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<blockquote data-quote="soberups" data-source="post: 789829" data-attributes="member: 14668"><p>I will get right to the point and answer your question.</p><p> </p><p>You live in a non-RTW state, which means you will either pay dues and be a full-fledged member or you will pay an agency fee and save yourself a few bucks each month.</p><p> </p><p>I also live in a non-RTW state, and out of the 220 drivers in my building there is one driver who pays an agency fee instead of dues. I think he saves about $5 per month (our dues are $75).</p><p> </p><p>In exchange for saving $5 per month he has given up the right to attend union meetings, vote on contract offers, or vote for union officials. He is also ineligible for the $25,000 life insurance policy that is provided free of charge to all members in good standing. <em>That benefit alone</em> is worth well over $5 per month.</p><p> </p><p>The company treats him the same as everybody else. Very few of the employees are even aware of his non-member status, and those who are do not treat him any differently. I am one of the shop stewards, and we have been specifically instructed to treat him with respect and to represent him in the same manner as we would a full member. To do otherwise would be illegal and could expose our local union to a lawsuit. To my knowledge, he has never filed a grievance or requested representation anyway, so it is pretty much a moot point. He is actually a very hard worker and a model employee, and his status as an agency fee payer has had no discernible effect on his career.</p><p> </p><p>I do not know, or care, whether it would be the same for you if you chose to pay an agency fee instead of being a member. I think that you have already made up your mind that you arent going to become a member; your long-winded dissertations about the evils of unionism are nothing more than a feeble attempt to convince both yourself and everybody here that by refusing to join you are nobly taking some sort of principled stand against what you see as an injustice. The <em>reality, </em>however, is that you are merely trying to enjoy the benefits of a labor agreement without shouldering any of the responsibilities.</p><p> </p><p>The choice is yours. Join or dont join as you see fit. But please spare us the self-righteous posturing.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="soberups, post: 789829, member: 14668"] I will get right to the point and answer your question. You live in a non-RTW state, which means you will either pay dues and be a full-fledged member or you will pay an agency fee and save yourself a few bucks each month. I also live in a non-RTW state, and out of the 220 drivers in my building there is one driver who pays an agency fee instead of dues. I think he saves about $5 per month (our dues are $75). In exchange for saving $5 per month he has given up the right to attend union meetings, vote on contract offers, or vote for union officials. He is also ineligible for the $25,000 life insurance policy that is provided free of charge to all members in good standing. [I]That benefit alone[/I] is worth well over $5 per month. The company treats him the same as everybody else. Very few of the employees are even aware of his non-member status, and those who are do not treat him any differently. I am one of the shop stewards, and we have been specifically instructed to treat him with respect and to represent him in the same manner as we would a full member. To do otherwise would be illegal and could expose our local union to a lawsuit. To my knowledge, he has never filed a grievance or requested representation anyway, so it is pretty much a moot point. He is actually a very hard worker and a model employee, and his status as an agency fee payer has had no discernible effect on his career. I do not know, or care, whether it would be the same for you if you chose to pay an agency fee instead of being a member. I think that you have already made up your mind that you arent going to become a member; your long-winded dissertations about the evils of unionism are nothing more than a feeble attempt to convince both yourself and everybody here that by refusing to join you are nobly taking some sort of principled stand against what you see as an injustice. The [I]reality, [/I]however, is that you are merely trying to enjoy the benefits of a labor agreement without shouldering any of the responsibilities. The choice is yours. Join or dont join as you see fit. But please spare us the self-righteous posturing. [/QUOTE]
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