Do you have to belong to the UAW?
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I'm going to say yes, tentatively. I'm not sure, my dad was in the UAW at Delphi...but he may have joined on his own.
I don't think you have to strike though. My dad didn't when he thought the strike was ridiculous...like that one time they wanted floormats at Norwood and striked.
I don't think you have to strike though. My dad didn't when he thought the strike was ridiculous...like that one time they wanted floormats at Norwood and striked.
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Being forced to join the union depends on what state the plant, buisness, etc. is located. Texas is a work at will state, and where I work anyway, union participation is not mandatory. I am not however, in the auto buisness. My uneducated guess would be the truck plant in Arlington, would not be mandatory, as IIRC in this state, an employee may not be forced to be a member of one.
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In Illinois you have no choice. I think it's called closed shop. I worked at jewel-osco in the ufcw. Great thing about are union not only did you pay $7.77 a week after tax for dues but also $1.50 a week for poltical contributions.
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Striking is a mandatory practice (at least in the UAW). When my dad had to go on strike back when the contract negotiations between GM and the UAW stalled he said that he could not report to work because UAW workers are not allowed to work during a UAW imposed strike period. However picketing was somewhat optional and if you did picket then you received 200 dollars in strike pay.
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No, you could belong to the CAW too. 
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Magna supplies GM and they are notorious for not being unionized, (though that might be changing to a degree soon)
Do you mean does GM only take parts from unionized companies? (answer is no.)
Or are you asking, if you work for a unionized company in a job that would be part of the union do you HAVE to be a union member? (the technical answer is it depends on the place, but the general answer is yes, pretty much.)
:Magna supplies GM and they are notorious for not being unionized, (though that might be changing to a degree soon
)Do you mean does GM only take parts from unionized companies? (answer is no.)
Or are you asking, if you work for a unionized company in a job that would be part of the union do you HAVE to be a union member? (the technical answer is it depends on the place, but the general answer is yes, pretty much.)
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This is what I was asking...
Thanks for the replies. That's interesting...that in some cases you can't work if the union is striking. I can see this being difficult for a lot of people that need the income, and otherwise upsetting for those that don't feel that there's a need to strike.
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Even if maybe only five people decide to strike? When the UAW at Norwood decided to strike over floormats, the only people that put down their tools and walked off the line were lazy bums anyways. Everyone else just laughed at them and kept working.
That "strike" was an epic failure. :lmao:
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Yep but of course the floor mat "strike" and the contract strike were two different issues. and In the contract negotiation strike folks like my dad could not work because then they would have been working without a UAW contract. luckily it lasted for only three days and didn't drag out for a while like the things currently going on over at American Axel
Things may have changed, but it used to be foremans and higher-ups were "company men" and they were not UAW members. You could start out a UAW member and then advance. From what I understand though, these jobs were/are not exactly low stress. So... you could actually be forced to leave the union if you want a "better" job.
The excellent wages your dad received was not gotten by scabs. It was gotten by those who made the sacrifice and stuck together. Have you heard the expression, "united we stand, divided we fall"
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