Posted on 08/29/2015 3:22:17 AM PDT by afraidfortherepublic
MADISON, Wisconsin — A worker-freedom organization is sending a special legal notice to unionized employees of the Big Three automakers in Wisconsin, Indiana and Michigan.
The National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation wants United Auto Workers members at General Motors, Ford and Chrysler to know their new workplace rights now that they are residents of right-to-work states.
Those new rights kick in Sept. 15, after the old UAW contracts, which included forced union dues, expire.
In a statement Thursday, the Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation said that once the UAW’s “monopoly bargaining contracts” with the automakers end, all employees will be able to exercise their new rights under their states’ right-to-work laws. The three states prohibit unions from requiring forced payment of union fees as a condition of employment.
All workers will have the right to resign union membership and will no longer have to pay “agency fees” to the union at any time, for any reason.
“Big Three auto workers can finally exercise their rights not to financially support an organization against their will,” Mark Mix, president of the National Right to Work Foundation, said in a statement. “These workers are finally free from the shackles of compulsory unionism, and UAW union bosses can no longer count them as part of their forced-dues funded empire.”
But the NRTW Foundation cautions the UAW members they must submit their request to withdraw from the union in writing. Foundation staff attorneys have drafted a sample resignation and revocation letter that can be found here.
Wisconsin became the 25th right-to-work state earlier this year after a short-lived battle with big labor.
Indiana joined the ranks in 2012, and Michigan became a right-to-work state in 2013.
The UAW’s membership rolls nationwide have grown over the past five years, topping 400,000 last year – the first time that has occurred since 2008, according to the Detroit Free Press.
Those numbers could take a hit Sept. 15.
“The impulse of the union is to discourage you from hearing this information,” right-to-work activist and Ford plant worker Brian Pannebecker told a group of UAW members earlier this year at a conference center in Sterling Heights, according to the Free Press. “They don’t want you to know these things because it might impact their revenue stream, which is your dues money.”
UAW officials could not be reached for comment.
“Workplace freedom is expanding in the Indiana, Michigan, and Wisconsin, and that’s good for those states’ workers and their economies,” Mix said.
Workers who have questions about their rights or have suffered workplace abuse may contact the NRTW Foundation for free legal aid, at (800) 336-3600 or visit www.nrtw.org .
I get that...I’m just pretty sure you’re over shooting it a bit.
But I do get it, and I have enjoyed the chat.
Gov. Walker is to be applauded for his actions regarding RTW in Wisconsin. The unions trashed the Statehouse. Picketed Walker's private residence. Disrupted the Assembly. And generally embarrassed themselves.
Woohoo, go Walker!!!! Love that man.... so much that we’ve been yearning to see done for our country he is successfully doing in Wisconsin. He would be so good for America if he were in the White House.
My husband and I have speculated that one of Obama’s purposes has been to prepare and soften up the left for the last days and the eventual appearance of the AntiChrist. You know...to get them ready to be able to fall under the spell of a human being, to shower said person with an almost religious adoration and to follow them unquestioningly, no matter what. That’s what we saw from the Obamabots of 2008.
I’ve shown my husband some of these posts from Trump supporters. It’s his opinion-—and I share it-—that Trump might possibly serve the same purpose for those on the right who are susceptible to following after personalities.
This kind of lunatic, worshipful spew-—including the post you referenced-—is no different from what we saw in 2008.
After having read the posts in this article, all I have to say is “there are no heroes.”
Follow the ideals and ideas, not the man. The man will disappoint you.
And that's the crux of the issue to me....without a doubt, there is an element of lunatic worship involved. SOTC, Lakeshark and I disagree on how much of it is that...I'd say 80% on FR....they say less...but the main point is that it indeed is there and indeed is Obama bot like. It's breathtaking really.
I have my problems with Trump, but I recognize the value he's brought to our national discussion in a way no one else ever has. But I can't think of anything valuable the bots are bringing. And I quickly add that there are some Trump supporters who acknowledge the problems and have made their bargain in spite of them. I don't agree, but I can respect that kind of support.
One of the reasons I haven’t written Walker off, despite his seeming lack of fire/will to present himself to his full advantage. I’m afraid he might pull a Romney and snatch defeat from the jaws of victory if he’s the last man standing.
I wonder how many potential Trump-supporting lurkers are seeing the adoration and being turned off by it. I would think some are...or at least, in a normal world I would.
I think 80% sounds about right.
I’m pretty hardline against Trump, but even I can see the worth in a lot of what he’s being saying. I admit I laughed when I saw the clip of him putting Ramos away.
Doesn’t mean I want him for Prez, though.
Don't forget the death threats against Walker, his parents, his wife, and his children -- as well as to the GOP legislature.
We don’t want some proven entity. Anybody can do something, but I want a candidate who talks tough!
off topic....I was watching a Frasier re run last night on Netflix...and there was a “Catherine of Aragon” reference used!
OK so say that 20% of the assembly line employees bag the union and drop their membership. What happens to them if the union goes on strike?
I was curious so I looked it up.
My mug got broken, huh? Figures it was mine and not Anne Boleyn’s...
yep, the broken mug....it was a hilarious scene, with Marty complaining that yeah, he broke his Wilma juice glass too....or something like that.
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