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There is a fair chance that the right is going to succeed in their attack on public sector unions with the Janus case. It will allow workers to get the benefits of union representation while not paying dues. Here's my proposed solution. Instead of paying the workers and then hoping that they'll use some of that pay for their union dues, how about having the state directly compensate the union? Then it isn't the worker's money so they can't withhold it. The state benefits from having a unionized workforce, so it makes sense for them to fund it. Would it work?
Glamrock
(11,802 posts)No it wouldn't work.
WhiskeyGrinder
(22,431 posts)TheBlackAdder
(28,211 posts)3Hotdogs
(12,406 posts)HeartachesNhangovers
(815 posts)a few years and my first thought was that if the employer began paying union costs, that would be the first thing they'd bring up in any subsequent negotiations: "We just picked up your union costs so you all need to take a compensation cut."