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Re:New Facebook tool allows employers to suppress “unionize”... by rwmj on Friday June 12, 2020 @07:23AM (#23498150)
There are no "closed shops" any more in the UK[1]. Any member can leave a union any time they like.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Employment_Act_1990

Re:New Facebook tool allows employers to suppress “unionize”... by RHSeeger on Friday June 12, 2020 @09:08AM (#23498817)
Even voicing the opinion that Right to Work is a good idea causes the pro-union folks to act like they're going rabid, acting like you're trying to tear down their entire world. Passing a Right to Work law is, in the eyes of many, a flat out attack on unions and an act of union busting.
Re:New Facebook tool allows employers to suppress “unionize”... by pydry on Friday June 12, 2020 @03:40PM (#23502902)
Rendering the contracts that unions sign with employers unenforceable is pretty much the definition of union busting.

It's explicitly about preventing two consenting parties (union + employer) from freely entering into a contract.

Oddly enough there are some (libertarians) people who consider the right to enter into a contract freely pretty sacrosanct, but I've yet to hear one complain about this law.

Re:New Facebook tool allows employers to suppress “unionize”... by Mirioron on Friday June 12, 2020 @09:38AM (#23499089)
And that will stop people from shaming you on social media how? All you need to harm someone is to send a Twitter mob at them. If your union becomes political enough then toy can just do that, just like Google did.