-=> Bob Klahn wrote to Dave Drum <=-

 DD> Under whatever name - the union has a "closed shop"
 DD> agreement with the employer which is enforceable in all but
 DD> right-to-work states. And this is a problem for you - just
 DD> how?

 BK>  Where you have to join the union after hiring it's called a
 BK>  union shop. If you have to be union before you are hired it's a
 BK>  closed shop. I believe, since the apprentices are hired before
 BK>  they are in the union, there are no more closed shops.

You are, of course, right. I stand corrected. I should have known better as my
kid brother went through the pipe-fitter's apprentice program after he got home
from Vietnam - using his GI Bill benefits to supplement the lower pay an
apprentice gets.
 
 BK>  Though it wouldn't surprise me if there was one somewhere.

Me neither.

ENJOY!!!

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