These folks did not ask for the union legislation. They would not care if it was not there.
Unions exist to benefit the leadership and elect DemocRats. They don’t give a tinker’s damn about their members.
I am of the opinion that passing a law that requires business and unions to have fully funded their pension requirements BEFORE a dime is spent on any political candidate, PAC, voter drive, registration drive or any other political activity is in order.
Good grief... these leftists drive me crazy, especially on this point!
The “freeloading” idea is false from the word “go”, since the unions have *exclusive bargaining rights* with the school board in question. When I was a (note: unwitting and unwilling) teachers’ union member, I couldn’t have negotiated my own salary and benefits if the administration had *wanted* me to; the union had a state-law-recognized monopoly. If the unions whine about “paying for those who don’t pay in”, then maybe they should allow competition.
Summary: the unions “paid” for exclusive bargaining rights by becoming legally obliged to pay for arbitration services, whether someone pays union dues (or the laughably-named “fair share fees”), or not.