Who is or was in optical union?

[LENNY]

I was wondering who is or ever was in the optical union?

[Johns]

Here you go Lenny, something to hang on your bulletin board in the breakroom:

p://www.opticalworkers.com/408Home.html

[Johns]

Here's the Davis story:

p://www.opticalworkers.com/408Home.html

[Johns]

And here is where the union dues go:

http://www.opticalworkers.com/

Yep, they hire an airplane to go up on a cloudy day with a banner. That should solve everything! Of course, this highly effective advertising was targeting a different issue, but it's interesting to see what happens when the union pulls out "all their resources" to fight evil!

In the Davis case, it looks like the workers voted 87-3, or thereabouts, to strike. It ought to be interesting to see how that goes.

In my area, the closest thing to optical unions were the guild members.

[LENNY]

Here you go Lenny, something to hang on your bulletin board in the breakroom:

p://www.opticalworkers.com/408Home.html

This is why I am asking. I started in this field in 1990 and met only one person who was in the union long long long time ago!

[cocoisland58]

I never even knew there was an "optical union". I did work for an optical corp that was unionized but they are Teamsters.

[uncut]

One of my first "lab" jobs was unionized......can't remember the name of the union, it may have been a "food worker's" union. This was back in my "Jurassic" time of life,

[Optician1960]

Was in a union back in the 80's. It was considered a "store bought union". Owners wanted less HR responsibilities so the union took care of health care... Got our .25 an hour raises annually and of course paid dues. Waste of our money as union members for sure, they did nothing for us. Many worked to get in management to get out if it.

[Robert Martellaro]

Retail Clerks when I worked at Union Eye Care in Indiana, about 1973.

[LENNY]

One person on the whole board is in the Union!?!?!?!?
Looks like lots of presence!

[Hollyceceilia]

Current member of Local 408 Optical Union

[Fezz]

Current member of Local 408 Optical Union

That's odd, I am local to your local (Philly suburbs) and I have never been approached to join.

Am I being discriminated against?

[LENNY]

U surprised?