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To: KLP who wrote (413532)	2/28/2011 4:19:53 AM
From: Nadine Carroll	14 Recommendations Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 793914

Try as I might, I simply can not understand why so many people depend on unions to work. Their dues are high, and their value is miniscule. I respect the local shoe shine guy in the Department stores....and truly hope they are making a good living from their own labor. The unions offer next to nothing as far as a pension is concerned....and yet they collect massive money from the workers. The unions have it set up that all government workers must pay their dues whether they join or not; the dues are automatically collected by the state. That's what the Wisconsin fight is really about, union revenues. Walker's bill would make the unions collect their own dues on a voluntary basis.

To: KLP who wrote (413532)	2/28/2011 9:55:52 AM
From: ManyMoose	1 Recommendation Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793914

In the case of becoming an electrician, sometimes it's the only way to get certified, and once certified, to get work. why so many people depend on unions to work.

To: KLP who wrote (413532)	2/28/2011 1:57:13 PM
From: Joe Btfsplk	3 Recommendations Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 793914

union.....dues are high, their value miniscule A longshoreman pulling $200k would probably disagree. A small number controlling a choke point can get away with ridiculous excesses for a long, long time. Expand the influence too wide and the destruction becomes obvious over time. The part unions played in the destruction of industrial America is forgotten. Meanwhile, the ordinary folk who again support thuggishness probably will never puzzle out what they did when the bills come due.