All union members, check in here.

[Bucky]

Teacher and union member for 10 years now. Thanks to the union, I'm slightly less screwed than I might otherwise be. But this is Texas, so I don't ask for miracles. That said, I know the union's got my back.

Never forget: until FDR reversed federal policy and started protecting instead of harassing trade unions, this country was headed toward totalitarianism. Unionism reversed the trends of the early 20th Century and made this country a majority middle class nation, which is the bedrock of American prosperity and stability. They aren't perfect, but they have made a positive difference... and the decline of the middle class starting in the 1970s is connected to the decline of unions.

[spoony]

1. Solidarity

Shit though, I accidentally hit unrec trying to rec this, someone hit rec to fix please.

[tekisui]

5. I recced it for you.

Not in a union, but stand with unions.

[spoony]

6. Thanks! :-)

[Agony]

102. I rec'ed for you too. Even tho I am not in a union I am in complete support of

unions. The trashing of labor rights by the raygun/booshies is a travesty.



F**K these assholes too --->nrtwc.org

[Brickbat]

2. Present and representing four unions. One for me, and three for Mr. Brickbat.

Solidarity! We never forget those who fought for what we have and we honor it by fighting on.

:patriot:

ETA: Actually, five; although that one I'm not a member of anymore.

[GrantDem]

3. Check!!

Local 983

[cloudbase]

4. Marine Engineers.

America's oldest maritime union.

[Blue_In_AK]

10. My husband is a MEBA member, also.

Retired. :) Besides the defined pension, which is great, we LOVE the trip to Oakland/San Francisco for the physical every year. It almost makes the $800 a month health premium worth it.

[cloudbase]

22. Very good!

I spent five years on the Valdez run.

There's a MEBA board at http://www.coffeetime.forumcircle.com

[Blue_In_AK]

24. I can't get to that link.

I know HullBoss would enjoy checking it out. He's always looking for someone to talk ship engines with. My eyes kind of glaze over when he starts speaking that language. :rofl:

[cloudbase]

28. It appears the board is down right now,

as is a motorcycle board I visit that uses the same server.

[Blue_In_AK]

34. I'll check back later.

[maddezmom]

7. not any more as I'm a

SAHM now and we don't have unions or wages. :) But was back in the 80's, USFW while employed at Bradlee's.

[mike_c]

8. California Faculty Association....

Solidarity!

[Kingofalldems]

9. NALC here

K and R

[proud2BlibKansan]

11. Proud member

American Federation of Teachers :)

[proud2BlibKansan]

12. DH is SEIU

[MercutioATC]

13. NATCA

National Air Traffic Controllers Association

[fishwax]

14. union and proud

:kick:

[Fire1]

15. Here! For what it's worth. n/t

[NNN0LHI]

16. Current dues paying member in good standing UAW Local 588 - Region 4

Unbroken membership since 1973.

Don

http://www.uaw588.com/

[Adelante]

17. Retired union member nt

[CTyankee]

18. Wife of AFSCME member here.

He worked for the City of New Haven for 10 years before being laid off along with 13 others by the mayor, who had demanded that the union stop representing the janitors or the city hall people would be axed. The union wouldn't back down and bad as it was for my husband, it would have been a crime for the most vulnerable of the city's workforce to be abandoned. Mayor DeStefano will rot in hell for that one...

[Union Yes]

19. UAW proud here! Solidarity to all. knr nt.

[Lucy Goosey]

20. Me, me!

I've been a member of PIPSC (Professional Institute of the Public Service of Canada) for several years now, and I was in PSAC (Public Service Alliance of Canada) for a few years before that.

We do really well - our annual cost-of-living adjustments are pretty well locked in - but it would be interesting to see if those increases would be so consistent if the Institute also had to get the employer to provide employees with good health insurance.

[JVS]

21. Howdy.

[Starry Messenger]

23. Here.

[ipfilter]

25. Solidarity.

IAMAW 898

[spanone]

26. musicians union since 1968... local 257

[lolly]

27. AFT

Another American Federation of Teachers member.

Took us years and prolonged court battles to get representation at my community college; now they're using the budget problems as an excuse to try to get rid of us.

[JVS]

44. AFT here too. Fight them hard. You can win.

[TheMightyFavog]

29. AFSCME here

Just started my first day today!

