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The information presented here is extremely important, and we hope you find it to be both informative and interesting.
In the mid-1950s, nearly 35% of all workers in private industry (non-government jobs) were unionized. Today, fewer than 7% are union.
Many unions are hurting financially, so they are trying hard to get new members.
Some unions have targeted SunCoke.
If they are successful, they could take hundreds of dollars every year out of each SunCoke team member's paycheck!
The purpose of this web site is to give you information so you can make an informed choice about whether you want a union to speak for you.
This web site has six sections:
1. Your decision: bringing in a union means making major changes in your work life, and becoming a part of another organization
the union that represents you. It's very important to understand what your decision could mean.
2. Union organizing: the law does not require unions to tell the truth as they try to convince workers to bring them into their
organization. You need to know how this process really works.
3. Bargaining: the main thing unions do is bargain a contract with management that sets workers' wages, benefits and
"conditions of employment." It's important to know the facts about you can realistically expect from bargaining.
4. Strikes: when unions can't get what they want during bargaining, they often call workers out on strike. Since going on
strike can mean losing pay, benefits and even your job, you need to know how strikes happen.
5. Cost of union: being represented by a union can be very expensive. You should know how much having a union could cost, and
what the union would do with your money.
6. Union control: unions say its the members who run the union, but the opposite is true: unions control their members and can
punish them if they don't obey union rules and officials. It's important to know what a union could do to you.
To navigate this site:
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Click on the section title in the red bar at the top of the page to see the introduction to that section
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Click on the drop-down list of topics below the section title to learn about that specific subject