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PhillipDrummond:

"You don't want to be part of the union and pay dues that's fine."

EXACTLY!

There is no reason in the world why any working citizen in America should be forced to join a union, and pay dues, simply because the union says they must.

Do you realize unions will NOT allow someone who wants to work, not be a member of the union, and not pay any dues or fees to do so? I wonder why that is?

In Right to Work states this differs. Unions cannot force an employee to pay.

And I work in a hospital whereby there is no union, and we negotiate just fine.

"It's not fair to those union members who pay dues that someone who doesn't want to be in gets the same benefits."

After leaving a unionized hospital, and working in a right to work state my base pay increased by $10/hour, my manager's door is open, we have conversations, and on a personal one-to-one basis decisions are made based upon an employee's needs, and the department's needs. In other words, if I really need a day off, I don't call out, I do my job, I receive it. My negotiations are based upon my productivity, and then rewarded if a personal need arises.

And my raises are based upon my productivity. In other words, since my work was superior this past year, I received a substantial bonus at Christmas, and have received 2 raises in the past 12 months. Why should someone who is not as productive receive the same raise as I simply because they are in a union??

And as senior staff I have the ability to sign up for the schedule 1st, and there are other benefits. Why should someone who just walked-in the door, and is new on the job receive the same benefits I do? Or higher pay on hire?

With unions there is little to no differentiation between workers, other than, the person next to me who doesn't make as much effort is "protected" by the union, and still gets a raise and benefits!

But my REAL concern is the unions lack of financial transparency. UNAP collects MILLIONS of dollars every year, states they need the money to negotiate a contract every 2 years. And why? Who gets paid during or for the negotiation? Claims they spent around $22,000 on "legislation" that always has the caveat that it is exempt if the hospital has needs, and where is the rest of the millions of dollars that UNAP collects every year?

My suit was based upon UNAP's decision for lack of financial transparency, they lied to me about dues and fees, and refused to respond to my questions. I won. That tells me something.

Clock_In4Decert@icloud.com OR Clock_In4Decert@yahoo.com