At 03:51 PM 9/18/2004 -0500 Dan Minette wrote:
>Unions have been a technique to artifically raise raises, by allowing
>effective collective bargaining. Open shop unions, where joining the union
>is optional, have no power worth mentioning.
Even in an open shop, it is common for the union to have exclusive
bargaining rights for the "unit", whether the individual has formally
joined the union or not.
JDG
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