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I worked for a skilled nursing facility as the bookkeeping dept head. Friday I was told that home office decided that they believed I could not do the job. This is after three years in the position. I was with the company for four years. They have agreed to pay out my 23 days of vacation pay so my termination date will not be entered in their payroll system for at least a month. I feel I was wrongly terminated. Are you able to do anything for me if I sign a signature card to get a union vote?
Hi Donna, One can not simply join a Union as a last ditch effort in order, when one is beingfired. A Union must already have been formed within your workplace so that you havea Union which can help you to fight a wrongful termination. If your workplace iscurrently not organized, you employer may fire you without case and you may have norecourse (unless the termination is due to an illegal reason such as agediscrimination, gender discminination or other reason as covered by Federal law). If, however, the company you work for is organized and you have simply been a scab(an Employee who does not pay one's dues into the Union so that the Union can do itsjob better), the Union may still be legally obligated to provide representation foryou (not very fair is it?). If this is the scenario, you will need to contact yourUnion and ensure that you have involked your WEINGARTEN RIGHTS, during anyinvestigatory meetings. Thank you for the opportunity to address your question. If we may be of furtherassistance in regards to this, or another issue, please contact us again.Fraternally,DustinOrganizingAdvocatewww.Unions.org
I worked at a company called Steel Bauer in Cincinnati for 10 years from 1970 -1980. I was wondering how to collect pension benefits. Randall Price
Hi Randall, I was unable to locate information in regards to the Steel Bauer company in Ohio butyou may be interested in contacting your former Union: The Paper, Allied-Industrial, Chemical and Energy Workers International Union (PACE)was an international union that represented workers in the United States and Canada.PACE was founded in January 4, 1999 by the merger of the United PaperworkersInternational Union with the Oil, Chemical and Atomic Workers International Union.PACE fought for rights, wages raise, improvement of working conditions for workersin such fields as: paper industry, oil, chemicals, nuclear materials,pharmaceuticals, automobile parts, motorcycles, tissues, toys, cement, corn sugar,etc. On January 11, 2005, the union announced a merger with the United Steel Workers ofAmerica. The new union, with 860,000 active members in the United States and Canada,is the largest industrial labor union in North America. The union is known as theUnited Steel, Paper and Forestry, Rubber, Manufacturing, Energy, Allied-Industrialand Service Workers International Union, abbreviated as the "United Steelworkers" orby the acronym USW, www.USW.org. Thank you for the opportunity to address your question. If we may be of furtherassistance in regards to this, or another issue, please contact us again.Fraternally,DustinOrganizingAdvocatewww.Unions.org
I am a concrete truck driver whom would like it if i could have someone call me @ (717) 672 - 4989 regarding info. about how to have a vote on becoming a union company. thanks !
Hi Dwayne, The most common ways people may join a Union is that they apply for a job with a company at which the Workers have already formed a Union. Another method is by working for a company where the Workers have not yet formed/joined a Union and by contacting a Labor Union office which then helps them to organize the Workers into a Union. - Additional information about this method is available on our site, here: http://www.unions.org/resources/FormingaUnion.pdf Lastly, for certain jobs such as some construction work, a Worker may choose to contct a Union (such as the Laborers' International Union of North America, www.LIUNA.org) and apply for membership. In the last instance the Union acts similar to an agency which can supply the companies with the Workers needed for work projects. - Companys contact the Union and the Union supplies qualified Workers. The Workers in this instance are employed by the Union directly. Based on the type of work you described, I encourage you to contact the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, www.Teamster.org. Many Labor Unions are able to provide representation for Workers within a wide spectrum of professions. You may choose to consult with additional Labor Unions by using www.YellowPages.com and searching "Labor Organization" within your City and State and/or by contacting your State, AFL-CIO office. Thank you for the opportunity to address your question. If we may be of further assistance in regards to this, or another issue, please contact us again.Fraternally,DustinOrganizingAdvocatewww.Unions.org
I am doing an assignment on the NLRB and I cannot find what percent of employees must say "yes" to the secret vote for the NLRB to validate the establishment of the union. Is it just 51% of the vote needed to say yes?
Hi Thomas, You're very close; during a National Labor Relations Board overseen election, the proposed bargaining unit needs a majority, specifically, 50% plus one, voting in favor of a Union. Thank you for the opportuntity to address your question. If we may be of further assistance in regards to this, or another issue, please contact us again. Fraternally, Dustin OrganizingAdvocate Unions.org
I work for a distribution company is there any way we can make the company union i have most of the employees willing to do what ever it takes.how many employees is the minimum
Hi Mike, The minimum number of Workers required to form a Union is ONE (a Union may be formed when the majority [50% plus one] votes to form a Union). Based on the type of work you described, distribution, one Union which I encourage you to consider is the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, www.Teamster.org. Please consider that many Labor Organizations are capable of representing (and do represent) workers within a wide spectrum of professions so you may choose to consider some of those Labor Unions which you may locate using www.YellowPages.com and searching "Labor Organization" within your City and State. Thank you for the opportuntity to address your question. If we may be of further assistance in regards to this, or another issue, please contact us again. - Fraternally, - Dustin - OrganizingAdvocate - Unions.org
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