What if I want to quit the union?

I work in a union facility. I pay 60.00 per month union dues. If I choose to claim "Beck's Objector" status, my dues drop to 55.00 per month. Objector status means that the portion of your dues that is applied to political campaigns is not collected from you. I don't believe for even a moment that my union (SEIU) spends 5.00 of my dues on political action. More like 55.00.

Having had worked at a unionized facility and had a parent that belonged to unions for years reading these posts here it is clear that many don't understand what unions are or their concept. First of all by joining YOU are the union. SO if a a facility has 500 nurses and 450 join that is the union. Its not some mysterious entity from afar its the nurses themselves, not some outside source, unless they hire someone to assist in that capacity. Most do as we are nurses not contract negotiators. If you don't like the union, your the ones that guide it, your the ones that can change it.

Rj

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Not every union is the same. Some are better then others, some let the local concentrate on controlling their specific local issues. Others try and make every local follow a statewide or national agenda. Just like government you get what you vote for. Unfortunately, after the first union organizing vote most members decrease the activity in the union as well as keeping current on the issues and end up voting to keep the status quo. Or even worse by not voting at all thus insuring that current leadership becomes entrenched and non responsive to the needs of its members.
Dues like wages vary widely across the country and are directly affected by state laws.

Having had worked at a unionized facility and had a parent that belonged to unions for years reading these posts here it is clear that many don't understand what unions are or their concept. First of all by joining YOU are the union. SO if a a facility has 500 nurses and 450 join that is the union. Its not some mysterious entity from afar its the nurses themselves, not some outside source, unless they hire someone to assist in that capacity. Most do as we are nurses not contract negotiators. If you don't like the union, your the ones that guide it, your the ones that can change it.

Rj

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