Funny how those rabid union supporters claim that a workers union and employers have a right to form contracts to dictate closed shop.But not one public sector workers union has ever negotiated with its employers for benefits,tenure, "trial de nova" for employees being fired, pensions and many other things.Because why would tax payers approve of those things when many tax payers do not get those things themselves.
Uhm, I'm afraid that your post is like trying to watch a damged DVD . . . Number one; "tenure" applies to teachers only, and tenure; as a practice, dates to 17th century England and applied to "academic honesty" with respect to religious ferver vs science. In other unions, it's seniority that applies to one degree or another, depending on the union's contract. Academic tenure means that the bearer
cannot be fired for any reason for the duration of the educator's career at the given institution: union or not. You may hate that idea, but there is so much history and tradition that overrules a simple prejudice that you may as well put it out of your mind beasue
that ain't changing. It is one of the chief draws to a career in education to begin with.
It's kind of like retiring at a very high rank from the military.
Now, as for closed shops, that is largely dictated by state law. I suppose that
it could be negotiated into a contract in an open shop state (right to work), but I've neer heard of that: and besides, in an open shop state, the company is not likey to go for such a thing.
Union representation does not equal trial de nova. Union representation offers a "
good cause" hearing, wherein the company must show good cause for the termination. That kind of thing, plus the benefits and pension is what the dues pay for: auto insurance is the same thing. It can be very difficult to fire a union public employee, because many times the rules are so draconian that those rules just represent charicatures of those managers tryng to make names for themselves: remember; it's politics . . .
People need protection fomr politics.
Now,
taxpayers vote for the representatives who sign those public employee contracts: so, blame them, not the employees who know how everybody's gettin' scammed by the boondoggle that is government at any level.