Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Hunter's Campfire "People Who don't Pay Union Dues Are Leaches"

Oh, I'm listening and I'm telling you what you don't want to hear.

No f'kin' schit the Rs are no more friend to the Constitution and country than the Ds. You refuse to donate to the Rs because they are one enemy, but you voluntarily donate to the Ds through your union dues.

The Rs aren't out to take away your pension, nor lower your wages. RTW doesn't do that. That's simply union scare tactics.

He is very, very far from broke.

You know the knock on Texas is plenty of jobs, lower paying jobs.

We're getting em from S America. el salvadorians and the like.

dont want to be union, dont get a job somewhere that has an organized shop, pretty easy..

I can't control who the union donates their money to, I understand why they give it to the democrats not the GOP, the GOP is trying to destroy the union, the democrats are not, surly you understand and agree with that?

For this, you think I should quit job number one, and go back to job number two? Not a chance, and neither would you, even if you can't admit it here..

If the union is a good deal for the employees then they should be able to convince the employees individualy

And, as a somewhat-related issue, aren't there shops where you can pay the % of dues needed for negotiation of wages and bennies, but withhold the % of dues used for political activity?

Ok, I have two jobs to offer you today.

The first job we offer is driving redi-mix in a union shop, the base pay is $34 an hour, medical paid for you and your family by the employer at no additional cost. You will have a Teamster pension, overtime after 8 hours, OT on any Saturday. In addition the company will contribute to an additional $1 an hour to an IRA, and you are able to add to that up to 20% of your pay.
The main drawback is you will pay in dues at $105 per month, and if you belong to the 24 Hour Campfire you will have to endure being called “a slacker, a leech and a liberal”.

The second job we offer today is also a redi-mix driver position with a non-union company. We offer you $24 an hour, and medical, however if you wish to insure your family also, a $600 deduction per month, will be deducted from your $24 per hour pay. The company will provide you a 401K, however we will put nothing into it, if you the employee wishes to contribute, that will come out of your $24 an hour. You will receive OT not after eight, but rather after 40 hours a week, and Saturday pay shall be time and a half, only if you have incurred 40 hours during the week.
The upside is you may come to the 24 Hour campfire and claim to be a good Republican, a big man, your own man, and not be leeching off your employer.


So which one you going to apply for Ace? If you say job #2, you're full of schitt.

Yes, GM-UAW does. You only pay the bargining fee to the National union. They come around annually (I believe) with check off cards which allows a person to contribute to their PAC through payroll deduction. The union doesn't bother me about contributing, they already know what their answer will be.

You aren't listening, I am not a fan of democrats, I hate the Democrats, but they are not out to lower my wages or take away my pension plan, the GOP is. You see, I have no representation, I hate the fact my dues go to the democrats, but I have to hold my nose and accept it, if left to Republicans I would be right down there with the non-unions with half assed medical, no pension, and no money to retire on until SS kicks in.

Get over it, the GOP is no more your friend than the democrats are.

It's not the desire for those things that wrong, it's the extortion used by unions in getting those that is wrong. Unions are no better than organized crime.