Make check payable to......is -14.77USD. Are they going to take it out of my bank account?
I call BS.is -14.77USD. Are they going to take it out of my bank account?
That's nuts if they took everything out of his first check. Even if he only worked a few days they should have just taken a percentage. I had more than one helper quit on me after they saw their first check. That's like every once in a while my wife works at a jewelry store. Thank god she isn't a jewelry type of person because even with just picking up a few trinkets for our Granddaughters she ends up owning them money.
Ours starts taking out 30 days after hire date, if they have worked 1 day or 20. Not right, in my opinion.That being said, this story doesn't pass the smell test. No one should be getting hit with dues and initiation fees until they've attained seniority and once seniority is attained, they're guaranteed their 3.5 hours a day.
is -14.77USD. Are they going to take it out of my bank account?
I think it needs to go further than that.There's a major problem with whacking part-timers with initiation fees in the hundreds of dollars when they're grossing $180-200/week tops. A new hire's first or second interaction with the union (first being new hire orientation with a steward) shouldn't be seeing half of their paycheck go up in smoke after working one of the most physically difficult jobs out there.
My local waives initiation fees for new hire PT'ers and it's something I think every other local in the country (if financially sound) should consider doing.
That being said, this story doesn't pass the smell test. No one should be getting hit with dues and initiation fees until they've attained seniority and once seniority is attained, they're guaranteed their 3.5 hours a day.
It fits in nicely with the hazing?Why is there an initiation fee at all?
Sounds like a scam to me.It fits in nicely with the hazing?
I think it needs to go further than that.
Why is there an initiation fee at all?
It's a scam.I'm under the assumption that it covers the administrative costs of enrolling a member in the union.
Initiation fees are perfectly reasonable and understandable for someone working a union job with a union pay scale and union benefits. Someone making $20+/hour off the street with union health and welfare benefits within 90 days shouldn't gripe at having to pay $150-200+ in initiation fees.
Not so much for a part-timer making minimum wage (in many states) with no benefits and no paid time off for a year.
Quite frankly, it's just a lucrative cash cow with PT turn over that a lot of locals (especially those but not entirely limited to those in closed shop states) aren't willing to give up. New hires come in, pay their $100-200 in initiation fees, quit in less than 30 days then wash, rinse, repeat.
What do you mean? I didn't pay anything extra when I went full time.It's a scam.
If what you say is true, why do they hit you again when you go from part time to full time?
There should be no extra cost, you are already a member.