At one point yes they were. And in some cases even now. But having worked in closed shop states and in right to work states I much prefer the right to work states. There are some areas of the country where it is a requirement to join a union. In one instance I remember seeing a report that Detroit has a law that all child care workers are required to join a union.
Detroit Child care workers sue to break from union State is one of 16 requiring unions represent personal-care workers > Detroit Legal News.
And I do remember seeing on a website where they were actually trying to force babysitting teens to pay unions dues. Yes you hire a teen to babysit for one night every two weeks and the unions/government regulators were calling the occasional teen aged baby sitters "child care workers" and were subject to the rules of unionization.
The time I spent in NY/NJ area taught me the worst of union behavior. Whether from actually being forced to be a member of a union or reading the newspaper reports of what happened to people that tried to cross picket lines. Or crossed the union bosses. Like the report on a member being kneecapped because he made the mistake of mentioning he got the union officer election results three days before he received his official ballot. Or even here where the unions are trying to force an election at the Boeing plants by rejecting a secret ballot but insisting on using either the internet ballot. Or a card check system where you check yes or no an a card and turn that in to the union with you name and signature on the card. Oh yeah have overheard a few conversations at the coffee shops near the plants where the people are afraid of the goon squads the unions have patrolling plants.
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