I’m pissed off about something. I’m being told that membership in the union at work is mandatory. Mandatory. This means I have to join the union. This means I have to pay dues every paycheck. This means they are going to take almost $50 a month out of my checks for dues. For what? What are they doing for me as a civilian employee? I don’t get merit increases, I don’t get “step” raises like the suppression people. What are they doing for me?
The current contract sucks ass. Now, please understand I’ve been a member of a union for 13 years once and so I know what sucky contracts look like.
Civilian employees start out with a certain amount of vacation days. That we can not take until we’ve been there a year. I am currently working towards this certain amount of vacation days so I can start taking them in July of 2009. I started in May of 2008.
I do have to say I like the three personal days we got in this contract. That was nice and it helped me be able to take a few days off right before July 1 and a few days off in August when TB flew me to Vegas for her birthday.
What else am I happy about with this union? Ummm I may be able to answer that question a little better after the mandatory meeting I’m going to so I can get sworn into the union. Against my will.
Am I being overly dramatic? Oh I’m sorry. I can barely pay my fucking bills or put food in my belly and they want to take $50 more a month from me. I find this dramatic. Actually, it’s quite traumatic for me. $50 a month they are going to take from me, from my stomach, from my creditors and from my gas tank. I am not happy about it.
I am going to see what happens at this meeting tonight, I’m leaving here in a few minutes. After tonight, I’ll have a more working knowledge of the union and how they do things here in the Commonwealth.
I’m not looking forward to the meeting. I’m fighting another headache (weather or stress related - could be both) and I’m tired. I just want to sleep. The meeting starts at 8pm. It’s 30 miles away from here and so it’ll take me about 30 minutes each way. This displeases me.
Until next time…
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9:54 pm
In certain organizations workers may be required to join a union after they are hired; such workplaces are called union shops. Twenty-two states have enacted right-to-work laws that prohibit union shops, and most are located in the South and Midwest. Right-to-work states, as of January 2006, include Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Nebraska, Nevada, North Carolina, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, and Wyoming. This means that to get or hold a job in these states, workers do not have to join a union if one exists. Closed shops, in which only union members in good standing can be hired, are illegal in right-to-work states.
Taken from http://jobs.stateuniversity.com/pages/65/Workers-Rights-RIGHT-JOIN-UNION.html
More to come.. I think it’s CRAP!
9:58 pm
Mel Unfortunately for me, I’m not in a right to work State anymore. I do know it’s an issue here, I’ve seen it on commercials for the upcoming elections and what not. I’ll be making sure to vote against any kind of forced union bullshit.
9:59 pm
Blah.. I am a poop and was thinking you lived in Louisiana, not Kentucky…
10:01 pm
Mel ROFLMAO you said “poop” lol don’t know why that made me giggle. Yeah, I’m in Kentucky.
2:48 pm
Wait - they told you joining the union was mandatory AFTER you were working there?!?!?!
3:10 pm
I’m a member of AFSCME. They have done very little for me, but I must say that the latest contract was pretty good, after a couple of shitty ones. Whether I am a member or not I’m still covered under their collective bargaining agreement. The problem is, non-members can’t see that agreement, so a lot of good it does. I hate unions.
3:26 pm
That is a whole helluva lotta bullshit! I’m seriously curious what type of benefits they provide you for that $50?
They better do dry cleaning for that price.
6:32 pm
Miss Britt Yes ma’am. When I went to my orientation meeting, they told me they “didn’t know” if my position was union or not, but I’d find out when I got there.
My first day, I was told it WAS a union position. The day after that, I was told the union is not an option, I HAVE to be a member of it to work there.
If I didn’t need the job so bad, I probably would have left. Now I like the job too much to leave.
Nobody I don’t see this union doing jack shit for me anytime soon.
NYCWD That’s what I’m talking about!!!! I’m so beyond pissed off. $50 for fucking nothing.