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Re:Video game workers in North America now have an industry-... by jcranmer on Wednesday March 19, 2025 @03:48PM (#43416512)
The terms you want to look for are "closed shop" and "union shop" (the difference between the two is that a union shop allows non-union members to be hired, but they have to join the union after being hired).
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Re:Video game workers in North America now have an industry-... by Animats on Wednesday March 19, 2025 @04:17PM (#43416795)
Basic labor terms:

- Closed shop - must be member of union to be hired.

- Union shop - must join union when hired.

- Agency shop - don't have to join union, but have to pay a fee to it.

- Open shop - don't have to join union, but can.

- Yellow-dog contract - not allowed to join union.[1]

The two extremes are mostly illegal in the US.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellow-dog_contract

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Re:Video game workers in North America now have an industry-... by drakonka on Thursday March 20, 2025 @02:50AM (#43420371)
I was specifically looking for examples of the original commenter's referenced law-mandated unions: "In some countries/industries you have to be a member of an union by the law. Just by working in industry, union is forced upon you by law, and you have to pay their fees."

Closed shops and union shops just seem like an arrangement between employers and unions, not something forced upon you "by law"?

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