Facts, Myths and Education

Educational Material

How much are union dues and where are they spent?https://uswlocals.org/sites/default/files/union_dues.pdf
Union Busting Tactics article from the Boiler Makers, it's uncanny how accurate these are- https://boilermakers.org/organizing/union-busting
Myths Lies and Half Truths that companies use to dissuade union efforts, this article could have been written directly about the All Employee FAQ about unions that Ed emailed us a year ago-https://unicast.livelifeunion.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/21/2020/07/Organizing_AntiUnionBrochure_Final_Reduced.pdf
The basics steps of forming a Union in the US. https://www.workcenter.gov/step-by-step-guide/
An example of Union Dues calculations- while this example is a 'typical' formula, ours would not be finalized until we vote on our dues after a union is formed. The standard USW dues stands at 1.45% of your average hourly pay for the period, and you don't any dues until our first bargaining contract is signed. https://assets.usw.org/organizing/documents/dues-structure.pdf
A few links that talk about Just Cause Termination vs "Employment at Will"
https://www.nelp.org/explore-the-issues/worker-power/just-cause/
https://www.massnurses.org/labor-action/labor-education-resources/grievances-101/just-cause/

If I sign an Authorization Card, where does it go?

"Who actually knows if I sign an Authorization Card? How do I know the company won't find out?"

That's a great question- and I have a simple answer for you. The only people who will ever see the cards/names are:

Our assigned USW recruiter get an update when someone signs

2. One Technician in USW HQ, the same person who made the cards.

3. The NLRB agent when we send them into the NLRB to file for the election

That's it. You will notice that conocophillips management is not part of that very, very, short list. I will be fully transparent here and say that our union recruiter is going to share information with 1 person at Alpine and 1 person at Kuparuk who are leading this effort so they know which groups haven't been sent the links for the cards, but THERE WILL BE NO POSTING, DISCUSSING, OR PUBIC LISTING OF EMPLOYEE NAMES. Ever.

We know you're worried about your job, we will do NOTHING to risk your employment. But the time for bravery and trust has arrived. We asked to be patient, and to stay quiet, you all did amazing. We mentioned there would be a time for action and bravery....well that moment has arrived. Visit the home page to sign your A-Card or click here