Like it or not this is still a free country, and to force someone to join a union is downright un-American. Someone else said it earlier, if the union was worth a darn and actually represented the membership, there would be no trouble getting dues.

I've been a member of the American Motorcyclist Association for almost 25 years, and I continue to pay them dues because I believe in what they are doing and they represent my interests in Washington DC. I wish I could say the same about ALPA.

And before you even go there (again), Redeye and Busboy, I am not going to quit the union if we do away with Agency Shop. If the union continues to bone me and act against my best interests, eventually I will quit whether we have agency shop or not.

It is about principle, and that principle is about living in America, not the Communist States of America.

FJ