20 Reasons to Vote NO!

1. The UFCW Local 4 and UFCW local 8 merged into Local 1889 in approximately 2022 (Union) due to their loss of membership in both Locals of approximately 20%. Now UFCW 1889 is at Honey Sour (Company) to try to increase its membership and dues in Montana. The union wants to try to get our employees to pay dues to the Union dues of approximately $75 per month or $902 per year just for you to keep your job plus initiation fees according to Center of UnionFacts.com in google union facts UFCW Local.


2. If you vote YES for the union, the union will want the company to enter into a contract that has a union security clause in the contract to force you to pay dues after 30 days of work. If you do not pay your dues, it is possible the union will ask the Company to terminate your position.


3. The money you pay to the union in dues goes to pay the salaries of 10 of their International union officers and all the other business agents in the laborer’s union in the US. The International union agents are making from approximately $220,607 -$308,548 according to the company Center of Union Facts in Washington, DC.


4. The president, Anthony Perrone, of the International union, makes over $308,548.


5. The number of members in the UFCW in 2002 was about 1,380,507 members and in 2020 there was 1,159,184 or a drop of approximately 20% in members according to the center of union facts in Washington, DC.


6. Today the union membership is down to 1,159,184 members in the US. The union has lost approximately 20% of their members. This is the reason they are at our Company is to get you to pay for their union agents salaries and union expenses of the International and Local Union.


7. The reasons why there such a drastic decline in membership at the UFCW is employees do not want to pay union dues and they to make their own decisions about their workplace. Also, they do not want to be terminated for not paying union dues after 30 days of employment.


8. Approximately 15 union agents in the UFCW union, went to jail for theft of union funds according to the Center union facts, in Washington, DC.


9. There has been more than 202 decertification’s of the Union throughout the US (the employees voting the union out of their company) since the employees did not want to pay union dues according to the company, Union Facts in DC.


10. According to the Center of union facts in Washington, DC, there were over 500 unfair labor practice charges filed against the union at the National Labor Relations Board for failing to represent employees, bargaining in bad faith, and many other reasons.


11. According to the Center of union facts in DC, it takes approximately 233 NEW members to pay one of the International union officers salary of $210,000 if your dues are $75 or more per month.


12. UFCW union Local 1889 pays no strike benefits. This might happen if the union tried to force our employees on strike, if the Company did not agree to the union’s agreement at the end of negotiations which could take months or years. Ask the Union about the strike at the Company, Boeing Aerospace on September 13, 2024, when approximately 33,000 employees in the Machinists Union walked off the job. However, the union agents still get paid why you are on strike and you get no wages or benefits. How would you feed your family.


13. The International union spent approximately $26 million of your dues to pay for political activities to the (democratic party) or for lobbying. (See union facts UFCW international)


14. The International union spent approximately $854,830.000 on gifts to different entities.


15. With respect to strikes, the UFCW had more than 500 strikes with different Employers throughout the US. If there was a strike by the UFCW at our company, you might not get any get any strike benefits from the union but the union agents were still getting paid their own $220,000 salary and benefits. Also, your compensation stops if you went on strike at our company.


16. Get the union to give you a guarantee in writing that they could force our company to increase your wages or benefits at the end of negotiations.


17. The UFCW union fined their employees approximately $1,781,772 for violating their union bylaws.


18. Get the union to sign a guarantee that at the end of negotiations that wages and benefits will go up.


19. Get the union to sign a guarantee that they will get an increase in wages to cover your dues.


20. Many times during a union election, the UFCW union might state you will get a contract if you just vote “Yes” for the union ONE day after the election. Get the union to sign a guarantee that they can get you a written contract one day after the election. The union has a bargaining obligation with the Employer for a year to negotiate in good faith with the company. 



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