I doubt very many will stop paying dues. All this does is stop them from being “involuntarily” deducted from the paycheck. Most of the members will be bullied into paying them “voluntariy”.
Like this:
Union Thugs Intimidate 16 Year Old Worker
I heard recently that after Gov. Daniels ended mandatory dues collection in Indiana, union dues income from public employees fell by 95%.
No way. If that were so, why would it have been set up in the first place?
No. I have to believe that once people need to pull out the checkbook and send the money themselves, they’ll figure out real quick that they LIKE being non-union.
If you look to Indiana after they stopped automatic dues collection union membership went from 16,000 to 1,500. Numbers from memory.
True. However the unions will have to devote much time and resources to make sure they get their coin. Muscle cost money and the unions will definitely use it to get what's theirs. The union rank and file will finally see what is most important to the union leadership. Union dues will be jacked up as will those who refuse to pay.
Just remembered something... In the 80's I worked at UPS and had to go down to the local Teamster's union hall to fill out some paperwork. I was shocked at the building's ramshackle appearance. It looked like a condemned building with the interior offices, sparsely furnished with secondhand furniture. The office I was led to didn't even have filing cabinets but had files in boxes stacked along the filthy wall. I remember at the time thinking, "Where is all our money going?" Now I know.
The way the unions dug in tells me IN SPADES they know their funds will dry up. They’re done.
Let the Unions waste time and energy creating bad-will by bullying.
Possibly, BUT in States where no auto ded are done that has not been the case. And keep in mind when the member has to write the check themselves it is a whole different ball game because they will have had the money in their hand and then see it leave.
Why do you think the Fed withholding etc is automatically deducted from paychecks? The unions will now have to spend money to collect the dues where it was done for them previously. This is a good thing.