“Unions love strikes.” Your employer may talk as though the whole purpose of the union is to call strikes.
Workers join *** to improve their jobs, not to strike . In 97 percent, of the cases, *** negotiates contracts without a strike.
“*** can force you to strike.” Your employer may hint that, soon after you vote for a union, you will be on strike, like it or not, either over your own contract or to support *** members somewhere else.
Only workers themselves can decide to strike. In ***, a strike can only be called by a majority of the workers who would be directly involved—and only in a secret-ballot vote. You would never be asked to go on strike because of a dispute somewhere else.
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I have posted some contracts. EACH contract has a no strike clause which is a STANDARD practice.
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“You can’t afford to pay union dues.” Your employer may do things like:
Giving you two checks on payday—one of which is a phony check with union dues taken out.
Passing out a mock check and saying this shows how much dues you will pay as a group each year.
Bringing in a basket of groceries with a label: “What you could buy with one year’s dues.”
You can’t afford NOT to have a union . The improvements in pay and benefits which you can only win with a strong union will more than offset the dues you pay—plus you’ll get the improved treatment and respect that comes with a union contract.
As the old saying goes, “you get what you pay for.” No organization can be effective without money to pay for services and supplies.
Remember: you don’t pay any dues until you win a contract.
“The union is only interested in you for your money.” Your employer may give you “documents” or old newspaper clippings which are supposed to show that *** is bankrupt and needs your money to survive.
*** is a financially strong union which exists only to serve workers. *** members want to help other workers organize because every time a new group of workers gets a union contract, it puts more pressure on all employers to improve pay and working conditions.
This is CABL.com posting #161201. Tiny Link: cabl.co/mP6b
