UNION CONTROL

Who runs a union?
Unions say its the members, but here are the facts:
- When you join a union, you must promise to be loyal to the union and to obey union rules and union officials.
- If you don't do what the union tells you to do, they can charge you a fine.
- If you refuse to pay what the union fines you, they can take you to court and force you to pay.
- You have almost no say in how the union spends your money.
- Elections of union officers are often controlled by the union to keep people in power.
As you'll see, unions control their members;
the members don't run the unions.