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had to pay union dues out of that Rhetorical question, but what the hell was the union doing while this wage theft was going on?
by mikestew 6y ago
had to pay union dues out of that
Rhetorical question, but what the hell was the union doing while this wage theft was going on?
- nickff 6y agoSome unions basically 'collect' members by unionizing a bunch of small-medium size companies which are completely separate from their 'main business(es)'; they proceed to basically ignore these members, and just collect dues from them.
- FireBeyond 6y agoAgreed. I worked for a private ambulance company as an EMT and paramedic. We were "represented" by the Teamsters. Any grievance? Usually resulted in us having to request a steward/rep from multiple counties away, who knew nothing about EMS and had our contract for reference. You would know more about what the issue was or why it was inappropriate that the union rep. You'd usually have to "pre-game" and explain why a certain thing was appropriate or inappropriate because they were used to representing truck drivers with disputes about haulage, hours, etc., and had no idea about emergency medicine, or DOT provisions for emergency vehicles. We eventually decertified (or rather, left the union).