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Old 03-14-11, 12:49 PM   #54
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Where is the unions competition?
Or, put another way: What is a union's motivation to maintain high levels of ethics and efficiency, when a member is going to pay dues no matter what, or be ostracized and outcast both from the union and from the workplace?

When I worked for a large, brown shipping company in the early 90's, I was not offered a choice to participate in the union - it was practically stated that union membership was mandatory as a condition of employment; yet I, to this day, do not know who the union rep was in the shop.
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