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No; the libertarian perspective would be "everyone should negotiate their own contract".

I'm as far from a libertarian as I could be, but why should a libertarian think this? If you don't want to work for a company who has signed a contract with a labor union for a closed shop, you can go to a different company and negotiate your own. Surely I have the right as an individual to choose to join a closed shop, right?

Entering into a contract with multiple people to form a corporation = fine

Entering into a contract with multiple people to collectively bargain with a corporation = deprivation of human rights (according to some posts in this thread)

At least the GP admitted that their problem really is just "that kind of contract".

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