Re: And as I carefully explained,
I give up. There is no way to have a reasonable discourse. Jimmy Hoffa got and deserves a bad rap. His impact on Union retirement funds was nothing compared to Enron. Absolutely nothing. His membership's pensions thrived under him. Check Enron's.
And, under Hoffa, the Teamsters were Republican.
I'm sorry your son had that experience and I know Unions struggle with applying initiation fees to temporary help. Usually they do it the way they did with your son. They wait 3 or 4 months before expecting the person to join. That happened to me with three of the Unions to which I have belonged. Meantime, I accrued benefits. Which doesn't mean much to a part-time worker.