Loading ...Let me tell you about N.J when I lived there .I employed 150 workers in the only non union factory that I know of. How did we do it ? It was easy in the Garment business the Union receives vacation pay from the Factory owners and they pretend like they are giving the Vac Pay to the workers.Except they cashed the CHECK and refused to pay because they said the money disappeared from the Union Hall safe ! So we told them we would pay the workers directly and would never collect dues again ..it cost us double ..So what did they do after several years of being out they went to the STATE LABOR Board and bribed them to tell us they had enough requests for a Union vote which they didn’t have …We said we have the right to see the requests since we needed to verify they worked here ..The STATE said no need for that we verified it ?
We still refused an election and finally they rented a place across the street to hold an election…One person went to vote of 150 (a plant) ..Then they came to see us and requested a back room discussion …We said we will here you out ! What they said in private was we dont care if you cut the piece work rates on the workers ..we are only interested in the DUES and since NJ is not a right to work state all the Boss has to do is sign on and the State allows the BOSS to leagally take DUES from workers pay and give it to the Union .So just sign on and we will leave you alone ! …We threw them out ! They threatened another Union will try to Unionize and then another until one of us gets you ! They sent the Electrical workers Union to stir up trouble for months on end…Finally I went to my employees half of who were C uban exiles(1960’s) ..After months of fighting lies and threats I explained to the workers that the Electrical workers Union was a Communist Union ..which it was ! and my employees took care of that and I never saw the Union again ! They were willing to sell out their members just to get the dues ..they knew even if the workers didn’t want a Union (and they didn’t)
the State Law forces them to pay as soon as the Boss signes the paper ! Thats what NON RIGHT to WORK MEANS. Forced dues payments…..no worker free choice.!