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This honestly sounds more like a cartel than a union.

Well, it is how unions have functioned in the states for a long time. Worker unions don't work very well if you do nothing to combat free rider costs.

And it’s why unions have been losing collective bargaining power over the last couple decades.

The world is different now. Economy is global, people are trying to make a living doing something that makes them happy. Not everyone is a union member, and it’s absolutely ridiculous to extort a young professional from taking a career defining opportunity because a certain, very entitled group decides they want it even better.

Unions striking is within their right. Go for it. But it’s absolutely unacceptable to start blacklisting non-union people who don’t fall in line because the union doesn’t happen to have as much bargaining power as they would have liked.

Freedom of choice is fundamental and I have a choice as to who I work with. That I can use that power to coordinate with my peers for better pay does not transform a refusal to work with scabs into a coercive act.

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