Right to shirk the union?

I'm in a right to work state. We are just above the 50% figured needed to keep from being de-certified. My plant has a higher number closer to 80%. It takes work, but it can happen.

http://www.denverpost.com/business/ci_9352146

By Al Lewis
The Denver Post
Article Last Updated: 05/22/2008 11:50:57 PM MDT

What's so great about being in the union?

Half of Colorado's United Food and Commercial Workers would stop paying union dues if they could, according to the group's local president.

In a May 1 letter to members, Ernest Duran warns that the right-to-work initiative headed for Colorado's November ballot would decimate his ranks of dues-paying members.

"If this amendment passes, we will enter all future negotiations divided," Duran wrote. "In my opinion, we will enter with less than 50 percent of the workers as union members."

If Amendment 47 passes, no one could be forced to pay union dues. Under current state law, those working at union-organized companies may have to pay union dues whether they like it or not.

Sounds like plenty of Rocky Mountain region grocery workers don't like it. In the right-to-work state of Wyoming, for example, the UFCW counts less than 40 percent of workers at companies where it has organized, Duran laments.

FULL story at link.

needs some better leadership.

Union officials are often the Union's worst enemies.

Speaking from experience, mnind you.

Many people just figure why pay dues if you don't have to. Great benefits at no cost. A few may be just because they are anti-union. But they don't give back the extra they get each check because we are union. The police and fire dept. are both almost 100% btw.

Members tend to like getting something for nothing. They're going to end up with nothing.