SteveB wrote:
Just like joining those record or CD clubs. Keep sending them your money
and you are a member.

I retired from Teamsters with 37 years on and off. I get $1851 a month plus
$300 a month insurance allowance to buy my own policy, which costs $187.
They paid about $240,000 for an 8.5 hour heart operation, plus various
others over the years.

I figger I got my money's worth and more out of my dues.

Steve



Yup, the union and the benefits was a great deal for you. As you said,
you got your money's worth, which is the way many union members feel
about the union. I only know one blowhard union man, who tries to
pretend he pays his union fees to support his "brothers", when in
reality he pays the fees so he has access to low cost health insurance.