............remember, if the big business owners had just played fair the first time around their would be no such thing as unions. unions are nessecary even today. just read up Wal-Marts issues, having been sued many times for forcing employees to work off the clock, locking employees in with no means to leave the store, refusing to give senior employees more then 34 hours to avoid paying benefits.
but that never happened to me, beucase if it did then UFCW local 21 would've stood up for me...............
That stuff has never happened to me either, because if it did, I would have stood up for MYSELF.
Other than the hour cap, those things you describe are illegal.
EMNofSeattle said:
.......if you're so against union shops then don't work for a union shop and you wont have to join.............
One could just as easily say "dont like working off the clock? dont like being locked in the store?Then dont work here". (these statements would be just as wrong)
EMNofSeattle said:
........don't like a union shop then don't work in one, you have that option.............
And what do you do when you are working and perfectly happy being non-union. Then the thugs come in and lie to people and intimidate them into signing their cards.
When this happened to me, I did not tell my co-workers who wanted the union "if u want union, go to a union company." I said " If you wish to delegate your right of negotiation to a third party organization then go ahead, just don't ask me to do the same."
I should have the right to not use their services and represent myself. the majority should not be able to vote away the rights of a minority.
Now they have taken over. I am forced to pay their extortion fees, My compensation package has DECREASED, and I have watched the overall quality of service provided go down, this has resulted in us losing clients.
The union refuses to provide me with certain information they are required by law to provide.
Let all shops be "open" instead of forcing one to pay dues, the union should convince people while the dues are worth the cost. A union is a company with a service, if they convinced me their service was worth the cost I would be happy to pay. If dues were voluntary then this would only make unions work harder for their workers instead of working to empower themselves.
If they were able to show me the money was going ONLY to collective bargaining, and not their political causes, it would be a great first step.
The truth is the union with which I have had experience cares only about advancing the cause of collectivism.