Don’t Force Workers to Join a Union

Don’t Force Workers to Join a Union
Rep. Tim Ryan (D-Ohio) speaks during the North American Building Trades Unions Conference at the Washington Hilton in Washington on April 10, 2019. Zach Gibson/Getty Images
Stephen Moore
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In 1978, when I was 17 years old, I worked as an usher at concerts and sporting events earning $2.25 an hour, the minimum wage. I had to surrender about 15 cents of this meager hourly wage to a union I was forced to join.

Stephen Moore
Stephen Moore
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Stephen Moore is a senior fellow at the Heritage Foundation, chief economist at FreedomWorks, and co-founder of the Committee to Unleash Prosperity. He served as a senior economic adviser to Donald Trump. His latest book is “Govzilla: How the Relentless Growth of Government Is Impoverishing America.”
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