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Originally Posted by RichieLion
$3000???? That would be $250.00 a month!! Dues are typically 2.5 times the hourly wage rate per month. By your figure, that would be a $100.00 an hour job. Is Is your job still open? I may come out of retirement for that one.
I also, did not appreciate my local unions electioneering efforts that I didn't agree with; but on the other hand they usually were trying to help candidates who purported to be sympathetic to the concerns of the union worker. It's was just my feelings about the remainder of that candidate's liberal positions that would cause me grief.
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RichieLion. Yes I have a very good job and I put in very long hours. I average about 70 hours a week. My choice and not forced OT.
What upsets me is I do go to a union meeting and ask for funds or to have a Republican come and talk at our meetings I am always denied. Yet two or three times a year a Liberal congressman who was under Federal Watch list with Murtha comes and we give him big bucks. They don't want to talk to anyone who doesn't toe the line.
I am thinking it was close to 10 years ago there was an unofficial poll and the membership was about 65% Liberal and 35% Conservative. I do wish our donations to the parties was split that way as well.
My company is 40% foreign owned and if I have a problem I go to our foreign partner and the problem is solved without using our union.