Word: duesing
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Discretion may have been imposed upon Lenny's creators by their obligation to protect his survivors. But the film is equally without insight on a less private issue. It fails to explore why sudden and belated celebrity can bend the minds of lifelong flops like Bruce. It afflicts such...
But Johnson didn't complain. He was netting 86 dollars a week--78 after union dues--and that was more money than he'd ever made in his life. He wanted to hang onto his job. He punched in early and punched out late. He didn't miss work. He...
Other workers reported that the hiring hall officials forced them to pay "back dues" before giving assignments. One worker said he had to pay over $100 in so-called back dues to get an assignment for his wife who hadn't worked in two years.
"We get no benefits from the UFW," another worker said. "Instead we get fined for all sorts of things, $25 for being late with dues, $5 for missing UFW meetings, $200 for speaking against the UFW, but we don't get anything back for all that money."
One grape picker explained that some workers lived 70 miles away from the UFW meeting places and had no transportation. Yet they were fined if they missed a meeting. He also said workers have to pay dues even during months when they do not work.