text: If you want to be a union member you have to first get a job at a union shop.  There is a probationary period of probably three months.  It varies from company to company.  After that period, if the company thinks you will be an asset to them, they will keep you and you will join the union at that time.  This is how it is done.\n\nBe a good union member and make damn sure your company MAKES MONEY!!  If your company folds, you will be out of a job.  Union or no union.  \n\nAlways remember that you and your co-workers are the union, not the union representative or other union officers.  People who say that "the union doesn't do anything for me" do not have their head on right.  Stick together as one and do for yourselves.  If you are united, no company can defeat you.  A united workforce is what the companies fear most.  Always remember that your bosses go to seminars to learn how to break unions and divide the work force.  They spend big bucks on breaking unions.  Be smart and do your homework too.