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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. ----------------------------------------------------------------- Joe Besko Phone: 517.432.5335 Systems Programmer Fax: 517.353.9847 Michigan State University E-mail: jbesko(a)msu.edu 313 Computer Center East Lansing, MI 48824-1042