I read this over at Democratic Underground which says that freeloaders won't get a free ride:
The upshoot is going to be that public sector unions will stop representing members who are aggreived by management. I myself would negotiate collective bargaining agreements that specify while bargaining unit members get the same benefits as are negotiated with respect to pay and benefits, members who don't pay dues are specifically excluded from union representation/support when they believe they are unfairly treated by management.
Sooner rather than later one of these teachers or social workers or cops or firemen are going to be targeted by management for abuse. Or a cop is going to kill an unarmed suspect. Or a teacher is going to get an unsatisfactory evaluation and be fired. Then they are going to want help, but the "I wanna be on my own" employee will have to hire their own lawyer out of their own pocket and fight the case on their own.
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Obituary: Jackson family patriarch Joe Jackson, 89, has died. He wasn't Mr. Congeniality, that's for sure, but he was worth noting:
Born July 26, 1928, Jackson initially worked in the steel mills of northwest Indiana. But when his children began showing musical talent and forming singing groups together, he became their manager. His three oldest sons, Jackie, Tito and Jermaine, were the first to perform, going under the name the Jackson Brothers. Later, Marlon and Michael joined the band, and they became known as the Jackson 5._____
Jackson shepherded his sons through their growing fame, taking them from amateur competitions to professional gigs and eventually to a record deal with Motown Records. As Michael became a breakout star and the rest of the Jackson 5 followed, Joe began managing the careers of their other siblings, including Randy, Rebbie, La Toya and Janet. Each eventually pursued a solo career, with Janet achieving particularly great fame.
Obituary: Actress Deanna Lund, 81, died last Friday after a battle with pancreatic cancer, which is a particularly lethal form of it.
Lund starred as party girl Valerie Scott on “Land of the Giants.” The Irwin Allen series aired on ABC from 1968 until 1970._____
She married her “Land of the Giants” co-star Don Matheson in 1970. They divorced in 1980 but their daughter Michele told The Hollywood Reporter in 2014 that the pair remained great friends.
Lund took up acting at Rollins College in Florida. She moved to Hollywood and appeared in the 1965 movie, “Dr. Goldfoot and the Bikini Machine.” She played the Riddler’s moll on an episode of “Batman.”
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