Wow... I posted this in 2007...
My 16 year old son will be fired in seven days unless he agrees to pay for union representation. This is the the very same union that has secured for him a minimum wage job with NO BENEFITS. His employer pays him the legal minimum required by law. For my son, the value of union representation is easily calculated; It's a negative $238.50 and $36/month.
The courtesy clerks have enjoyed union representation for more than 20 years. In that time they have secured a labor contract for minimum wage. In other words, it would be illegal for them to pay my son less than he earns now.
Look at the union's letterhead; "One vision - one voice - one union!" What a joke.
Anyway... My son was fired because he refused to pay.