Anyone who wants to should be able to join a union, without fear of termination for that reason alone. It’s a free country.
And by the same token, no one should be forced to join a union. And that’s where the problem is. Too many states are closed-shop states. If a majority of your fellow workers votes to form a union, you must join that union, and you must pay union dues. That is not a characteristic of a free society.
(Oh, and some closed-shop states allow for a “fair share” option, where you don’t have to join the union. But you still have to pay something like 90% of the union dues. How’s that for nonsense?)
Most unions should be decertified, and certainly ALL government “worker” unions. They should all be busted under RICO statutes as nothing but extortion rackets and RAT money laundering operations.
The paper trail is all there, for anyone to see. Just look at opensecrets.org.
MS is a right to work/open shop state. If the workers here wish to form a union, good for them.
However, with MS being a right to work state, workers there who voted against the union can’t be forced to either join the union or pay union dues to keep their jobs! They also can’t force new employees to either join the union or pay dues as a condition of employment!