Union gets jobs back for drunk and high workers caught on camera

[TexasT]

False. I worked for a company that had UAW and non-union workers. Actually, all shops fall under that category if you count engineers, floor supervisors and other non-unionized jobs, but ours actually had an assembly area where none of the workers were union members either. If you are not a member you do not get union representation.

That goes against everything I've read...

"Labor unions are required by law to represent all workers in the unit fairly and completely. This includes non-members as well as your union members. It's legally known as the duty of fair representation or DFR."

http://www.seiu.org/a/members/your-r...the-basics.php

"The duty to represent all workers is especially true in the case where a non-member or anti-union worker files a grievance. Personal feelings or the feelings of the membership cannot be allowed to interfere with the processing of that person's grievance."

http://www.ueunion.org/stwd_dfr.html

Perhaps legally you can get around it by forming two different "units"? Dunno.

[Wheels]

That goes against everything I've read...

"Labor unions are required by law to represent all workers in the unit fairly and completely. This includes non-members as well as your union members. It's legally known as the duty of fair representation or DFR."

http://www.seiu.org/a/members/your-r...the-basics.php

"The duty to represent all workers is especially true in the case where a non-member or anti-union worker files a grievance. Personal feelings or the feelings of the membership cannot be allowed to interfere with the processing of that person's grievance."

http://www.ueunion.org/stwd_dfr.html

Perhaps legally you can get around it by forming two different "units"? Dunno.

Union rights can be negotiated away with contracts set up in advance.
Chrysler built their plant in Dundee under a new contact that allowed them to employ sub- contractors for such things as machine repair, janitorial, food vending, and even a separate final Assembly area that are all employed by outside companies that may or may not be union. This practice has since spread to other plants around the country.