Stick a Fork Into the Ground 2 Miles outside Lebanon KS

[Autumnlicious]

The Taft-Hartley Act outlawed the closed shop in the United States in 1947, but permits the union shop, except in those states that have passed right-to-work laws, in which case even the union shop is illegal. An employer may not lawfully agree with a union to hire only union members; it may, on the other hand, agree to require employees to join the union or pay the equivalent of union dues to it after a set period of time. Similarly, while a union could require an employer that had agreed to a closed shop contract prior to 1947 to fire an employee who had been expelled from the union for any reason, it cannot demand that an employer fire an employee under a union shop contract for any reason other than failure to pay those dues that are uniformly required of all employees.

A union shop is a form of a union security clause under which the employer agrees to hire either labor union members or nonmembers but where all non-union employees must become union members within a specified period of time or lose their jobs.

I was right - there already is legislation to prevent unions from forcing people to join. Only the company can force an employee to join a union.

So why are corporations given additional power then?

Now comes the fun stuff.

Mishka - either put up or shut up. You've already show a consistent inability to shrink quotes, post evidence or contribute to a discussion except with small, few line sentences.

Grow a brain dammit.