Re: \"Unions are Evil\"
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Sure, Unions support their own interests and do things like take the members dues and spend it on political contributions for things the members don't support
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This is one of the reasons that major unions have recently defected from the AFL-CIO. Dues forwarded to this umbrella organization were too often spent on causes not supported by the average dues paying union member. After all, millions of union members voted for and supported Republican positions in the last election. They are not interested in their dues being spent on bizarre left-wing causes funded by the AFL-CIO.
However, differentiate between this kind of political spending and the lobbying that many unions do which directly affects their membership. It would be hard to fault a carpenters union, for instance, for spending dues toward trying to protect and increase safety standards, education levels, etc. As you say, it is their own interest to do so to the point, if successful, that they become quite exclusionary. This is the beef that many people have with unions.
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