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Re: Frank- are you walking to work?
Posted By: Harv In Response To: Re: Frank- are you walking to work? (thuddd)
Date: Thursday, 22 December 2005, at 10:23 p.m.
Yo Thudd,
First off, I'm still waiting for you to return my phone call. Are things so bad? Do you need me to mail you a quarter? Secondly, my dues monies were never intended to go into my pension. Dues monies are for administrative costs of the local. Pension and medical is negotiated as a part of our wage package. For every hour I work (up to 40 hours) each week, my EMPLOYER contributes an amount almost equal to my hourly wage to the health and pension fund, where the local divides that contribution between the 2 funds. As for political contributions, the union has a seperate fund that is paid for by voluntary, not mandatory donations and can be any amount we care to pay. Third, just because I am a REGISTERED DEM, doesn't mean I vote for the party line. I useually vote based on who will do the best job in my eyes and not the party the person belongs to. Maybe I should reregister as an Independent.
Yo fren',
Harv
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