That’s why I left a company years ago when I suddenly got a card from the Teamsters. It was never explained to me that I’m supposed to have my wages deducted by this clowns. Instead of $14 per hour, I was left with around $12, and these pukes took away the other $2 /hr.
The workers voted down the union because the company management did a very effective job explaining how the company was basically going to become a tool to help the union screw the members. They even went so far as to explain the payroll deduction process in great detail ...
"The workers at the X location of this company used to get 10 paid holidays every year. They voted for union representation three years ago. During the first contract negotiation the union insisted that the company had to deduct the union dues for those workers from their pay checks. The company agreed to that condition, but only if the union agreed to give up two of the ten paid holidays. The union agreed to that condition, which means your coworkers at the X location pay union dues for the benefit of getting two FEWER paid holidays than you do here."