[quote=KSMountain][quote=flu]Never understood why it would be requirement to join a union in order to be employed for a specific job.
Sounds like extortion to me.[/quote]
Wasn’t this even more limited than that? I’m not an expert, but I read that part of this was to remove the ability for unions to force folks to pay union dues even if they aren’t part of the union. That is crazy! Good riddance to that nonsense.
I saw some other union official in MI yesterday saying “well, these folks will benefit from our representation without paying for it”. Personally, if I want representation, I’ll choose it, hire it, and pay for it myself, thank you very much. And the teamsters probably wouldn’t be my first choice…[/quote]
Um that happened recently on Long Island Power Company during Sandy… A bunch of Florida power company workers went to Long Island to help, but were turned back unless they paid for union dues…
Well, that was until public outrage at what was going on the first day the storm hit… Then obviously the union backpeddled after “assessing the severity of the storm”…
That “letter of assent” was dated Oct. 29, the day Hurricane Sandy first started battering Long Island, according to Newsday.
But Don Daley, business manager for local 1049, told Patch it stopped being an issue soon after the extent of the damages on Long Island became clear.
“There hasn’t been a union-non-union issue here since the severity of the storm became obvious. Our only goal right now is to restore power as quickly, efficiently and safely as possible and we welcome all the assistance we can get.”
So let me get this straight. If the storm was only mildly destructive, then non-union help would have been turned away.. But since the storm was a complete disaster, we decided after assessing the severity of the storm, that we’ll make an exception this time….
No coincident LIPA is one of the most messed up power companies in NY.
