The trouble with unions

George Leef explains the trouble with unions:

The root of the problem is that unionism is rooted in coercion rather than consent. Workers can't just sign up for union services like they would for, say, an Internet service provider, staying with it as long as they're satisfied that they're getting good value for the money.

Instead, the law makes the choice of union representation into a collective decision by majority vote that's binding indefinitely. Most American workers who have union representation have never even had the chance to vote on keeping that union, and if they don't like it, all they can do is quit.

No other private organization in the United States has the authority to compel people to accept its services. Americans love freedom of choice, but the laws -- laws that unions fought to get back in the 1930s -- have set up a system that gives union officials monopoly power.

What's the solution to this problem? Bring back the Yellow Dog Contract.