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Originally Posted by Bend it like Bourgeois
More often then not that means another career or province, not just another job, but I guess you are right.
I don't think unions deserve to be placed above all else. I think the best way to make sure unions are always relevant is to have workers choose to pay from their own pockets. At the very least they should face annual certification or something.
Right now, once in tax payers and consumers have to fund them, they pretty much can't be fired, workers can't choose to participate or not or sometimes even disagree - forever. It makes no sense in this day and age.
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It is tough to say employees can individually choose whether to be in a union because then you have the "Free rider effect" People will choose not to be part of the union but then expect the same wage, even though they aren't part of the collective.
Employees do have the right to de-certify their union, but I don't know the procedures. I'm sure it isn't easy, and perhaps it should, as you suggest require a regular certification. But then, even if the union is "dissolved" I would think you may want an additional few years of votes just to ensure an employer doesn't try to take advantage of the situation.
But just as there are bad employees who take advantage of union privilege, there are bad employers who can take advantage of the lack of a union, and generally I think the employee is more vulnerable than the employer.
