Union demands credit card numbers from members

The Washington Examiner ^ | 6-20-12 | Joel Gehrke

[afraidfortherepublic]

One school employee union in Michigan is demanding that members turn over bank account and credit card information so that the union can automatically claim monthly dues after the state voted to stop deducting the money on behalf of the union.

“Debbie Bence, president of the Plymouth-Canton Cafeteria Association, sent a letter to her union members on June 4 stating that the dues had to be paid as a condition of employment,” the Capitol Confidential (Mich.) reports. Members can also pay dues in full at the beginning of the year.

Her demand came after the Michigan Supreme Court found that the state’s practice of automatically deducting dues on behalf of the union’s political action committee violated campaign finance laws; the state legislature also passed a bill ending the automatic deduction of union dues that is under contention in federal court.

In Wisconsin, the state AFL-CIO lost over half its members after Gov. Scott Walker, R, and the state legislature ended the automatic deduction of dues from worker paychecks. Bence’s union chapter is part of the Michigan Education Association, one of the most powerful education unions in the country.

[shove_it]

The “check off” from hell.

[cripplecreek]

Kneecaps are next.

[G Larry]

This should give pause to another large percentage of remaining union members.

50% have quit already.

This stunt should drive another 10% from their ranks.

[afraidfortherepublic]

Wisconsin ping: Union fall out from Walker recall hits other states

FReep Mail me if you want to be on, or off, this Wisconsin interest ping list.

[shove_it]

Keep it up AFL-CIO if you want massive certifications.

[Islander7]

...a letter to her union members on June 4 stating that the dues had to be paid as a condition of employment...

EXTORTION!

[Norm Lenhart]

So is the defunded union gonna fire them?

[mnehring]

...dues had to be paid as a condition of employment,..

The real reason unions oppose right to work.

[shove_it]

Maje that DEcertifications.

[pieceofthepuzzle]

What's next? Re-education camps?

[cripplecreek]

The Union Conservatives support right to work.

http://www.unionconservatives.com/

[cuban leaf]

What if one does not have a credit card?

[wideawake]

"Isn't it simple as one, two, three? One: The working conditions are bad. Two: They're bad because the mob does the hiring. And three: The only way we can break the mob is to stop letting them get away with murder." - Father Barry, On The Waterfront

[4yearlurker]

What a crock of s#@t! The union can do nothing about this. Unions do not hand out these folks paychecks. Face it Unioncrats,the gravy train is running out of track.

[Country Eagle]

You’re right, it does sound like EXTORTION, but if the cafeteria association is union then you pay or you don’t work. The Teamsters did it to me and I had no choice but to join the union at the company I was working for.

[EEGator]

You’re fired.

[Freestate316]

They would be able to follow the spending habits of union members. They could see who is making donations to GOP candidates and target them for “re-education” or termination.

[Red Badger]

What is the real difference between this union and a guy with a computer in Nigeria asking for your bank and credit card info?..............

[rellimpank]

--at a minimum,someone needs to inform them (the members ) of Beck vs IBEW---U.S. Supreme Court--