Standing up to unions

If the unions really think it's so unfair that they have to represent everyone, then how about we change the law to "one or none" so that they only have to represent union supporters?

Critics of right-to-work laws suggest that it’s only fair that workers are forced to give money to a union because the law requires the union to represent all workers.

What these critics fail to mention is that the unions want that requirement to be in the law — they lobbied for it for public-sector workers in Illinois — because it gives them a (supposed) justification for taking money from all workers and stifles competition from non-union workers.

If the unions really think it’s so unfair that they have to represent everyone, then how about we change the law to “one or none” so that they only have to represent union supporters? Do you think the unions would support that change to remedy this alleged unfairness?

Read Kristen McQueary’s latest Chicago Tribune editorial for the story of a small town in Illinois that decided to stand up to unions.