In my field of employment, I've been a member of a very large union (ASFME) and a certain District Council for neigh 30 years. I did not ask to join, nor did they ask if they could take a bite (dues) out of my paycheck. Dues were compulsory and automatically deducted from my check just like income taxes, and similarly I had no say so in the matter.
Why was my Union confiscating my money? Back then the lie was "dues were being used to pay for member services". Meaning, medical care, eye care, dental, prescriptions, and most importantly, representation if you got into hot water in the workplace.
Over the years, I've watched my union go from good, to bad, to worse, to non-existent or helpful to their members, to just plain brain washing and fleecing it's members.
Back when unions were first started back in the 1820's there was a great need for them. Historically Labor Unions were established to rally for safe working conditions, humane hours, and decent pay and benefits. Now all labor unions rally for is the right to get into bed with the politicians for as many perks as possible.
This condition has intensified with the current political administration to the Nth degree. In times past, the unions used to hide their pandering under the table. But since Obama was elected (with union backing), the unions have been rushing en mass to fall on the sword again for the sake of him being re-elected.
The Unions have willingly forked over millions of member hard earned money to the Obama champagne. This is heedless of the fact that many union members no longer wish to support Obama, and even more may have never supported the man, me included.
In short, The Labor Unions have become like the mafia. They decide what's best for the members, not the other way around, as they would have the members think. Yeah, those so-called ballots you may cast, if you don't vote a certain way (favoring the union way) your ballot(s) gets tossed. . . . . . . .
The real reason the Labor Unions have gone whole hog for BamBam (my personal nick name for POTUS)? He is The Great Black Hope and made many promises to us as Black People if we support him. So naturally, the Labor Unions which are 90% black and minorities willingly got into bed with this administration. That's why I call it Political Prostitution.
After all, a prostitute only does what she does for a profit....
