Charles

19 Mar 03 06:34, Charles Angelich wrote to David Drummond:

 DD>>  CA> The USA, much like the UK, is a country of laws.  Unions have 
 DD>>  CA> legally binding contracts with companies that companies like to 
 DD>>  CA> ignore from time to time and then there is a 'wake up' call.  No
 DD>>  CA>  country allows either it's citizens nor it's
businesses to flaunt 
 DD>>  CA> a disregard for the laws that country unless they are 
 DD>>  CA> dictatorships.
 DD>> 
 DD>> Maybe that's why we repealed those oppressive "compulsory
unionship" 
 DD>> laws?

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

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 The 'laws' you refer to cannot be repealed, it is contractual law or 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

I'll try again.

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

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

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

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

I have not been a member of a union since.

Regards,
David

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