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It is odd to me that you could be forced to pay dues to unions, and then they can take some of that money to get involved in political campaigns, potentially vo
by SilverElfin 9mo ago
It is odd to me that you could be forced to pay dues to unions, and then they can take some of that money to get involved in political campaigns, potentially voting against your interests. It feels especially perverse when it is a publicly sector union, basically sending taxpayer money back to politicians.
All that said, the rich venture capitalists who are featured in this article are doing the same thing. Gathering huge sums of money and donating to PACs and distorting all of politics. I would argue they are a bigger problem in terms of drowning out the everyday American.
- regularization 9mo ago> forced to pay dues to unions If I'm forced to pay dues to a union, I'm forced to pay expropriated profits to my company. And I don't get a vote on that (or a vote on the existence of the management, board and rentiers). The company political activity is almost always to find a way to screw me over more. I can just leave? So can the people at these jobs.
- isamuel 9mo agoPublic sector unions can’t do the thing you’re describing.
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- vineyardmike 9mo agoCalifornia (the titular state) is not right-to-work, so you can be forced to pay dues, but this does NOT extend to public sector jobs. The entire premise is flawed.