DJA wrote:
Robert Donovan wrote:
I see no reason that I or anyone else should be forced to adopt a
political agenda in the process. It's a free speech thing. If
California were a right-to-work state, where unions are forbidden to
make joining the union a requirement of Employment, that would be one
thing, but as it is not, I think this is tantamount to legalized
extortion. Pay for our political agenda or we'll take your job away.
Robert Donovan
In fact, California /is/ a Right-to-work state in the terms you define
it. I looked it up in the California Civil code recently because, as a
paid IHSS healthcare worker, I am required to pay union dues, whether
or not I am a union member.
The gist of the applicable California Civil Code says that an employer
cannot make, as a condition of employment, any demands that require an
employee to become a member of, or cease to be a member of any
organization.
However, it's a moot point. Because of the way the unions are allowed
to form and negotiate contracts, it /is/ legal to institute what is
termed as an Agency Shop condition on all employees. What that means
is that while an employee is not required to become a voting union
member, he is required to "pay his fair share" to the union as
compensation for the union's advocacy (laugh, gag) on his behalf.
[snip]
If you dig through the CA Civil Code, you'll find that such Agency
Shop provisions have actually been codified into actual state law for
decades.
[snip]
This is a great example of how deep and insidious the arm twisting by
union leadership is: it is sanctioned with blessing by both elected
officials and appointed bureaucrats, who are not even first parties to
the employer-employee contract.
It makes me sick every time I think about it. So I don't.
Yup, it always annoys me to see such blatant examples on both side of
the political spectrum of politicians trying to buy votes from carefully
selected segments of the population under the guise of helping the
working person/poor and down-trodden.
RD
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