At 11:29 PM 9/17/2004 -0500 Dan Minette wrote: >If you were to argue that open shop laws hurts workers, then I'd agree with >you.
I woudl also argue that closed-shop rules hurt workers, by making them bound to a Union which may or may not represent their interests and violates their freedom of association. I work in an open shop, and under a legal prohibition against striking, and our union has managed to negotiate some of the most favorable benefits in the federal government. JDG _______________________________________________________ John D. Giorgis - [EMAIL PROTECTED] "The liberty we prize is not America's gift to the world, it is God's gift to humanity." - George W. Bush 1/29/03 _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l