If you look to Indiana after they stopped automatic dues collection union membership went from 16,000 to 1,500. Numbers from memory.
In 2005, Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels stripped collective bargaining from state employees through an executive order.
According to numbers from the Indiana State Personnel Office, there were 35,000 state employees in 2005. Twenty-five-thousand of those employees were covered under collective bargaining, and 16,408 paid union dues.
For 2011, Indiana has 28,700 state employees and 1,490 pay union dues, a 90 percent reduction in dues-paying members.
I must admit I’m surprised by those numbers and thanks to all of you who educated me.
I just know that when I was a member you sure felt intimidated if you didn’t join.