I get your point but it’s the principal about forcing someone to pay for something they may not want to be part of. Next thing you know we’ll be forced to pay for health insurance under penalty of law............oh wait.
No one is forced to work in a union shop... you don’t like the fact the place is unionized, no one forced you to work there.
I am no fan of unions, but when it comes to things like Coal Mining the like, you better believe I have no issues with required membership dues to work there. You aren’t talking about someone who is washing dishes or bagging groceries being forced to pay union dues for no discernible benefit.
The Union is the only real recourse the workers really have to make sure they aren’t walking into a death trap. If you think OSHA will keep miners safe, you are a bit naive. OSHA would keep you safe about as well as MI kept the residence of Flint safe from lead in their water supply. Laws to protect workers are great things, but the reality is they don’t have the resources to effectively make sure they are followed. Union definitely provides a large tangible and direct benefit to those workers.
WV may well pass the right to work, but I know I sure as hell would never go into a mine without it being union represented, and the dues charged are a small price to ensure at least SOMEONE is honestly looking over managements shoulder when it comes to the workers safety. If Unions get stretch so then they can’t do that, enjoy paying your taxes to pay for the lifetime support for the injured workers that survive and benefits to their windows and orphans when they don’t.
I would also be dubious of any of my other employees who didn’t realize this fact and by not paying for those services, put my life in danger as well as their own.
I don’t know, I think if I were a lawmaker in WV, I’d think long and hard about passing a blank right to work with no exception law.