I work under a union (though not this one). Every comment here is almost exactly backwards from my experience. In particular: - You don't have to be a union

I work under a union (though not this one). Every comment here is almost exactly backwards from my experience. In particular: - You don't have to be a union member to get nearly all the benefits of the union -- including the pay scale from its collective bargaining, access to legal representation, health insurance benefits, and being able to attend regular union meetings. Basically, the only thing a non-member can't do is vote. (I see on our worker list today that fewer than half of our workforce today are actually union members.) - Legally, they can't even require members to pay dues, though I imagine everyone here does, because it's inexpensive, and benefits all workers, including yourself. That's why one would vote to unionize in the first place! These rules can and almost certainly do differ according to your union, local, contract, and state and federal law. Unless someone responding here has specific knowledge of OPEIU, Local 153, their Kickstarter contract, or New York labor law, I would not place any trust in it. Many of these answers sound more like anti-union FUD than facts from the Kickstarter United contract.