatives as mini-governments, but I've been thinking a lot about unions, the free market, and how best to advocate free markets to union workers. Here is my idea about how to bring at least some unions into the free market fold...