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Re:Tech Workers Deserve a Union: An Interview with Ethan Mar... by fragmede on Thursday September 14, 2023 @10:03AM (#37509201)
For better or worse, closed shop (where a company hires only union members) was outlawed in the US by the Taft–Hartley Act in 1947.
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Re:Tech Workers Deserve a Union: An Interview with Ethan Mar... by Jensson on Thursday September 14, 2023 @10:28AM (#37509511)
That law has a loophole: Force the worker to pay the union even if they don't join it. So unless you live in a right to work state that law doesn't mean much.
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