[Luciferous]

30. My husband is a UAW member nt

[demosincebirth]

31. IBT, Local 70 (Ret)

[Romulox]

32. Not a union member, but I'm going to k/r anyhow. nt

[Sherman A1]

33. UFCW 655 here

Retail Clerk for some 37 years.

You are right, they are not perfect, but I prefer this option as opposed to the other.

[lpbk2713]

35. If it wasn't for union representation

I know I wouldn't have been able to retire ten years ago at age 56.
And I am grateful.

[MilesColtrane]

36. 25 year American Federation of Musicians member here.

The group I'm with is in the middle of negotiating a new CBA.

Wish us luck.

[blondeatlast]

97. The best of luck; I support you!. nt

[MilesColtrane]

99. Thanks

:hi:

[Arctic Dave]

37. IBEW 1547, here.

[hfojvt]

38. been working for almost 30 years

never had a chance to join a union. Other than the musicians union which paid me about $200 per summer to be in the municipal band back in the late 1970s and early 1980s.

[donheld]

39. United Service Worker's union here.

[we can do it]

40. Fuc Nadar

[Bucky]

45. I'm not aware of that union.

But this thread, you should note, is not meant as flamebait.

[reggie the dog]

47. non union scab brat making fun of our union post huh?

any gain that has been made in labor law etc. in the USA is thanks to unions, and you come on here to mock someone who worked hard to protect consumers. So what is it SCAB? Not happy to cross a strike line you have to kick sand in our eyes too?

[we can do it]

63. Infer Much? - I'm Not A Freakin Scab ot Brat - Retired IAFF & Union Family

Nadar, however pretty much fucks over the unions

[Brickbat]

69. This is true.

Which is why he is nobody to me.

[Fading Captain]

78. Who is Nadar?

WTF

[reggie the dog]

86. I heartily apologize then

sorry then, really

[we can do it]

94. Don't Worry About It

peace

[Dr.Phool]

41. United Transportation Union. Retired

But, I got to retire at 49 years old!

[Brickbat]

68. Mr. Brickbat is still a UTU member.

He is now BLE, but still has his UTU card. :patriot:

[boobooday]

42. UFF - United Faculty of Florida

:hi:

[quiller4]

43. Teamster retiree n/t

[Snotcicles]

56. Teamster Local 299. nt

[reggie the dog]

46. whats up, SUD Education in the house

my mom does not work, of the 4 people in my family that do a whopping 4 of us are in unions, 2 in mechanics unions (dad and brother) 2 in teachers unions, sister and myself..... my wife is in the teachers union too.......as were both of my inlaws before retiring.......union yes,, world workers unite!

[Unrepentant Fenian]

48. Carpenter's 562 here

[needledriver]

49. IATSE!

Executive Board Member - paying dues since 1977!

[MilesColtrane]

80. I have to give props to IATSE Number One for backing the Broadway musicians during the 2003 strike.

Solidarity is the ONLY way!

[MichiganVote]

50. Union household. We vote faithfully.

[we can do it]

51. Retired IAFF

[skorpo]

52. Retiree 41 yr union member...married to retiree 48yr union member.

[teamster633]

53. In May I'll have 32 years in.

Joined Local 633 within 3 weeks of turning 18.

[LostInAnomie]

54. UTU here.

[Sabriel]

55. Union since 1989

NEA

TAA

TAUWP (local AFT)

Thanks to unions, I have rights and due process, not to mention freedom from fear of arbitrary firing.

[w8liftinglady]

57. I wish nurses in Texas would organize-I would so be there

[AwakeAtLast]

58. NEA member for 12 years

and an Indiana State Delegate!

[electricD]

59. chalk another one up

IBEW L.U. 474

[8 track mind]

60. yo, Teamster here! Local 997 n/t

[Bluebear]

61. 21 years here

[senseandsensibility]

62. Yo

Hey, brothers and sisters. We need to beat this healthcare tax the workers thing.

[Ken Burch]

64. Member, Inlandboatmen's Union Of the Pacific, Alaska Region, Maritime division of the ILWU

Where we believe "an injury to one is an injury to all".

In solidarity, Bucky.

[roody]

65. California Teachers Association here.

[bagimin]

66. NALC

26 years and counting.

[Generic Other]

67. AFT 20 years!

Unions are a lifeline for the worker.

