Maybe these professors can form their own group and call it a “union.” They can even pretend this “union” negotiates all the things the real union does, if that makes them feel any better.
Remember that membership in the union is a condition of employment
Unions can and do discipline members.
Professional unions maybe more than trades.
If you are expelled from the union you lose your job.
They’re doing it for the same reason I never joined the ABA: the organization takes political positions antithetical to my faith and political views.
> They’re not paying any dues to the union, so their only complaint is that they’re forced to belong to a union as a condition of their employment. <
It’s more than that. The collective bargaining agreement covers the entire working condition, pay, hours, discipline, mandatory programs, benefits, seniority and promotion, etc. It can even force the employer to pay for all union activity. Almost anything can be bargained into an agreement..
I have less heartburn with private sector unions. There is only so many eggs to get from the golden goose.
Public sector unions should be outlawed. They choke the golden goose to death and steal the eggs. The taxpayers supply another golden goose to be choked. Management has zero skin in the game.
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