Union at Hall County Jail files complaint over dues checkoff

[Omaha Steve]

http://www.omaha.com/article/20140321/NEWS/140329792

Published Friday, March 21, 2014 at 1:00 am / Updated at 2:39 am

GRAND ISLAND, Neb. — The newly created union at the Hall County Jail has filed a complaint with the Nebraska Commission of Industrial Relations because the county no longer allows union dues to be deducted automatically from members’ paychecks.

More than 70 Hall County Jail staff had been represented for decades by United Food and Commercial Workers Local 293. In August, members voted to switch to Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 78. The county withdrew the dues checkoff in September, said FOP President Mark Bonser, who is a Hall County corrections officer.

The UFCW labor contract for Hall County corrections employees expired on June 30, 2013. The FOP and county officials recently began contract negotiations.

Bonser said he understood that all provisions of the previous labor contract — including a dues checkoff — would remain in place until a new agreement was negotiated.

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[yeoman6987]

1. I would rather control

my money and write the check every month then have it automatically go out. I wonder why they are so upset over this. Even if I get to use my bank and send the money electronically monthly, I like this better. Must be something I am missing.

[Omaha Steve]

2. How do you pay for your pension, 401k, health ins, ...

It is hard for members to remember or budget. It is so much easier with payroll deductions. Just like the way you pay state and federal taxes and Social Security on each paycheck.

OS