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No, Mikey, in right to work states that fair share fee is not paid, that's what the big deal is. As we are in most states to not be union you would have to pay that fee and it is not large discount.
With the strike my husbands company had, people jumped ship and were allowed back to work. The federal govm said they could not be penalized. We are not a right to work state. The union had no choice but to take them back for the cost of back dues. This is your Federal govnm at work.I may be mistaken but I think in this state a FREERIDER isn't required to pay union dues for representation from the local. We have had a few over the years that didn't want to join or pay dues during their probation period or working casual. They were usually persuaded it was in their best interest to join. It is difficult for a FREERIDER to make friends in a union shop.
Should you end up in a situation like other people who are union members had you would probably luck out. If you get into a different situation you might not be so lucky. The pension contributions go with the employer regardless of whether or not you pay union does.
Those numbers are small in the freight industry. When you get into warehouses and smaller non-freight shops the number of non-members increases. I do not know what the numbers are.
I know if I was a steward in one of those states, any grievance filed by the non payers would somehow always find itself untimely.
Moneyman01 said:I'm glad I read this post. Ive been wondering what the right to work meant. I had someone tell me about it but this ws more in more detail. I just accepted my first union job and i start in a few weeks. I'm not trying to **** no one off and please dont get mad at me but the onething I dont understand is if a junior guy gets a few hours of over time before a senior guy everyone gets mad and files greivances. I could understand it if it happens every single day or week but let the junior guys gets some work to he also has a family to support. I guess I look at things different then everybody else but I thought teamsters are a team of brothers and sisters. I guess I'll find out what its like soon. Again I didnt try to **** anyone off and if I did i'm sorry
I'm glad I read this post. Ive been wondering what the right to work meant. I had someone tell me about it but this ws more in more detail. I just accepted my first union job and i start in a few weeks. I'm not trying to **** no one off and please dont get mad at me but the onething I dont understand is if a junior guy gets a few hours of over time before a senior guy everyone gets mad and files greivances. I could understand it if it happens every single day or week but let the junior guys gets some work to he also has a family to support. I guess I look at things different then everybody else but I thought teamsters are a team of brothers and sisters. I guess I'll find out what its like soon. Again I didnt try to **** anyone off and if I did i'm sorry
You would still get the pension even if you were a free-loader.I understand that the employer pays into the pension, but are you saying in a right to work state, if a person decides to not join the union that he would still have money put into the same fund that union members get. I know that the funds are taken care by someone else than the teamsters, but I thought you still had to be a member to reap this benefit.
I'm glad I read this post. Ive been wondering what the right to work meant. I had someone tell me about it but this ws more in more detail. I just accepted my first union job and i start in a few weeks. I'm not trying to **** no one off and please dont get mad at me but the onething I dont understand is if a junior guy gets a few hours of over time before a senior guy everyone gets mad and files greivances. I could understand it if it happens every single day or week but let the junior guys gets some work to he also has a family to support. I guess I look at things different then everybody else but I thought teamsters are a team of brothers and sisters. I guess I'll find out what its like soon. Again I didnt try to **** anyone off and if I did i'm sorry
I gotta say, paying 2 1/2 hrs pay when sometimes you are only working 5 to 10 hrs a month can be excessive. The union came to us two contracts ago and said they needed that extra 1/2 hr a month to fortify the strike fund, and we haven't had a strike vote since, but they never came back and said we need to go back to 2 hrs.... I think they can use some of that money to help with guys that aren't getting full time hours. That being said, I hate a freeloader... When you start working full time hours, pay your fair share..