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[Shannon Hendrix]

On Nov 20, 2007, at 8:14 PM, Lionel Peterson wrote:

> I had a friend who was a management employee (in IT for the state,  
> thery were considered management, and were members of the management  
> "union") - he had to pay fees to the union, member or not, though if  
> he was not a member, he paid a slight bit less.
>
> My local school district policy allows the union (ahm,  
> "association") to charge up to 85% of the association fees from non- 
> members, deducted right from their paycheck.[0]

I know it's allowed, but I think it is unethical and illegal.

Lot's of things our government does or supports is illegal, so it  
isn't anything new.

The laws which allow this need to be targeted and removed from the  
system.

Unions in my view, ultimately become the problem they are trying to  
solve.  They attract the same kinds of people and end up screwing the  
workers and add the customers to the mix as well.

I fully understand why they get created of course, but they eventually  
seem to become infested with the same type of leadership that led to  
their creation in the first place.

>> Then again, most labor laws and related seem to be illegal in the
>> first place.
>>
>> Certainly EOE and laws like that are unconstitutional.
>
> Illegal or not, they are the "right thing to do" - at least, I  
> believe that is the argument...

It's a false argument.

The Constitution *IS* EOE, and everything else.

When you enact something like EOE, you remove freedom and equality.   
It's impossible to single out any group and give them guaranteed  
rights without taking some away from everyone, including the group you  
are allegedly helping.

It's wrong, dangerous, and ultimately has agendas behind it that have  
little to do with stated purpose.

It sounds great on an emotional basis, but constitutionally it is a  
nightmare we should reverse before it is too late.

There is no case brought before court with EOE that could not be made  
without EOE, and the same is true for any other similar laws.  The law  
of the land, if followed, already makes that unnecessary.

*NOTHING* like that is ever created without strings attached.


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Shannon Hendrix
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