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<blockquote data-quote="PiedmontSteward" data-source="post: 1129097" data-attributes="member: 42270"><p>And to get straight down to brass tacks.. </p><p></p><p>In my experience, if you don't get someone to sign a card within their first year, your chances of getting them to sign a union card after that time period plummets. I've signed up the occasional 5 or 7 year PT'er, but that's the exception rather than the rule. There are more toxic long-term scabs in my building than I care to admit and while many of them have legitimate gripes (the extremely lengthy period of time to go FT, the apathetic attitude of <em>former</em> business agents, etc.) they're typically full of <img src="http://*" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /><img src="http://*" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /><img src="http://*" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /><img src="http://*" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />: "The union has to protect you no matter what, even if you're not a member," "You get the same thing, it doesn't matter," "The union doesn't do anything for you," "Your dues money just goes to the Democrats," "The union only protects lazy people," "These shop stewards are crooked but I won't file a grievance because I don't want to get messed with," etc, etc.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="PiedmontSteward, post: 1129097, member: 42270"] And to get straight down to brass tacks.. In my experience, if you don't get someone to sign a card within their first year, your chances of getting them to sign a union card after that time period plummets. I've signed up the occasional 5 or 7 year PT'er, but that's the exception rather than the rule. There are more toxic long-term scabs in my building than I care to admit and while many of them have legitimate gripes (the extremely lengthy period of time to go FT, the apathetic attitude of [i]former[/i] business agents, etc.) they're typically full of [IMG]*[/IMG][IMG]*[/IMG][IMG]*[/IMG][IMG]*[/IMG]: "The union has to protect you no matter what, even if you're not a member," "You get the same thing, it doesn't matter," "The union doesn't do anything for you," "Your dues money just goes to the Democrats," "The union only protects lazy people," "These shop stewards are crooked but I won't file a grievance because I don't want to get messed with," etc, etc. [/QUOTE]
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