Union membership
Sir,—l saw in the news last week that a young Dunedin woman was fined $l5O or 50 days in prison because she exercised what must be her most basic right. She was asked to join a union; she made her own decision not to; she has been taken to court and given the above penalty. Unions talk endlessly about rights for this and rights for that. Do individuals not have the right to decide any more about what they want to do or don’t want to do in their life. If that is the case I think it is time we questioned what the outcome of unions will be if allowed to continue as they are. — Yours, etc.. FRANCIS DEACON. April 23, 1981. Sir.—The young lady who was fined $l5O in the Dunedin Court for standing up against union muscle deserves a donation not a fine. I heartily support any individual willing to stand by his or her principles when confronted with any sort of irrational mob muscle. What shocks me is that unions appear to have full Government backing in such cases of union monopoly control of the wage market. — Yours, etc., PETER JOHNSON. April 25, 1981.
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