Re: State government furloughs
That depends upon the negotiated agreement. I worked 34 years at a federal job that allowed the workers to join or not join the union. I chose not to join because the union fought for the wrong things and many of the stewards were very insulting to management. What you describe is called a closed shop
Originally posted by tutusue
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A closed shop is a business or industrial factory in which union membership (often of a specific union and no other) is a precondition to employment. It is opposed to the open shop, which does not consider union membership in hiring decisions and does not give union members preference in hiring. It is different from the union shop, which does not require employees to be union members as a condition of employment, but does require that they join the union or pay the equivalent of union dues within a set period of time following their hire.
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