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Google security engineer says she was fired for daring to remind Googlers they do indeed have labor rights

EvilDrSmith Silver badge

Re: Can someone please explain...

Yup, the employer forces the prospective employee to join the union (or simply will not hire anyone not in the Union) - it's called a closed shop.

Benefits the union directly - more members, more money, complete power to negotiate for everyone in that work place.

Presumably, the benefit to the employer is that union generally agrees to be less disruptive. No idea how and when these things came into being.

Closed shops are illegal in the UK (under laws brought in by Thatcher), and I believe also illegal under EU (ECHR) ruling.

'Right to work' would seem to be the US way of outlawing the closed shop

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