In the mid-1950s, approximately 35% of all workers in private industry (excluding government jobs) were part of unions. However, as of today, that percentage has drastically declined to less than 7%.
Many unions are facing financial challenges, prompting them to intensify efforts in recruiting new members.
If their efforts are fruitful, it could result in significant deductions from the paycheck of each team member employed by the company in question.
The purpose of this website is to give you helpful information so that you can decide whether you want a union to represent you.
Bringing in a union means making major changes in your work life and
becoming a part of another organization, the union that represents you. It's very important to understand what your decision could mean.
The law does not require unions to tell the truth as they try to convince workers to bring them into their organization. You need to know how this process really works.
The main thing unions do is bargain a contract with management that sets workers' wages, benefits and "conditions of employment." It's important to know the facts about you can
realistically expect from bargaining.
When unions can't get what they want during bargaining, they often call workers out on strike. Since going on strike can mean losing pay, benefits and even your job, you need to know how strikes happen.
Being represented by a union can be very expensive. You should know how much having a union could cost, and what the union would do with your money.
Unions say its the members who run the union, but the opposite is true: unions control their members and can punish them if they don't obey union rules and officials. It's important to know what a union could do to you.
1. Your decision:
2. Union organizing:
3. Bargaining:
4. Strikes:
5. Cost of union:
6. Union control:
bringing in a union means making major changes in your work life and becoming a part of another organization, the union that represents you. It's very important to understand what your decision could mean.
the law does not require unions to tell the truth as they try to convince workers to bring them into their organization. You need to know how this process really works.
the main thing unions do is bargain a contract with management that sets workers' wages, benefits and "conditions of employment." It's important to know the facts about you can realistically expect from bargaining.
when unions can't get what they want during bargaining, they often call workers out on strike. Since going on strike can mean losing pay, benefits and even your job, you need to know how strikes happen.
being represented by a union can be very expensive. You should know how much having a union could cost, and what the union would do with your money.
unions say its the members who run the union, but the opposite is true: unions control their members and can punish them if they don't obey union rules and officials. It's important to know what a union could do to you.
Bringing in a union means making major changes in your work life and becoming a part of another organization, the union that represents you. It's very important to understand what your decision could mean.
The law does not require unions to tell the truth as they try to convince workers to bring them into their organization. You need to know how this process really works.
The main thing unions do is bargain a contract with management that sets workers' wages, benefits and "conditions of employment." It's important to know the facts about you can realistically expect from bargaining.
When unions can't get what they want during bargaining, they often call workers out on strike. Since going on strike can mean losing pay, benefits and even your job, you need to know how strikes happen.
Being represented by a union can be very expensive. You should know how much having a union could cost, and what the union would do with your money.
Unions say it's the members who run the union, but the opposite is true: unions control their members and can punish them if they don't obey union rules and officials. It's important to know what a union could do to you.
Employees have the opportunity to vote on whether to be represented by the SEIU Local 521 Union.