unions and the employees they represent are not monolithic. there are often disputes between them. it descends beyond the omnipresent historic complaints where employees with good grievances are denied the opportunity to grieve.
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2. they could pursue “right to work” laws making union dues entirely voluntary. that is one way to ensure those dues will never be used against the interest of a paying member. but the rand formula requiring everyone covered by a bargaining unit to pay dues is too entrenched for this to be a realistic remedy. even pierre poilievre ’s conservatives just voted against replacement worker legislation along with the liberals and ndp, suggesting no political appetite to truly take on unions. another approach would be to limit compulsory dues only to collective bargaining interests, so that the union has to justify that its dues are being used to support the specific economic interests of the workers they represent. any dues for other causes would be voluntary on the part of individual members.
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