I agree. It will be interesting to see it play out.

Members only does lower the bar considerably.

Size matters. If it gets big?

New ideas matter too.

The traditional union struggle has become very difficult in the US. The high solidarity numbers required today are 20 to 30 points more than necessary before.

Someone told me that union dues are 1% of annual compensation. Wild. Although I learned that teachers pay closer to 2%. Seems like a lot.

Depends, doesn't it?

Solid negotiations basically pay the dues and then some.

This may not be true for all diciplines / positions.

In terms of risks, marginalizing those is worth something too.

For many, just keeping health care sane is worth a lot more than a couple points.

For teachers that totally makes sense. But this is a minority union that will not have collective bargaining power in the foreseeable future.