[mdpye]

Those who have opted in choose to be bound by the vote in exchange for the increased bargaining power that a consistent position affords, right?

In the car analogy, you're missing the "free to not have any car at all even though you would like one" option.

[WalterBright]

Again, what's the point of a vote to form a union, if you can be in a union or not as you choose? The ones who want a union can just make one.

[Jensson]

Yeah, that is how it works in Europe. In Europe we protected workers against unions, so workers don't have to be as afraid of unions. In USA they protected unions against workers, so that unions don't have to be afraid of workers, no wonder unions aren't popular then...

[mdpye]

Right, I misunderstood which vote were were talking about, sorry. I thought we were talking about voting on union action (e.g. to strike, or to accept a specific deal in a negotiation)