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If anyone wants to know about right to work laws this article might be helpful....

Unions are a necessary inconvenience - in a perfect world we wouldn't need them, and this is not a perfect world.

When I watch this I don't know whether to laugh or cry.  Apparently, RG3 isn't black enough for some guy on ESPN.

infocat wrote: I know nothing about Unions.  I am curious as to why an employer would want to require their employees to be a member of a Union, since I am under the impression that employers don't like Unions.

Employers need qualified employees. If all the good employees are unionized, and if they refuse to work for you unless you run a closed shop, many employers would agree to those terms. I have no problem with that as long as the government doesn't interfere on either side, which unfortunately they do.

timothy leary wrote: The ideal role for the government in business-labor relations is to stay the hell out of it and let the parties work things out themselves. I may prefer one outcome or another, but I don't have the right to enforce it by law, and that's what right-to-work legislation does.

I completely agree with this, which is why I oppose right-to-work laws in the private sector (I have explained why I think the public sector is different.) I also oppose the laws that grant special protection to unions, such as employers not being able to legally fire striking workers, and anti-discrimination laws in the private sector.  You are absolutely right that the government should stay out of it and let the parties work things out for themselves.

King of Loss wrote: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OIql20zLlic On a brighter note... FIGHT FIGHT!

Our elected officials would be a lot more entertaining if we went back to handling disputes like this.

I crossed my mind a few times during the Presidential campaign: what if instead of the debates they had a decathlon-style tournament ... would be a lot more authentic and fun to watch. 

Fencing with chopsticks (too small?) -- Limerick-writing (time limit: 10 minutes) -- Darts (possibly blindfolded) -- General knowledge quiz -- Rapping contest -- Pancake-eating competition (w. or w/o maple syrup??? not sure) -- Wood cutting (w. chain saw) + splitting (gas or electric splitter - decide with a coin toss) --- 3 rounds of poker (played with VP candidates) -- Making a bonfire w/o lighter fuel, newspaper and such -- Shopping cart race  

timothy leary wrote: <span style=": rgb248, 248, 252;">"Individuals can be whatever they want to be as long as they don't harm nobody in any way."............in other words they can be non union member or they can be union members.</span>

Agreed. Just don't pay, too.

http://www.thenation.com/article/163693/letter-charles-koch-friedrich-hayek#

"Individuals can be whatever they want to be as long as they don't harm nobody in any way."............in other words they can be non union member or they can be union members.