brownmonster
Man of Great Wisdom
Harsh in tone but I have to agree.
Union Dues?
- Thread starter Wally
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Harsh in tone but I have to agree.
Just curious what you tell a new employee, one or two paychecks in, when the union goes on strike and this person has no reserves (say 18 year old or fresh out of college/divorce)? Does he get any help?
PiedmontSteward
RTW-4-Less
So if he was hired 3 weeks ago, then I assume he has no seniority and he is **** out of luck.
UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)
Well-Known Member
Basically he is SOL.
Strike pay----$55/week does not pay the bills.
Strike pay----$55/week does not pay the bills.
Wally
BrownCafe Innovator & King of Puns
Gym reimbursement? How does that work? Is that a local or national thing?
I'm not sure if its national or not. But if you join a gym for a year, we receive $150 reimbursement. They reward us for being healthy.
PT Car Washer
Well-Known Member
We had pre-seniority PTers in 1997 that never crossed the picket line. Unlike some package car drivers. They would be at the strike meetings and show their support. If I remember right our strike check went to pay union dues that month.
PiedmontSteward
RTW-4-Less
It just goes to show you there are actually some decent human beings out there.. two people I work with got hired right before the '97 strike and honored the picket line.
I started in February of 97. Night sort in Portland,Or. The picket line sucked a little...but we BBQ'd and played touch football in the street till Freightliner got off at midnight. We'd wave our signs at them as they left...some of them shouting to get a real job (which is odd since I'm reasonably sure a lot of Freightliner was union back then...) and when they left, we went back to football. Kinda fun actually. Glad I didn't have near the responsibilities then as I do now. Here's to hoping for no strike but sticking up for what we deserve...without the entitlement attitude of the day.
Well, I imagine a # of PTers have other jobs, so if they were just hired and then the union struck they'd work their other job and be fine. Not like a gov't employee who has the one job. I ask because a friend of mine was in AFSCME Local 33 and they struck two weeks after she was hired. It was her first job, two weeks out of school. She had one paycheck and no savings. She got zero help. Granted, public and private unions are different but still.
packageguy
Well-Known Member
International, local gets very little of it, no complaints here...lets hope they do right on contract
twoweeled
Well-Known Member
We use to have somewhat free legal, which was worth just about that - free. Gym reimbursement? good for you, I've heard nothing about that here. I'm glad your willing to pay more, because odds are fair - you will be paying more. But I'm sincerely curious, do you really feel secure at work?? I know I don't!
Secure? Of course. We have guys get in trouble for stupid stuff but nobody ever gets fired. Or should I say, permanently. We have had all kinds of things happen. Drunk, public indecency, fights. Never terminated. A couple of guys stole years ago. They resigned. I feel very secure at work. Why are you not secure? Examples please.
If you got a problem with paying union dues maybe you need to go find another job where you work at will meaning they can fire you for any reason they see fit and there is nothing you can do....
UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)
Well-Known Member
...he never said he had a problem paying dues...he was simply asking why we don't discuss how much we pay in dues....I paid just shy of $1,100 in 2012...I would love to see an accounting of how the union spent my $1,100...
Airfare to Florida to keep UPS from taking $1100 out of your 2014 pocket exceeds $1100.
UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)
Well-Known Member
I can fly round-trip to Florida for $200 (or less).
