Yeah, good luck stopping your due payments. I’ve read stories where, even when there is no auto-deduct, Unions will report you to a credit bureau and ruin your credit if you stop paying dues.
Unions are a scam. When I was a lot younger, I decided to work a summer job packing trucks at UPS. In order to get a job there, you *had* to join the teamsters union. Here’s the best part: they front-loaded a whole year’s worth of union dues into, like, your first 4 paychecks. They knew full when that the truck loaders had very high turnover rates. So, every couple of months, they got another YEAR’S worth of dues from the fresh batch of truck loaders that came through.
There was, of course, no way to get reimbursed for the dues already paid.
When “you” have to show up in person (at the union hall, in front of the union hall “personnel management consultant and counseling team” of paid professional union members) then YOU are the one THEY are able, willing, and “justified” in personally counseling you on the wisdom of staying in the union!
Of course, you may need a hospital stay after being counseled, but ...