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[Shannon Hendrix]

On Nov 20, 2007, at 5:32 PM, der Mouse wrote:

> By negotiating a contract with the employer under which the employer
> must make union membership a condition of employment.  This is what
> "closed shop" is all about.  Government does not have to come into it
> except insofar as government is involved in enforcing contracts.

How can government not come into a government job?

I don't see how the government could legally force a teacher into a  
union or pay union dues, or how the union could.

I guess there are laws that force the government to honor union  
contracts, but that smells horribly wrong to me.


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Shannon Hendrix
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