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People, I bought the T-shirt. And I can unequivocally tell you, my nipples have never been happier.

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Companies like Walmart are wrong. Closed shops (or Union shops I think in the US) are wrong.If a trade union is doing a good job, then it will encourage more members to join. Amnesties or windows to (re)join during contract negotiations is one way to encourage and reward a strong union.Workplaces where you literally cannot do or move something yourself, and have to call in an employee to flick a switch, is just as frustrating on the other side of the table.

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Agreed. You need a mechanism that rewards good union bargaining, but also avoids potential "blacklegs".

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Goldilocks was a bit of a freeloader. She wasn't even a bear!

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When I worked in the bank, precisely this situation occurred - the trade union was negotiating over proposed longer working hours. I wasn't a member, but when I saw what benefits they brought in through negotiation, I joined.Maybe that makes me an idiot, or ethical or something, but isn't that how people ought to be?Of course, I left a short time after, so the whole thing became moot - and I've actually spent the rest of my time/career in the private sector/self-employed/private firm. Still and all, mediation is forever our friend :)

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Think of her more as a freelance troubleshooter, and it all starts to make sense... :)

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Don't get me started on "mandatory" service charges!

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Howdy Doody Time?....no?....um, what time is it, then?...

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And did those bears eat her? And was she good?....

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Thanks, I'll have to read up on Right To Work laws. They don't have them in either UK or Canada.

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if you avail yourself of the services you owe for the services.

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the only reason he could do that was right to work laws

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Happily not TOO old-school.

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Lol, I forgot about that- you haven't seen the shit weasel things employers do here that change the landscape so much and make unions a necessity (or would, if management hadn't so effectively broken most of them)

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I suspect they CAN'T learn.

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Think she'd have spare time to host the show once Jon's gone?

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