Hello John,   
      
   >BK>You don't even have to pay dues, you have to pay representation   
   >BK>fees, since by federal laws they have to represent you even if   
   >BK>you don't join.   
      
   JM>JM>Shouldn't have too pay anything to any union for any reason.   
   JM>DD>Especially   
   JM>JM>to be allowed to work.   
      
   >DD>I see. You don't believe in paying for your supper, then?   
      
   JM>What is that suppose to mean?   
      
   JM>I have no problem paying for my supper.   
      
   I have no problem playing for my supper.   
   And neither did Woody Guthrie.   
      
   >DD>The American middle class rose with the rise of unions   
   >DD>... and is shrinking as the unions   
   >DD>have less and less influence.   
      
   >DD>BTW - I do not think, nor claim, that unions are perfect - because it i   
   >DD>patently obvious, even to a lock-stepping wing-nut reactionary - they   
   >DD>are not.   
   >DD>But, they are better than going back to a master and serf economy ... b   
      
   JM>You talk of going back. Dumping the union is a step forward   
   JM>for the individual.   
      
   It would be.  But tell that to a union goon.   
      
   --Lee   
      
      
    * SLMR 2.1a * Il a foure son nez y'ou il avait pas d'affaire.   
      
   --- Maximus 3.01   
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