Unions Clarification

After my last post, I thought some more about it and realized I was too harsh on the unions. Unions are fine as long as people are freely allowed to opt in or out of unions without any coercion from any source, be it government, union itself or the employer. If a person chooses to join a union, it is his or her right and should be protected.

I think unions that force you to join simply because you work for a particular company are absurd. Public unions are even more ridiculous and is responsible for a large part of the problems the government is currently having balancing the budget.

I am pro freedom of contract and freedom to contract. This includes the freedom to join a union and freedom to leave a union.