re: Paging Pioneer: Supreme Court rules against unions

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I understand the idea of unions. Yes, robber barrons used to be legitimate jackasses, and employees really did "owe [their] soul to the company store." Unions were a way to have some pull against working extremes.

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this is of the biggest lies Wal Mart Republicanism has sold to this country. Corporate greed never went away. It just found new methods. Wages have not kept up with inflation, yet corporate profits have soared. The "career employee" and things like pensions have become a thing of the past.

I have mixed feelings on the "forced" dues....but something you bring up shows the difference in public vs private and shows why they might be necessary.

State government workers in a Merit System for example, don't have an individual contract with their employer. Their employment is governed by laws, or at least is supposed to be. A single employee has virtually no power when those laws are violated, much less the ability to negotiate wages and other benefits.

The State of Alabama is stealing millions from it's employees now because the state personnel director perjured herself in a lawsuit.