[Vigilanteman]

Workers care more about their own job benefits than lining the pockets of party bosses who pledge fealty to one political party.

[Dilbert San Diego]

And perhaps workers didn’t like the fact that union dues would be taken from their pay. I don’t know how much the union dues would have been, but, if they were satisfied with their pay and benefits already, any amount of union dues would be money they would resent being taken from them.