Yet another poster who gets hung up on one sentence and ignores the bulk of the post. If you can get past your blinders you will see that I was simply explaining that in some states union membership is required if a union is in place, in others it is a choice. There are states where so few unions are in operations that they only real union presence is in the public sector. So very sorry I didn't add the words "just about" to that sentence so you could move past it. I wasn't arguing that point, just adding some detail to the conversation.
Point is, union membership is dropping off nationwide and unions are doing all they can to lobby for laws more favorable for unions. And the majority of union members in america today are in public sector unions (not by a big margin, about 48% to 52% or something like that).
Sheesh, no wonder these threads get only 2 or 3 people participating. Franklin must just be a glutton for punishment.