Union Representation

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Understanding Union Representation

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 objective of this website is to furnish you with relevant information to enable you to make a well-informed decision regarding whether you wish to have a union represent your interests.

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.

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.

1. Your decision: 

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. 

2. Union organizing:

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.

3. Bargaining: 

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.

4. Strikes: 

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.

5. Cost of union:

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. 

6. Union control:

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.