…then when given the FREEDOM TO CHOOSE, why are even more government union members deciding to leave? And it couldn’t happen to a better union:
Government employees in Seattle do not exactly fit the profile of the average Republican voter. But As the Washington Examiner’s Sean Higgins reported this week, they aren’t suckers either.
Thanks to a recent Supreme Court decision on public sector union membership, many members of Local 925 of the Service Employees International Union — those who had not explicitly signed up to join the union — suddenly found that dues were no longer being taken directly out of their paycheck. As a result, 38 percent of the local’s membership was gone overnight.
It is always about the power to control and unions are no different. Do you think they make it so hard to escape their clutches because they are so beneficent towards their members? Do they supply such an overabundance of value that their members would walk over glass for them?
No – the members have no choice absent new laws (or like the above, court cases). And for those on the Left that complain about money in politics, why do you think the unions make it impossible for their members to quit (and take their money with them)?
Choice – the essence and metric of Freedom. Who has the choice for you – you or (in this case) unions? If you do not posses the ability to make your own choices, you are not free. That is the simple truth of the matter.
(H/T: Washington Examiner)
