[calex59]

Excuse me but anyone who believes this is really having reality problems. I am pro-troops, pro-war, die hard conservative but I don't believe for a minute that this guys Union could force him to attend anything. The Union doesn't hire or fire people, the employer does, the employer can't even make someone attend an after hours event, legally.

I worked in a Union shop for 35 years and I know what I am talking about. Unions have very little to do with what a person does outside the work place. No way this is true, they can't even force a Union member to attend Union mettings, let alone an event like this. I am NOT saying the person writing the article is lying, I am saying the person who told them the story was lying, trying to make himself look like a victime when in reality he was there of his own volition. Now he may be paid to be there, but it wouldn't be by the Union and being paid is a far cry from being "forced" to be there. What a crock of crap for this guy to unload.

[Albion Wilde]

See post 15.

[beelzepug]

“The Union doesn’t hire or fire people, the employer does...”

Oh, sure. If you really believe that then you didn’t learn much in your 35 years of paying dues. I guarantee, if the union wants you gone, you’ll be fired. The employer will be told to find some reason to let you go. They don’t want union trouble.
I spent some time in unions myself.

[lolhelp]

You did not read very well. The person in the union is a she, not a he. I do not know what union you were, but know you are wrong about them not using threats and force to make the members do as they are told.