SH> Last union I got stuck with my wages went down quite a
SH> bit.  If I'm stuck paying dues and it's more then I pay
SH> for benefits now I'm going to give notice and look for
SH> something else.

AA>The last time I was part of a union was when I worked in
  >Quebec. In Canada, you have the choice to steer your union dues
  >to a charity if you do not what the funds to go to the union.
  >That is what I chose.

When I was in high school I got a job in a grocery store and they have one
of the strongest unions in the country (Canada). I learned real quick that
if you work harder than everyone else, they called you first for overtime
work at higher wages and extra hours. Long story short, that was working
really well and others started complaining. The management gave me 3
sets of Merit raises, something that had not been done in 15 years, and
that gave me a pay rate that I would have had to work 3 years to get
within my first year there.

At one point I set a country wide production record and I found myself
one night on a remote staircase being threatened by the union rep.
No violence at the time but I was told if I ever needed the union for
anything I could forget it. I told them I was doing fine without their
help, and did this mean I  could stop paying union dues? They didn't
think that was very funny really. Some people have no sense of humour..

No option back then for union dues to go anywhere but to the union.

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