[TheRealVille]

You misread Charlie's post. He did not say that he knows any union pipefitters that would prefer not to pay any union dues - only that part of the dues that goes to political candidates.

The PAC fund amounts to about 5 cents an hour, and you aren't required to pay that. You sign a paper that allows it to be taken out of your check. If you don't want it taken, you don't sign the paper.