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In reply to the discussion: If the Union Members are going to not support themselves then why should I continue to support them? [View all]thesquanderer
(11,986 posts)Some people are forced to join a union in order to work where they are working.
I'm sure there are anti-union and otherwise Republican people working in union shops just as there are pro-union people working in non-union shops, because getting a job doesn't always mean getting the job conditions you'd most like to have.
Some workers at these union shops may be philosophically anti-union; or perhaps more likely, they may resent seeing the dues come out of their paycheck if they don't see a concrete benefit. And there are unions out there who take their dues, while the employees don't actually see much, if any benefit. Not every union works out ideally, there are bad and even corrupt ones out there too.
Also, plenty of people are not single-issue voters, no matter how big the single issue is. People may be pro-union, but have other over-riding reasons to have preferred Walker over his challenger.