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the jen thing wrote:

> Right to work is nothing more than a definition of the right
> to freeload.

The concept of the Right to Work follows naturally from the basic
right of freedom of association and from the right to private
ownership.

It consists of this:  My labour is mine.  I decide whom to sell it
to, and under what conditions.  If I do not like the conditions, I
am not obliged to sell my labour.  If my conditions offend a third
party, the third party does not have the right to prevent me from
selling my labour.  I do not have to join somebody's club in order
to sell my labour.

>  There are a number of different types of shops and
> there are very few closed shops any longer

Hello.  This is B.C.  Check the title of the thread.

> Clearly the Rand decision and the recent RTW report completed
> in Alberta state that people derive benefits from being
> covered under a collective agreement and if benefit is received,
> individuals are required to contribute to the maintenance of the
> agreement and its administration.

This makes a mockery of freedom of association.  I can't believe
that I hear Canadians defending it.  This is the very same
argument that the Nazis used to force members of professions to
become party members.  It was wrong then, not because the N.S.
party was a bad one to belong to, but because of the inherent
human right to freedom of association.

> If they don't like the union's policies, they are always free to
> run for elected office and change the union policies.

If you are not free to 'not join' then you are not free.

In B.C. many workers, including me, are not free.

Michael Kyba