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<blockquote data-quote="PiedmontSteward" data-source="post: 1179272" data-attributes="member: 42270"><p>The union negotiates all of your work rules, working conditions, your wages, benefits, and your pension. Starting pay for new hires will be $10/hr once the national agreement is ratified. The only "downfalls" are the dues that you pay. Typically, your dues will be 2.5x your hourly wage per month; 25% of which will be taken out per week. I make over $16/hr and pay $7/week in dues. </p><p></p><p>You're probably in a RTW state like I am, so I'll be pretty blunt: Want to know what happens when a scab (non dues paying worker) gets in trouble? I let them twist in the wind if I can. I give everyone a "freebie", but after that they're on their own if they're a non-member. I can sit down in the office and pick my nose and that's me fulfilling my "duty of fair representation." I'm not going to put myself out on a limb for someone that won't contribute to the organization that ensures they make more money and have stellar health coverage compared to anyone else in the parcel industry.</p><p></p><p>Your supervisor has a vested interest in keeping the union presence in his area and shift as weak as possible because it gives him more leeway in disciplining employees and performing bargaining unit work himself.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="PiedmontSteward, post: 1179272, member: 42270"] The union negotiates all of your work rules, working conditions, your wages, benefits, and your pension. Starting pay for new hires will be $10/hr once the national agreement is ratified. The only "downfalls" are the dues that you pay. Typically, your dues will be 2.5x your hourly wage per month; 25% of which will be taken out per week. I make over $16/hr and pay $7/week in dues. You're probably in a RTW state like I am, so I'll be pretty blunt: Want to know what happens when a scab (non dues paying worker) gets in trouble? I let them twist in the wind if I can. I give everyone a "freebie", but after that they're on their own if they're a non-member. I can sit down in the office and pick my nose and that's me fulfilling my "duty of fair representation." I'm not going to put myself out on a limb for someone that won't contribute to the organization that ensures they make more money and have stellar health coverage compared to anyone else in the parcel industry. Your supervisor has a vested interest in keeping the union presence in his area and shift as weak as possible because it gives him more leeway in disciplining employees and performing bargaining unit work himself. [/QUOTE]
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