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I don't know much about RTW
From my understanding, not all unions benefit their members. Some just charge money and do nothing.
Why would someone want to be forced to join one?
Doesn't it make more sense to have the freedom to choose if you want to be a part of one or not?
Like make a law that corporations have to have joinable unions available that are funded by the corporation.
The idea that someone pays dues in hopes of getting benefits is wild to me. They shouldn't have to pay dues to make sure the business treats them fairly.
There certainly are 3 kinds of unions.
The unions like in the past that were strong and fought tooth and nail for their workers, getting them what they need to live a good and happy life. There are a few of these left but not many.
The unions that let their older greedy members sell out their younger members with two tiers, one for the older members that has good wages and benefits while the lower tier has lower wages and shit benefits. There are many of these unions around now.
CLAC type unions that you pay dues but they always side with the company and fuck their members over because they just use their veneer of Christianity to not get questioned.
The biggest determinant of how a union is going to be is based on the membership and how many of the old guard at the top care about the younger members. I have been part of a union with many new guys that voted out the old guys because they were trying to protect themselves at our expense but we got concessions that helped everyone instead of tiered membership.