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<blockquote data-quote="BrownShark" data-source="post: 255515" data-attributes="member: 12148"><p>Brother Liberty Bear,</p><p> </p><p>I can understand your position as you wrote, but as a former executive officer of the 2nd largest local in the Teamsters, let me explain a little about your "dues" in the first three months.</p><p> </p><p>First, I understand that you may not have recieved any "benefit" from the deductions, but this is a brotherhood of employees.</p><p> </p><p>Your money goes to pay for many things. Lets say your union dues were $21.50 a month and you worked for 12 months. That would total $258.00. Ok, you get fired in your 13th month. You lose your local hearing and arbitration is your next step.</p><p> </p><p>The cost of this is roughly $2500.00 to put on. You only paid $258.00 into the fund that covers this issue. That would not cover the cost of your case, are you willing to chip in the balance between your $258.00 and $2500.00??? </p><p> </p><p>Of course not, thats why a brotherhood. We all share the burden of each others problems. Your problem is my problem. My intentions for my dues are to apply them to the membership and maximize the use of the money towards that end.</p><p> </p><p>Just remember, there are huge costs involved representing 100's of employees. We all share the burden equally.</p><p> </p><p>Now I know that there have been many "shady" locals taking and abusing dues, but thats not what happens everywhere.</p><p> </p><p>For the most part, it takes money to protect the employees from the daily hassles of management exploiting some part of our contract.</p><p> </p><p>Dont take your deductions too personal and remember that your contribution may have saved someones job.</p><p> </p><p>As for the contract, I agree, this particular contract looks shady and its language is vague and concerning.</p><p> </p><p>We all need to give it our attention and inform each other to vote before it passes and we are stuck for 5 years.</p><p> </p><p>Peace.<img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/group1/thumbup1.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":thumbup1:" title="Thumbup1 :thumbup1:" data-shortname=":thumbup1:" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BrownShark, post: 255515, member: 12148"] Brother Liberty Bear, I can understand your position as you wrote, but as a former executive officer of the 2nd largest local in the Teamsters, let me explain a little about your "dues" in the first three months. First, I understand that you may not have recieved any "benefit" from the deductions, but this is a brotherhood of employees. Your money goes to pay for many things. Lets say your union dues were $21.50 a month and you worked for 12 months. That would total $258.00. Ok, you get fired in your 13th month. You lose your local hearing and arbitration is your next step. The cost of this is roughly $2500.00 to put on. You only paid $258.00 into the fund that covers this issue. That would not cover the cost of your case, are you willing to chip in the balance between your $258.00 and $2500.00??? Of course not, thats why a brotherhood. We all share the burden of each others problems. Your problem is my problem. My intentions for my dues are to apply them to the membership and maximize the use of the money towards that end. Just remember, there are huge costs involved representing 100's of employees. We all share the burden equally. Now I know that there have been many "shady" locals taking and abusing dues, but thats not what happens everywhere. For the most part, it takes money to protect the employees from the daily hassles of management exploiting some part of our contract. Dont take your deductions too personal and remember that your contribution may have saved someones job. As for the contract, I agree, this particular contract looks shady and its language is vague and concerning. We all need to give it our attention and inform each other to vote before it passes and we are stuck for 5 years. Peace.:thumbup1: [/QUOTE]
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