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Hello David - 

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CA>> I try to be intelligent and you repeat your mantra. 

CA>> The 'laws' you refer to cannot be repealed, it is
CA>> contractual law or 'tort law'. The basis for all business
CA>> that is conducted in any country. 

DD> I'll try again. 

OK. 

DD> In this state (at least), legislation was passed that stops
DD> unions "forcing" employers to enter into that sort of
DD> agreement. Such "contracts" were deemed oppressive. 

DD> The employer is free to employ anyone they consider capable
DD> of doing the job, without that person having to be a member
DD> of any workers' union. The employee is not expected to join
DD> any union at any time thereafter either. 

I believe that is what is referred to as "right to work" state
laws. 

DD> When I first started work in this country in 1981 I was
DD> told that I had to join the union at the place I was
DD> working (in a clerical capacity). After a while I couldn't
DD> see the point and wrote a letter of resignation to the
DD> union. They accepted it, and then all of those employed in
DD> the same area (about 6 of us) at the company I was with,
DD> also resigned (from the union). These too were accepted. 

DD> The obligation to join the union was mere hearsay - there
DD> was no such requirement. 

DD> I have not been a member of a union since. 

With luck, it will all work out for you but look around you at
others who had no unions to fight for them and watch their
wages being reduced, pensions taken away, and medical insurance
for retirees all disappear and ask yourself "Do you feel
lucky?". 

In those states what you describe seems true. Unions don't want
to be in those states where people can benefit from the union
membership's efforts without supporting the union. 

In Michigan, and other states what you describe is _not_ true. 

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