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Re:Instacart to cut 1,900 jobs, including its only union roles by Frondo on Thursday January 21, 2021 @08:31PM (#25867088)
Taft-Hartley banned the "closed shop," where you must join a union to work at a business, in 1947. You will never be forced to join a union anywhere in the US to work at any given employer.
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Re:Instacart to cut 1,900 jobs, including its only union roles by ars on Thursday January 21, 2021 @11:51PM (#25868438)
That's not true. You misunderstand the rules.

Google: "closed shop vs union shop" and you will see.

Basically you cannot have a business that only hires from a union, but you can have a business that requires you to join a union after being hired meaning the union cannot prevent you from joining them.

Or in other words in non-right-to-work states you can be forced to join a union.

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Re:Instacart to cut 1,900 jobs, including its only union roles by Frondo on Tuesday February 02, 2021 @01:07PM (#26004379)
Under the NLRA, you are never required to join a union. You may be required to pay union dues, and the union will still represent you in collective bargaining, but that doesn't make you a union member.
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