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Old Sun Oct 15, 2006, 10:30pm
GarthB GarthB is offline
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Originally Posted by PWL
Yes, you have to pay associate dues for some things. Say you want to use medical insurance that is provided by said union. However, he was entitled to free union representation. .
Unions are entitled by federal law to force non members covered by their contracts to pay dues. If he was covered, he paid. I know of no union that will not take full benefit of what the law allows.

Your point could have been made without exploiting the death, and the imagery of the family, of this young man.
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Last edited by GarthB; Sun Oct 15, 2006 at 10:33pm.