Rite-Aid Union

[teatime0315]

Getting to the point, I was recently hired at Rite Aid. Pay is 9 dollars an hour. Everything is good except I hear from fellow employees that Rite Aid forces you to join the union? I'm only 18 and my schedule for rite aid isn't bad. I don't feel like I need to join a Union. I had a friend who worked there for a month and then quit because he said that they forced him to join the Union otherwise they would fire him. I always had the mentality that joining Unions were optional. I wanted to get some insight about this before I talk to the boss.

 

[olds]

People get out of bed for 9 an hour? Can't you make more than that on unemployment?

 

[teatime0315]

Originally posted by: oldsmoboat
People get out of bed for 9 an hour? Can't you make more than that on unemployment?

I've tried that... doesn't pay the bills.

 

[theshad]

I don't know about Rite Aid but I recently got a job at the pharmacy in Giant Eagle and was required to join a union. It wasn't optional at all for me, I didn't consider it that big of a deal though, it doesn't cost too much or anything.

 

[GeekDrew]

I've worked jobs before where joining the union is required, and I know that all of the employees at my uncle's factory are required to join a union, so I suppose it's not unheard of...

 

[teatime0315]

Okay thanks guys, I was just making sure I wasn't being taken advantage of.
PS welcome to anandtech "theshad"

 

[Mxylplyx]

Funny how a company cant force you to NOT join a union, but the other way around is fair game.

 

[olds]

At my job, you don't have to join the union. But, you have to pay "fair share". It's a couple of bucks less than the regular dues but you get no representation if issues come up at work. You also don't get the accidentally death policy if killed on the job. Can't join the credit union either.
The reason for "fair share" is you get the same pay and benefits that the union negotiated for the full members.

 

[Throckmorton]

Maybe the reason you do make $9 an hour and not $7 an hour is BECAUSE of the union? How is it fair for everyone to benefit when only the union negotiates?

 

[The Boston Dangler]

no employer forces anyone to join a union (most will do anything to drive out organized labor). if you're "forced" to join a union, it's because the company has a collective bargaining agreement in place with x employees, which you'd be part of.

 

[sswingle]

In my experience, you cant work where the UFCW is without joining.

It didnt cost much though.

 

[SpiderWiz]

Originally posted by: oldsmoboat
At my job, you don't have to join the union. But, you have to pay "fair share". It's a couple of bucks less than the regular dues but you get no representation if issues come up at work. You also don't get the accidentally death policy if killed on the job. Can't join the credit union either.
The reason for "fair share" is you get the same pay and benefits that the union negotiated for the full members.

government job? We same thing here (government job), but the dues are the same as members. Also, as fair share if you don't agree with the political party they spend you dues on, you can request a percentage of that money back.

 

[olds]

Originally posted by: SpiderWiz

Originally posted by: oldsmoboat
At my job, you don't have to join the union. But, you have to pay "fair share". It's a couple of bucks less than the regular dues but you get no representation if issues come up at work. You also don't get the accidentally death policy if killed on the job. Can't join the credit union either.
The reason for "fair share" is you get the same pay and benefits that the union negotiated for the full members.

government job? ....

Yes

 

[Linflas]

Originally posted by: teatime0315
Getting to the point, I was recently hired at Rite Aid. Pay is 9 dollars an hour. Everything is good except I hear from fellow employees that Rite Aid forces you to join the union? I'm only 18 and my schedule for rite aid isn't bad. I don't feel like I need to join a Union. I had a friend who worked there for a month and then quit because he said that they forced him to join the Union otherwise they would fire him. I always had the mentality that joining Unions were optional. I wanted to get some insight about this before I talk to the boss.

Entirely dependent on what state you live in. In states with right to work laws you can not be forced to join a union.