orb@whuxl.UUCP (SEVENER) (03/05/85)
> > Wrong, ever hear of a "closed shop" labor union? This is > the employee is coerced into paying union dues regardless of personal > desires. And don't say he can always quit, I know of very few "blue > collar" workers who can afford to be out of work(or at least not > without getting unemployment comensation - a tax supported program). > -- > > Sarima (Stanley Friesen) Ah suddenly we have a concern that the common laborer is in fact *forced to work*! But I thought our economic system was uncoercive? Is it really any different for the vast majority of workers who *must work for capitalists*? So I quit McDonald's to go to work for Burger King? What have I gained? Very little I would guess. It is a most curious circumstance that what cannot be admitted for capitalism as a whole suddenly becomes an argument against unions..... yet if the union member feels dues are excessive s/he can vote against them or vote to reduce them. Can the worker at Burger Sweat do the same? tim sevener whuxl!orb