Having your workplace become a Union workplace is a choice, it cannot be made easily by individuals, it takes a whole group working together. A Collective Bargaining Agreement is your goal and only after both management and employees agree on a contract can you effectively have a Union workplace. A good contract can really benefit a company and the workers. Our Union has a great Health & Welfare Benefit Package, Pension Benefits, Fair Wages, Manning Rules, Overtime Rules and many other contract choices. You would work with our Local Union Representatives together to create a contract with your management. We are not the "Union" you and your Co-workers are! We are just the people who work in the office to help you.

How much will it cost?  Answer: Around two to three hours a month of your hourly salary. Most Local Unions have the collective bargaining units vote on the amounts they pay in first time contracts or on increases in dues amounts.

The hardest part of getting an effective Collective Bargaining Agreement is getting past the onslaught of misrepresentations that exist about Unions. To do this a group of workers must sign cards to allow Union Representatives to sit down with the company to present the different aspects necessary to have a fair contract. The workers must pay dues to do this and these dues go to paying the salaries of the Union Representatives. Dues also go to paying for Benefit Packages such as group Life Insurances. They also go to Educational Programs and general expenses such as rents or mortgage payments and upkeeps of Union Halls and grounds. No organizations or companies can survive without money.

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