[a la izquierda]

70. This doesn't count...

but I will be soon. AAUP, as soon as I finish up my PhD.
As a grad student in Oklahoma, we are legally barred from unionizing. We'll lose our jobs (which means losing the funding that helps keep us from being $200K in debt.


Solidaridad Siempre!

[ismnotwasm]

71. Nurse

Proud union member

[H2O Man]

72. Retired Union Member

(former VP of local)

[mikebl]

73. Ironworkers

Retired lifetime member Ironworkers LU #396

[DainBramaged]

74. UAW, 26 years and counting......

Was a Teamster for a bit, worked for the old grocery workers union (now UFCW) when I was a kid, and yes Bucky, you are doing your part to make a dent in GD.......this ain't no Nader thread......and this ain't the lounge

[mitchtv]

75. retired CWA.9410 & TIU

ex teamster local 265
we gave up raises for those benefits; plus I am already being taxed on partner's benefits

[OffWithTheirHeads]

76. Sheet Metal Workers local 104

Banking with our credit union.

Current Visa Card Rate: 7.9%

Current car loan rate: 5.9%

MOVE YOUR MONEY!

[bridgit]

77. SAG/AE - 20+ yrs

http://www.sag.org http://www.actorsequity.org

[Bluenorthwest]

95. And I thought I was alone, my Union sister!

AFTRA as well, my 'mother union'. Also for 20 plus! From age 20 or so.

[Fire_Medic_Dave]

79. Current IAFF former Teamster and APWU

[Babel_17]

81. LIUNA here

The Laborers' International Union of North America

Like the plaque at my local says,

"Labor is prior to, and independent of, capital. Capital is only the fruit of labor, and could never have existed if labor had not first existed. Labor is the superior of capital, and deserves much the higher consideration."*

Edit: *http://home.att.net/~rjnorton/Lincoln78.html

[roguevalley]

82. union member for thirty years. AFSCME now that I'm retired.

Got a whole crew fired once for mentioning how much better it would be to have a union rep us. :) my finest hour. :)

[flyarm]

83. APFA ( retired) / SAG / AFTRA proud member! solidarity!! eom

[carsonscorner]

84. We need to support the grassroots unions. (NMASS)

Workers are being exploited everyday, and no one is shedding any light on it.

For my college radio show, my correspondent, Eddie Goldman, interviewed JoAnn Lum of NMASS, The National Mobilization Agaisnt Sweat Shops. Kill two birds with one stone: support local progressive talk, and help grassroot unions.

click here to listen: http://bobcarson13.podomatic.com/player/web/2010-01-04T23_13_53-08_00

[Nailzberg]

85. IATSE

[Faux pas]

87. Retired active CSEA 23 yrs total, active SEIU 2yrs. SOLIDARITY!

[Itchinjim]

88. Former Teamster, current UFCW.

KNR

[dmosh42]

89. CWA life member-retired-still with health insur.....

but soon to be taxed for that. Thanks Obama!

[tavalon]

90. WSNA

World's weakest nurses union. But, at least it is a union. The nurses in the south have nothing.

[lunatica]

91. Coalition of University Employees (CUE)

The union of the Administrative Assistants in the University of California's 10 campuses

[golddigger]

92. IUOE here!

AGC-International Union of Operating Egineers...Local #701

[Chemical Bill]

93. Yo! n/t

[blondeatlast]

96. Ex-AFSCME and NEA. Solidarity! nt

[ThomWV]

98. Union for more than 40 years.

[bluesmail]

100. Retired, at least 30 years NRLCA~Nat'l Rural Letter Carriers. Solidarity indeed. EOM

[mimitabby]

101. in the union for 30 years

we were the first white collar union to ever go on strike and bring the company back to the bargaining table...

[mistertrickster]

103. The Steelworkers and the Teamsters put me through college.

Because I could earn enough working for wages to pay tuition.

Now I'm a past president of the local NEA.

Union Man Forever!

[DIKB]

104. Proud Union Member Here

Unions are the democratization of the workplace and are necessary for workers' rights!

[lpbk2713]

105. Worthy of at least one more ...

:kick:

[geardaddy]

106. National Writer's Union here.

Solidarity

[old mark]

107. Former AFSCME Steward. I agree with you -unions are not perfect, but

working conditions would not have changed since the 1930's without them. Many of the GOPers want to take conditions back to what they were then, and we must go back to a union friendly environment to defeat that intention.

mark