Janus Solution

[FreeJoe]

There is a fair chance that the right is going to succeed in their attack on public sector unions with the Janus case. It will allow workers to get the benefits of union representation while not paying dues. Here's my proposed solution. Instead of paying the workers and then hoping that they'll use some of that pay for their union dues, how about having the state directly compensate the union? Then it isn't the worker's money so they can't withhold it. The state benefits from having a unionized workforce, so it makes sense for them to fund it. Would it work?

[Glamrock]

1. In red states?

No it wouldn't work.

[WhiskeyGrinder]

2. No. That would compromise the union's independence, like a "company union" or "yellow union."

[TheBlackAdder]

5. Like Chrysler's union, which is in cahoots with management.

[3Hotdogs]

3. Besides, Red States would want to governor to appoint the negotiating committees.

[HeartachesNhangovers]

4. WhiskeyGrinder is correct. Also, I was a union negotiator for

a few years and my first thought was that if the employer began paying union costs, that would be the first thing they'd bring up in any subsequent negotiations: "We just picked up your union costs so you all need to take a compensation cut."