If they do not pay their union dues, more than 700 Washington state workers could lose their jobs. Their unions, the Teamsters and the Washington Federation of State Employees, have given the state Labor Relations Office the names of those workers who have not paid their dues and have not given up their union cards.
There are about 53,000 unionized government state workers for whom contracts were negotiated last year. Their contracts were the first to require workers to join a union and pay dues; however, if they declined membership, they still had to pay fees for representation. If workers refuse to pay dues and/or fees, they can be fired from their jobs.
This is just another case of employees refusing to pay for services they do not want and being coerced by unions, which thrive on dues and other fees.
