Union: it's about power, not dollars

  Retiring NEA chief legal counsel Chanin admits: It's not about children....It's about power, which we have because we collect millions of dollars in dues. Watch for yourself:

  Then watch as the floods of people wearing the same shirts, who undoubtedly all think for themselves, rise and clap in admiration.
  This is why Wisconsin and ultimately Ohio are so important. It's not about giving up the percentages of their income to cover their benefits: they can bargain for that again later.
  It isn't really about the dollars involved paid to the union, at this point.
  It's about the bill which requires that unions cannot require members to pay dues.
  It's about having to hold annual votes to stay organized, which is essentially the opposite of the way it is now....union members are forced to pay dues. 
  Opt out of a teachers' union, and you pay, rather than, say, $800 a year in dues, $725, because the union claims only a small portion of fees is used for lobbying for liberal causes. 
  From Sunshine review regarding the Wisconsin bill:

The proposal would take away most state and local workers of collective bargaining rights on everything except salary.^[17] Unions would be unable to seek pay increases above those pegged to the Consumer Price Index unless approved by a public referendum.^[5] In addition, unions also would have to hold annual votes to stay organized and would be unable to force employees to pay dues.^[5]

  What unions want is a federal law called card check that would effectively eliminate an employees' ability to vote in private. From the Chamber of Commerce regarding card check:

Eliminating the Private Ballot

Card Check would effectively eliminate private voting.

Under the existing law today, workers have a chance to vote for or against unionization in a private-ballot election that is federally supervised. Under Card Check, if more than 50% of workers at a facility sign a card, the government would have to certify the union, and a private ballot election would be prohibited—even if workers want one.

By forcing workers to sign a card in public—instead of vote in private—Card Check opens the door to intimidation and coercion. Over 70% of voters agree that a private election is better than card check.

  So you see it's not really about the particular dollars. 
  It's about maintaining power long term over union members...the union members who may disagree with their stance. 
  As it is now, the power they wield is wielded against all its members, even those who disagree.
  Shocking photos from the Wisconsin rally at the Daily Caller here.