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Union Posts Names of Non-Members, Urges Shunning
Capitol Confidential ^ | 1/9/2016 | Tom Gantert

Posted on 01/11/2016 12:38:51 PM PST by MichCapCon

Local 412 of the United Auto Workers has placed a spotlight on employees who have chosen to exercise their right to not support the union financially under Michigan’s right-to-work law. In a recent newsletter, the local urges co-workers not to share “tools, knowledge or support” with individuals who chose not to pay union dues.

It then lists the names of the employees to be shunned.

“I hope there is one thing we can all take from this,” the newsletter reads. “Please do not share any tools, knowledge or support for any of these employees who choose not to pay their fair share.”

Jeff Hagler, president of the UAW Local 412 Region 1, and Michael Hayes, vice president of the union, did not respond to an email seeking comment.

In response to the right-to-work law, unions in many workplaces have resorted to publicly posting the names of employees who choose not to become members. Local 412 appears to be the first to urge employees in a unionized workplace to shun their fellow workers who have opted out.

The union local has actually gone one step further. In the same newsletter, it states that if individuals who choose not to belong to the union change their minds later, they will have to pay all union dues levied during the time they have been employed without paying, as an “initiation fee.” Moreover, they would only be allowed to make this election in the month of March or August.

“Is the UAW really advising its members to not give advice or share tools with a co-worker that could prevent an accident or make a job less dangerous?” asked F. Vincent Vernuccio, the director of labor policy at the Mackinac Center for Public Policy. “If the UAW is willing to sacrifice safety for their own profit then workers may need to do more than just opt out, they may need a new union.”


TOPICS: Government
KEYWORDS: local412; michigan; uaw; union
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1 posted on 01/11/2016 12:38:51 PM PST by MichCapCon
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Nothing but things.


2 posted on 01/11/2016 12:39:46 PM PST by cripplecreek (Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.)
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To: MichCapCon

Just because they act like fascists doesn’t give you the right to call them fascists!


3 posted on 01/11/2016 12:41:01 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum (The future must not belong to those who deny the true nature of Islam.)
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To: MichCapCon
Sounds like that could be a two-way street.

Who is likely to know more, have more money to buy tools, etc.?

4 posted on 01/11/2016 12:41:03 PM PST by Paladin2
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To: MichCapCon

Liberals are spoiled children.


5 posted on 01/11/2016 12:42:14 PM PST by lesko
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To: MichCapCon

doxxing, eh?


6 posted on 01/11/2016 12:42:38 PM PST by kiryandil ("When Muslims in the White House are outlawed, only Barack Obama will be an outlaw")
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To: MichCapCon
What a bunch of Basturds. All states should be right-to-work states.

If the unions are so important and helpful to folks, they'll join up.

If they make it a choice, unions will become defunct.

7 posted on 01/11/2016 12:43:04 PM PST by PROCON
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To: MichCapCon

So then if the workers choose to exercise their right not to join the Union then anything the Union negotiates as part of their contract - salaries, profit sharing, etc. - doesn’t have to be paid to the non-member workers, right?


8 posted on 01/11/2016 12:44:20 PM PST by DoodleDawg
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To: MichCapCon

Unions = goons.

Always.


9 posted on 01/11/2016 12:46:01 PM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: MichCapCon

AFLCIO does the same. The ,on they news letter ends every time with a list of non members.


10 posted on 01/11/2016 12:47:20 PM PST by DainBramage
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To: MichCapCon

You work for me and plan to shun fellow workers? You’re fired. I don’t give a flip about your union if it doesn’t give a flip about my business.


11 posted on 01/11/2016 12:48:56 PM PST by pgyanke (Republicans get in trouble when not living up to their principles. Democrats... when they do.)
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To: MichCapCon
Possibly addressable as a tort by the company and the non union employees as it compromises work safety, product reliability and safety, misappropriation of company property (many of the tools), and could be considered an incitement to violence, and harassment.

If I were the judge, I would dissolve the union and seize the assets.

12 posted on 01/11/2016 12:50:18 PM PST by Navy Patriot (America, a Rule of Mob nation)
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I have been on the business end of this type of shunning (it was a summer job for college money). It can be tough eating alone - even for a summer. They ended up shutting down the entire line by sending everything to me totally screwed up. Management said I could hold out (this was a right to work state) - but I knew they wanted this resolved fast. The next step was going to be tires and windshields.

Tough bunch to work with.


13 posted on 01/11/2016 12:50:51 PM PST by impactplayer
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To: MichCapCon

Unions are nothing but protection rackets of the same sort run by Capoine, Nitti, Luciano, etc, etc, etc. Btw, so is most government these days.


14 posted on 01/11/2016 12:50:57 PM PST by Paine in the Neck (Socialism consumes EVERYTHING)
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To: MichCapCon

Sue them. This certainly sounds actionable, and there’s no shortage of greedy lawyers.


15 posted on 01/11/2016 12:53:05 PM PST by ozzymandus
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To: MichCapCon

If you’re planning on buying a UAW-built car, I’d advise you to pay for the extended warranty ...


16 posted on 01/11/2016 12:55:17 PM PST by sparklite2 ( "The white man is the Jew of Liberal Fascism." -Jonah Goldberg)
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To: MichCapCon
I think it is a great idea. Then the non-union workers can shun the union workers in the same manner.

And the company can compare productivity of the two groups. Which group do you think will have more malcontents, unproductive workers, habitual drunks and drug users.

Tough question, eh?

17 posted on 01/11/2016 1:03:51 PM PST by Vigilanteman (ObaMao: Fake America, Fake Messiah, Fake Black man. How many fakes can you fit into one Zer0?)
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To: cripplecreek

The union leadership needs to be doxed with the message “these people have been living large at your expense”, followed by their salaries and perks.


18 posted on 01/11/2016 1:04:16 PM PST by Noumenon (Resistance. Restoration. Retribution.)
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To: DoodleDawg
So then if the workers choose to exercise their right not to join the Union then anything the Union negotiates as part of their contract - salaries, profit sharing, etc. - doesn't have to be paid to the non-member workers, right?

Right!

19 posted on 01/11/2016 1:04:21 PM PST by libertylover (The problem with Obama is not that his skin is too black, it's that his ideas are too RED.)
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Next up: The UAW being sanctioned for restraint of trade in violation of the NLRA.


20 posted on 01/11/2016 1:12:23 PM PST by MeganC (The Republic of The United States of America: 7/4/1776 to 6/26/2015 R.I.P.)
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