Unions are about one simple proposition:
By joining together, working women and men gain strength in numbers so they can have a voice at work about what they care about. They negotiate a contract with their employer for things like a fair and safe workplace, better wages, a secure retirement and family-friendly policies such as paid sick leave and scheduling hours. They have a voice in how their jobs get done, creating a more stable, productive workforce that provides better services and products. Always adapting to the challenges of our nation’s evolving workforce, unions are meeting the needs of workers in today’s flexible and nontraditional work environments. Because no matter what type of job workers are in, by building power in unions, they can speak out for fairness for all working people in their communities and create better standards and a strong middle class across the country.
Why Join FOSCEP?
- Only FOSCEP members can vote on new contracts, which set your salary, benefits and rights.
- Only FOSCEP members elect (or become) work-site or union officers & leaders.
- Only FOSCEP members receive AFT accidental death & dismemberment and professional liability insurance coverage.
- Only FOSCEP members receive professional publications for our national union.
- Only FOSCEP members may participate in state and national conventions that determine the priorities and policies of our union.
- Only FOSCEP members and their families receive union member benefits – like union scholarships for their children, low-cost loan programs, low-interest credit cards and discounts on hundreds of products and services you use daily.
What does membership offer?
Paying union dues makes you a full union member with a voice in the workplace and a voice in the way the union is run. As exclusive representative for you and your co-workers, the union has a legal obligation to represent all employees assigned to the bargaining unit – members and non-members alike.
Non-union members cannot vote to ratify union contracts. They cannot elect officers, serve as workplace stewards or be appointed to labor-management committees.
But there are more benefits on which non-members lose out. They cannot apply for union-sponsored college scholarships for themselves or their children. And they don’t qualify for savings on literally hundreds of goods and services offered through our UnionPlus membership program.
Why should I join the union?
The advances we make in salaries, benefits, job security, seniority and better working conditions are much greater when everyone working under the contract is a member of the union. There is strength in numbers. Better contracts come when management sees 100% commitment among our members.
Strengthen our union’s hand at the bargaining table. Join FOSCEP today - see the top of the page to find out how.
