On Tue, 7 Oct 2008, Steve Bogdanski wrote:
> a.) That those who choose to not become a member pay a smaller service
> fee that would reflect the costs/benefits of collective bargaining on
> their behalf without charging them for other services that are for
> members only. This seems rather easy to implement without much hassle.
>
> -or-
>
> b.) That those who choose not to be members do not benefit from any
> collective agreements at all. So in the case of the recent APA raise
> of 2.75%, those who had previously chosen not to be members would not
> get the raise. As long as such things were made clear at time of
> employment, so that individuals could make their own informed decision,
> I don't see what the problem is. Well let me rephrase that, I don't see
> where the problem is for employees, but the APA definitely wouldn't
> like it if they started losing members (a.k.a. $$).
Service fee paying members pay a substantial amount, but they don't have a
voice in the contracts, they don't get to vote, they have to fill out
paper work every year to continue their service fee status and are
considered *non-members* to the APA/MEA, but they still pay a hefty sum.
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