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RAND
vs Member:
paying dues does not
a member make
Justice Rand
decision
Justice
Ivan Rand issued a landmark legal decision following a strike
in Windsor, Ontario, involving 17,000 Ford workers.
He granted the union, as part of the settlement to the
Ford Labour dispute in 1945-46, the compulsory check-off of
union dues. Rand
ruled that all workers in a bargaining unit benefit from a
union-negotiated contract. Therefore, he reasoned they must
pay union dues, although they do not have to join the union.
This decision means that unless workers sign a union card,
they are not members of the union, even though they must pay
full union dues. Benefits
of membership
Being
a member does have its privileges. You can run for and
hold union office, vote regarding contracts or strikes or for
the election of your union representatives, submit bargaining
demands, have union representation on any issue that is or is
not related to the contract, and take advantage of membership
benefits (like Group Life Insurance) negotiated by the union
for its members.
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w w . p s a c . c o m
Don't
remain a RAND
You
might as well complete a membership card and get the full
benefits you are entitled to … complete, sign and send a PSAC
Membership Application card!
Member in good standing
Members in good
standing are the only ones who can vote.
A member in good standing is
someone:
1. who is
currently paying union dues;
2. who has signed a PSAC Membership Application Card;
3. whose membership
is not under suspension; and
4. who are on LWOP while meeting the situations named below.
Member on LWOP
Members on Leave Without Pay for reasons of disability,
maternity leave, paternity, adoption or care of family members, as
well as dues paying and non-dues paying seasonal indeterminate or
equivalent members are defined as members in good standing.
Since the PSAC has no automatic
process in place to determine the employment status of Members
when dues are ceased, it is necessary for any member who wishes to
maintain his/her membership in good standing, while one is in the
situation(s) mentioned above, to make a written request to the
PSAC and CEUDA National Presidents.
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