JOC ARCHIVES
Weekly Poll for November 28, 2008
FACT: The B.C. Supreme court will hear a challenge to unions using dues to support the provincial NDP.
Should union dues be used to support political parties?
| Yes |
 9% |
| No |
 91% |
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3. December 3, 2008 — Mr. Lippett, there's a difference. Corporations do not use mandatory deductions from their employee's paychecks to make political donations. If you disagree with the political agenda of the company you work for, your recourse is to quit and/or to not invest in the company. Respond to this comment
Rob, B.C.
2. December 3, 2008 — Ken, if I were a unionized employee, the union should be working for me and not the other way around. Apparently some unions think that the employees are working for them and spend the union dues as they see fit. Are you saying that unioninzed workers have, in effect, two employers? Respond to this comment
David Olson, Surrey, B.C.
1. December 2, 2008 — If I work for a corporation that supports a political agenda that I disagree with what recourse do I have? Can the employees of a corporation vote on their employers political donations? Mr Hochstein, there are other bogeymen under your bed. Pick another one that has legs. Respond to this comment
Ken Lippett