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Old 06-30-2016, 11:09 AM   #169
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I truly believe that, for the most part, unions really don't care about their members but instead care only about their membership dues. They are a business like any other and more revenue means higher salaries and more perks for the union bosses. The #1 concern for unions is growing membership and revenue. I don't know the specifics but I'm sure that every time the unions negotiate higher pay and more benefits for the membership their union dues also increase. I doubt any union has ever dropped the union dues in order to help workers keep more money in their pockets and increase their quality of life.
I don't think you know much of anything about unions, how dues work, what they pay for, union governance, or the countless hours activists and "union bosses" spend fighting for their members.

Unions aren't a business, and suggesting they are is stupid. Full stop.

The only part of your post that seems valid is

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I don't know the specifics
Indeed.
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