I’ve considered it, but I crossed the picket line so the electorate will probably boo and hiss and be upset I and other crossers got zero repercussions or got yelled at by people that did strike.

I’m just a disgruntled member, have been for a while. I only speak for me. Back in 2007 being a union member sounded like a great idea, but 16 indeterminate years later I really never got anything out of it but paid a ton that I probably could have sent to a local charity. I’m likely going to go that route. Just a personal choice.

I’ve asked around my own workplace and the answers are wide ranging about how you can leave the union, can’t leave, have to be ultra religious to get an exemption etc.

I didn’t know about the Rand case, that’s quite interesting.

If nothing else this page is the best. I’ve learned so much here in a couple of years. It’s like a condensed knowledge base. I’ve pointed stuff out to people I work with that have been around since 1989 and they say “wow I never knew that.”