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Rachel Maddow on the GOP's Attack on Unions

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robdouth2/22/2011 1:38:54 pm PST

re: #159 recusancy

that’s the point of having to relicense the unions each year. You say, “just don’t join a union” so basically you are saying, “Just don’t choose to be a teacher, fire-fighter, police officer, or civil servant” because in order to do so, you have to join a union. Once the union is in, not matter how unpopular, it’s virtually impossible to get rid of them. Allowing workers to opt out of the union is at least a fair compromise, especially since they spend a lot of those dues on political causes that members may disagree with. How is it fair to give the unions a monopoly over a handful of careers and make it to where if you want to engage in those careers, you have to be a member of the union?