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First off I take great offense to the notion that union members are lazy. My fellow brothers and sisters take great pride in our work and work our tails off for both the company and our customers. Sure there are a few knuckleheads like there are in non union shops but the union deals with them.

Secondly I love how you like to cherry pick phrases that you feel bolster your position but don't quote the second half of the sentence taking things out of context. Like I said if an individual wants to opt out then they should but they should have to negotiate their own compensation package. That's not what happens now though is it? In right to work states people can opt out of paying the union but get to enjoy the benefits and protections that the union has negotiated for FREE. How is that fair? and like I said these people feel that these benefits are entitled to them. If a person has opted out of the union and gets in any sort of trouble the union is obligated to represent them and if that same person feels the union didn't represent them to the fullest then that person has the ability to put in a complaint against the union, is that fair? My family and I enjoy great healthcare at a fraction of the cost. Something that the union negotiated for. Should someone who opted out of the union get the same? Vacations, wages and schedule are all based on seniority. No one who just started gets the same pay, schedule or vacation days as someone who has been there for 15 years. When I call out, it's my decision if I want to get paid for it or not.

Thirdly and finally unions should be transparent with how the money is spent, if the officers don't want to be transparent you vote them out. You work within the union to get that transparency and if they don't comply you work to Vote. Them. Out. At its core the union is a democracy and if enough people don't like what's going on you vote them out. When it comes to political activities people should have a say in where their money goes, If I am conservative I don't want my money going to some liberal cause and vice versa but that's something I would try to work within the union to change. I would never try to bust the union which is what it sounds like and you're trying to do and use the guise of transparency to go about it. Unions have been great for this country. They have given us 40 hour work weeks, OT pay, healthcare, work breaks, paid vacations, weekends, and many other things that are now considered basic things needed in the work place. I respect the blood, sweat, and tears that those before me lost to get the benefits we ALL now enjoy. I would never want to bust up the union. Just change how it goes about its business in some aspects.