Our Goal is an Informed Decision

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TalkTo Friends &Family

Co-workers

Managers

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Challenge BOTH

SIDES

Our Commitment To You

Facts That You Can Check

Safe Environment

Respect

Your Commitment To Each Other

Open Mind

Informed Decision

Respect

Why Are We Here?

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TargetingThe Union may spend months, even years, planning a campaign against your employer.

C a r d S i g n i n g

Stages of a Union Campaign

Card SigningOrganizers collect signed union cards, often through workers who want the union.

Election CampaignThe union and your employer will have 3 to 5 weeks to campaign for your vote.Your employer is REQUIRED BY LAW to give your address to the union.

months to years up to one year 3 to 5 weeks often years

Union Contract?No Guarantee of a Contract

A co-worker may ask you to sign a card.

Someone from the union may come to your home.

What to Expect in a Card Campaign

You may be invited to a meeting.You May Feel Pressured to

Sign

What to Expect in a Card Campaign

You may notice more tension and complaining at work.

Or hear troubling rumors about your

job.

Union Authorization Cards

Are Legal Documents

Signing A Card May Obligate You To:

To Follow Union Rules

Pay Union Dues

Are The Property of the Union

The Union is Not Required to Keep Cards Confidential

Legal Talk:This is a

Contract!

What do you know about this group?What are the

obligations for membership?

You lose the right to represent

yourself.How much will those dues be?

What will the union do with your personal information?

Overview of the Union Cards

The Union card is a CONTRACT

What do you know about the group?

What are the obligations of membership?

How much will those dues be?

You lose the right to represent yourself.

What will the Union do with your personal information?

Union Persuasion

“All your co-workers have signed already.”

The union organizers are trained like sales men and women to use tricks to get you to sign a

union card.

Union Persuasion

“Fill this card out if you want more information.”Shouldn’t you have all the

information you need before signing anything?

Union Persuasion

“Signing the card is really just giving everyone the chance to vote.”

NOT TRUEUnions use signed cards to try to bypass an

election, as “proof” a majority want the union.

Union Persuasion

Take time to make up your own mind!

What’s at Stake for the Union

Average Hourly Rate:Union Dues Rate:

Monthly Union Dues:

$10.00X 2.5 Hrs/Min

$25.00

Annual Union Dues: $300.00

Annual Income for the Union $60,000.00X 200 Dues Payers

Value to the Union with a 3 Year Contract$180,000.00(with those same 200 Dues Payers)

Our Thoughts About the Union

How A Union Could Impact You

Unions are not free – dues may be deducted directly from your paycheck.

The Union would speak for you at work –

whether you agree or not.

A Union would limit how we can solve problems together.

You can ask, but the union is not required

to return a signed card.* *We are not

encouraging and cannot assist you.

I s igned a card!

Can I get it back?

If Approached by a Union Organizer…

You Have The Legal Right To

Say “No Thanks.”

Demand The Time To Make an

Informed Decision

Ask the Union for a Written Money Back Guarantee

Feel Free to Come to Your Managers

With Any Concerns

Our Goal is an Informed Decision

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Challenge How will you protect my personal information?

Ask friends and family about their experiences with unions.

The union card fine print.

If I sign, who will you tell?Where on this card does It guarantee I’ll have the right to vote?