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Pros and Cons of not joining the union? Hub worker candidate here in At-Will state.
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<blockquote data-quote="soberups" data-source="post: 919179" data-attributes="member: 14668"><p><strong>Re: Pros and Cons of not joining the union? Hub worker candidate here in At-Will sta</strong></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>If you only regard the job as temporary, then why is the ability to cross a picket line with no repercussions even a factor in whether or not you would choose full membership vs. paying an agency fee? It is over a year and a half until the current contract expires, which is the earliest date that crossing a picket line would even be a possibility for you in the first place.</p><p></p><p>As far as your question about whether or not you will experience harassment for being an agency fee payer, I would say probably not as long as you keep your mouth shut about it (which I highly doubt you will be able to do). We only have one agency fee payer in our building, and very few people are even aware of his status as such. Our BA has given <em>specific</em> instructions to the shop stewards that this employee is to be treated with respect and given <em>full</em> representation should he ever request it, which he never has. <em>Any</em> sort of harassment, or failure on the part of the union to adequately represent this employee, could subject the Local to a potential lawsuit. For all intents and purposes, this employees status as an agency fee payer is a complete non-issue.</p><p></p><p>As a practical matter, being an agency fee payer will save you about $1 a month on your union dues. Only you can decide for yourself whether that is an option you should pursue. One last thing I will point out is that during the '97 strike the company locked us out of our location, so our agency fee payer never even had an opportunity to cross the picket line in the first place. And since he never showed up to do time on the line, he never got any strike pay and he missed out on some of the temporary warehouse jobs that were available to members in good standing (I made $50 per week strike pay plus about $12 an hour loading trucks at a local beverage distributor). But he saved $1 on his union dues that month.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="soberups, post: 919179, member: 14668"] [b]Re: Pros and Cons of not joining the union? Hub worker candidate here in At-Will sta[/b] If you only regard the job as temporary, then why is the ability to cross a picket line with no repercussions even a factor in whether or not you would choose full membership vs. paying an agency fee? It is over a year and a half until the current contract expires, which is the earliest date that crossing a picket line would even be a possibility for you in the first place. As far as your question about whether or not you will experience harassment for being an agency fee payer, I would say probably not as long as you keep your mouth shut about it (which I highly doubt you will be able to do). We only have one agency fee payer in our building, and very few people are even aware of his status as such. Our BA has given [I]specific[/I] instructions to the shop stewards that this employee is to be treated with respect and given [I]full[/I] representation should he ever request it, which he never has. [I]Any[/I] sort of harassment, or failure on the part of the union to adequately represent this employee, could subject the Local to a potential lawsuit. For all intents and purposes, this employees status as an agency fee payer is a complete non-issue. As a practical matter, being an agency fee payer will save you about $1 a month on your union dues. Only you can decide for yourself whether that is an option you should pursue. One last thing I will point out is that during the '97 strike the company locked us out of our location, so our agency fee payer never even had an opportunity to cross the picket line in the first place. And since he never showed up to do time on the line, he never got any strike pay and he missed out on some of the temporary warehouse jobs that were available to members in good standing (I made $50 per week strike pay plus about $12 an hour loading trucks at a local beverage distributor). But he saved $1 on his union dues that month. [/QUOTE]
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