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    Raise the curtain.

    Stopping Card Check


    By apackof2, Section News
    Posted on Wed Mar 04, 2009 at 10:28:59 AM EST
    Tags: card check, union, uaw, petition, dues, letter, template (all tags)

    (Promoted by Nick...)

    I am a recent GM retiree and a Union member. I have had intimate experience with the UAW during my 30 years as a GM employee. I believe there was a time where the Union did serve a purpose. However, my experience has shown that the UAW has become what at one time they fought against, a bloated, corrupt, bureaucracy run on nepotism.

    Unknown to many UAW members is the fact that a portion of their Union dues are used for political purposes. Those "political purposes" are to support Democrats and therefore their agenda, like cap and trade and draconian EPA regulations that has made it much more difficult for GM to do business. In other words, UAW members dues are paying for candidates and legislation that is biting the hand of the business that feeds them!

    Below the articles UAW members will find a template letter that they may send in to the national requesting that the portion of their dues used for political purposes be refunded to them. You must send it registered mail (receipt) and at the same time (month and date) every year.

    My contention is why refunded?
    Why are UAW members dues automatically used WITHOUT prior consent?

    It would be a simple matter to have a form for employees:
    Do you want a portion of your UAW dues to go to "political purposes"
    Check one:
    YES
    NO

    It appears that the UAW doesn't want its membership to have that choice!
    So UAW members you must be pro-active to retrieve you money using the furnished template letter below. Copy it and share it with your UAW friends!

    The top legislative priority for organized labor and their allies in Congress is the so-called Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA), also known as "Card Check." EFCA is an enormous power grab by big labor bosses that would strip workers of their right to decide by private ballot whether to join a union, and their right to freely negotiate their contract. Instead, workers would be asked to publically sign cards in front of union organizers, potentially subjecting them to harassment or intimidation.EFCA is a threat to workers' rights.

    Online Petition to Stop "Card Check"(EFCA)

    Years later, unions try to patch things up
    Former Rep. Bonior is brokering talks between leaders

    Sam Hananel
    AP
    3.1.09

    WASHINGTON - Union leaders are talking about reuniting under a single, more powerful federation, nearly four years after a nasty breakup split organized labor.

    Leaders from 12 of the largest unions, along with rival federations AFL-CIO and Change to Win, have held three meetings since January aimed at setting aside differences and taking advantage of the most favorable political climate for unions in 15 years.

    "We've had very positive discussions, and we've reached some significant agreements," said David Bonior, the former Michigan congressman who is brokering the discussions. ..."There's obvious benefits in terms of efficiency, message delivery, financial savings and a host of other reasons," Bonior said. "You can always be more effective if you're talking in one house as opposed to three." ...

    ...Talks have included the 3.2 million-member National Education Association, the nation's largest union, which was not previously aligned with either federation but could become part of the new structure...

    ...Nowhere is unity more important for unions than in efforts to pass the Employee Free Choice Act in Congress this year.The measure would take away the right of employers to demand secret-ballot elections by workers before unions could be recognized. Instead, unions could gain representation if a majority of workers sign cards authorizing it. Unions see growth...MORE HERE

    Online
    AFL-CIO: http://www.aflcio.org/
    Change to Win:
    changetowin.org

    UAW Template Letter

    Your name
    Your UAW local
    Your address

    The date

    Elizabeth Bunn
    Secretary-Treasurer
    8000 E. Jefferson Ave.
    Detroit, MI. 48214

    Dear Ms. Bunn:

    I am writing to request, under Article 16, Section 7(a) that the portion of my dues that are used for activities or causes political in nature be refunded to me. My social security number is ______.

    Thank you for your prompt attention.

    Sincerely,

    Your Name

    The World According to Me

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    I did it every year for years (none / 0) (#2)
    by apackof2 on Wed Mar 04, 2009 at 02:31:52 PM EST
    However I was never "in" with the Union and suffered the lost of employment because of it.

    The "non-traditonal" and Union appointed jobs went to the less qualified or kids of the Union staff.

    So during periods of a lay off,someone like me, who may have more senority and required skills would stay on lay off or sick leave making less money while the Union "brown nosers" would work

    Just in...Union Spending in Michigan (none / 0) (#3)
    by apackof2 on Fri Mar 06, 2009 at 09:41:11 AM EST
    Union Spending in Michigan: A Review of Union Financial Disclosure Reports

    ...The following unions received "membership dues" payments from the state:

    UAW Local 6000  $5,838,655.20                            

    ...Unions typically claim that political activism and lobbying make up a modest portion of their activities, but both SEIU and AFSCME records show political spending making up more than 10 percent of their budget. Kersey found that many unions attempted to characterize political activism as representation or charitable activity, meaning that the actual percentage is likely to be higher.

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