Even FDR Understood: No Collective Bargaining for Public Servants
I think you meant your post as a reply to #12 Martin Hale. I agree with all your points.
There certainly is no ‘right to unionize’. Or ‘right to strike’. Indeed, freedom of association might mean that a group could form a union, but this same freedom means that others have the right NOT to associate with this same union. At the moment, union membership and dues are compulsory. That’s a violation of the Constitutional right – of freedom of association.
You don’t need a union to discuss wages, salary scales and so on. You don’t need a union taking in MILLIONS in dues every year – to carry out that task. And, then, the union has no right to, on its own, use your dues to support a political party. Your dues are supposed to be spent on work-related issues – not corrupting politicians.
