Question Randelll
A person is an autoworker currently employeed and part of a union. The job site he is at is a closed shop and all employees are required to be in the union, can the union expell the member essentially causing the person to lose their job?
to my knowledge, and under normal circumstances, i would say no....a person would have to do something pretty heinous i would think to get kicked out....in my personal experience, the only ways i have seen a person lose their job was to
A) point out--in my work place, you are allowed a total of 8 absence points in a year, anything over that, and your done.
B) destroy company property/intentionally cause 'downtime' on a press
C) fail a drug test
D) repeatedly not following work instructions to make quality parts/constantly passing bad parts
the company and my union have had a decent working relationship, and just reached agreement on a tentative contract(which i get to hear all about next week) the company has zero tolerance and won't discuss people who lose their jobs for 'pointing out', but will discuss almost anything else....though they are not obligated to rehire those who have failed a drug test, they have on several occasions, rehired those who have failed provided they have, what we call, a 'come to jesus' meeting with the company and the union bargaining committee, admit they have a problem, agree to counseling and entering a drug treatment program, and agreeing to be tested at 'any time ' for a period of up to two years. these folks, if they were forklift drivers, or serves as 'support' operators( making checks on part, giving breaks, cleaning the plant) are demoted back to regular production operators.
getting back to your question again, i could hate your guts, absolutely despise you and all that you stand for, but if i'm your rep, i can't deny you representation, and i'm obligated by law(since you would be a dues paying member) to represent you to the absolute best of my ability. i can't intentionally screw you over by lack of effort on my part.