Words of Praise

If you've been working non-union, here's what it can mean to your life to either move to a union employer, or to ask us to help you organize your workplace:

...a completely different environment!

"Working non-union, I was told I was no good, that I would never find another job anywhere else, that I was lucky to have this job….there were threats like “you’d better work the overtime, or when it gets slow you'll lose your job and your family will suffer because you won’t have benefits....and it was all lies.

"When I joined the union, I got an automatic huge increase in my pay. I was treated with respect. I had representation. They had policies against verbal abuse and harassment. There was no backstabbing and people didn’t tear you down to make themselves look better so they could climb the ladder.

"It was a completely different environment!

"Before I joined, I was so oppressed that I had no self esteem, no confidence in my abilities, I was having trouble sleeping and I was actually losing weight.

"Joining the union really improved the family dynamics...I was a lot happier, I was a lot more self-confident and at the end of the day I had a lot more energy for my wife and kids.

- Terry Hopman