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My first paycheck after joining the Union
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<blockquote data-quote="PiedmontSteward" data-source="post: 2144589" data-attributes="member: 42270"><p>I'm under the assumption that it covers the administrative costs of enrolling a member in the union.</p><p></p><p>Initiation fees are perfectly reasonable and understandable for someone working a union job with a <em><strong>union pay scale and union benefits.</strong> </em>Someone making $20+/hour off the street with union health and welfare benefits within 90 days shouldn't gripe at having to pay $150-200+ in initiation fees. </p><p></p><p>Not so much for a part-timer making minimum wage (in many states) with no benefits and no paid time off for a year.</p><p></p><p>Quite frankly, it's just a lucrative cash cow with PT turn over that a lot of locals (especially those but not entirely limited to those in closed shop states) aren't willing to give up. New hires come in, pay their $100-200 in initiation fees, quit in less than 30 days then wash, rinse, repeat.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="PiedmontSteward, post: 2144589, member: 42270"] I'm under the assumption that it covers the administrative costs of enrolling a member in the union. Initiation fees are perfectly reasonable and understandable for someone working a union job with a [I][B]union pay scale and union benefits.[/B] [/I]Someone making $20+/hour off the street with union health and welfare benefits within 90 days shouldn't gripe at having to pay $150-200+ in initiation fees. Not so much for a part-timer making minimum wage (in many states) with no benefits and no paid time off for a year. Quite frankly, it's just a lucrative cash cow with PT turn over that a lot of locals (especially those but not entirely limited to those in closed shop states) aren't willing to give up. New hires come in, pay their $100-200 in initiation fees, quit in less than 30 days then wash, rinse, repeat. [/QUOTE]
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