OPINION:
In reading Stephen Moore’s article on right-to-work law, I noticed Mr. Moore seems to forget one of the principles of democracy, majority rules (“Freedom not to choose,” Web, March 8). Worker X can apply to work at company A, a union shop, or apply to company B, a non-union shop. It’s his choice. If he chooses company A he can try to convince the other workers to vote the union out; here again majority rules. Or he can go to work at company B and work for less money and fewer benefits.
President Obama was elected by a majority of the voters, not 100 percent. Not everyone is happy with Mr. Obama, but we live with the majority’s choice. If a company has a contract with a union, it is because a majority of the workers voted for it. As far as union dues being spent on things other than union business, I am more worried about where my tax dollars are going: a bridge to nowhere, wars that never end, $1,000 toilet seats, etc.
Years ago I worked for a union company that paid me $2.25 an hour, with benefits. This was achieved through collective bargaining. The company’s biggest competitor paid its workers $1 an hour and allowed them to work 100 hours (it was a non-union company). The answer is simple. If you do not want to pay union dues, go work for any number of non-union companies. No one forced me to join a union; I went where I could get the most for me and my family. I now receive a union pension check every month, and it is almost three times bigger than my Social Security check. I can live out my years in comfortable retirement.
WILLIAM TYLER
Manassas
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