Can We Boycott SEIU?

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Among the entities that have threatened to Boycott Arizona are the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) (800-424-8592) and the United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) (602-254-0099)

I grew up in Minnesota, in a politically active DFL (Democratic Farmer Labor) Family.  As a child, I went to gatherings where I met Hubert Humphrey and Walter Mondale.  My neighbor was a nurse for Humphrey in his final year. My mom was friends with Rudy Perpich and attended his inauguration. My family visited Don Fraser's place on the St Croix.

I've also been a member of the union when working in Health care.   So I grew up thinking that Unions were a good thing.

But...therein lies the cruxt.  I've grown up.

From everything I have seen of SEIU over the last couple years, from thugs beating a guy at a townhall meeting, to Andy Stern snuggling up to Obama and money, to the video of him saying "Workers of the World, Unite," or saying "[W]e prefer to use the power of persuasion, but if that doesn’t work we use the persuasion of power,” I have changed my mind about Unions.

And now, the SEIU and UFCW have the audacity to threaten to boycott Arizona because it's new law.

What I am wondering is - when and how can we start Boycotting Unions?  Where, in our Constitution, is it mandated that we must participate in and pay dues to a Union if we want to work? Where in our Constitution does it say that we are mandated to give money to thugs in return for their strong-arming of employers? 

Fortunately, I now live in a "Right-to-Work" state. (I didn't always). So when I go back to work in the Health field later this year, I can choose not to participate in a Union.  It appears that about half the states have Right to Work laws, and the other are forced - Union states.

According to National Right to Work,

"A Right to Work law secures the right of employees to decide for themselves whether or not to join or financially support a union. However, employees who work in the railway or airline industries are not protected by a Right to Work law, and employees who work on a federal enclave may not be."

State where people have the right not to participate in a Union include:

Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Guam, Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Nebraska, Nevada, North Carolina, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia and Wyoming.

If you live in one of these states and have been paying into a Union that you don't like nor want, check out your RTW law, and see what you need to do to stop their deductions from your paycheck.

Of course, in Illinois, Minnesota, Massachusetts and other predominately Liberal states you currently don't have that option.  If you don't live in one of the Union states but really want out of the "Union," there are steps you can try to get a RTW law passed in your state legislature.  If enough people are fed up, you might be able to turn the tide.

National Right to Work says;

"The National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation is a non-profit organization providing free legal aid to thousands of employees nationwide whose human and civil rights have been violated by compulsory unionism abuses."

Their website is here:  National Right to Work

We CAN Boycott the Unions.  Yes We Can!

Contact address for SEIU - 1800 Massachusetts Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20036 .