Assuming this is ft and ft in the same ctr, you are right Trpl. Even here, my steward would be layed off before I would, even though she has a bidded rte and I do not. I have more seniority and would stay. This sounds like a winable grievance.
Sorry Brownblue, even though I would agree with you in theory and principle, it just doesn't work that way, especially in right to work states. The union is required to represent regardless of dues. If you work in a closed shop then you don't work unless you pay dues. If you work in an open shop then you have the choice to pay or not. Right or wrong doesn't matter.So you never benefited from all the contracts in those 15 years? Never got a raise, your co-pay for benefits increased with the rising cost of care, your retirement was not contributed, you never used your senority to get better routes, positions, etc.? Yeah you have the right to demonstrate, but freeloading only says you aren't willing to pay for benefits recieved. Everyone can get pissed at the system and go on welfare, but that right is just the right to be irresponsible. If you want to demonstrate, go down to the hall and badger the crap out of them until you get what you feel is fair representation for you and the other members from the union. No reason to just give up. You can always go work at a non-union shop and see if that works out for you. I've paid for dead beats, I've paid for poorly managed banks, insurance companies, governments, auto manufacturers, and now you want me to pay for you. No thanks, sorry the more I think about it the more pissed I get. Pay your dues like everyone else.
WOW, I just figured that every state allowed the injured to pick their treating Doc. I guess I'll mark it down that I won't be moving to Georgia soon. My insurance (BC/BS)will pay for an off the job accident, but not on the job. My Doc doesn't take workers comp claims, but I have another one that does. He used to be the company Doc but that relationship ended when he wouldn't share info to one of our CMs a few years ago. He's a good Doc for injuries, spent many years as an ER trauma physician.
Five in our center, myself being one...
Trpl, did my doctor move to Tex? He retired not to long ago. LOL My doc sounds just like yours including the ER part. Mine actually did the company DOT physicals for awhile. The company quit using him because they couldn't bully him. I miss him terribly, in fact today I finally changed to another doc (that I don't know). This part sucks (I hated having to change). I refuse to go to any of the 'old guard' around here. This is a small town and I don't trust the company to not be in any of the pockets of the long time doctors around here.
