Are you Union?

[Wanderer]

A user brought up unionization's affect on his pay, and I was wondering how many others of us are in unions and what type of people are you grouped with.
There was a unionization attempt here at the hospital a couple of years ago, and had it passed, I would likely have been part of the union with the skilled tradespeople maintaining our building (~ 200 guys made up of hvac-r, elect, plumbers & a couple of stationary engineers in the power plant)

so... is your union wage that much better than non-union? what are your dues? are you allowed to strike? have you needed to strike? do you feel a benefit or no from belonging? are there certain jobs/tasks you're allowed/not allowed to do?

[thomas.stright]

Union, Of Course.
Pay, Higher. Benefits are employer paid (Medical, Eye, etc..)
Dues, Currently .75/hr
No strike clause in our contract. In 23 years never seen a need to strike.
Have to belong, Closed shop local.
We have an agreement as to what we do/can't do. If your in the office, No limit as to type of work. ie. Coordinator, PM, etc...

I'm a union plumber by trade, Doing coordination on Autocad is what I choose to do. Same union rules apply....


More information can found at www.pl5.org and www.ua.org

[thomas.stright]

Damn, I'm the lonely one....

[Wanderer]

Damn, I'm the lonely one....

~shrug~ sort of looks like it, doesn't it?

[JASONM30395]

Unions??.....We don't need no stinkin unions!!! That's what baseball bats are for.