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I'm a union member in New York State working for a public library. My union's president was recently charged by a U.S. Attorney for accepting kickback payments and embezzling money from an employee benefit plan. I have never trusted my union, but I am required to participate in the union. Several colleagues and I are looking to terminate our relationship with this particular union. We would like to use another union or an alternative option.
Can we use these criminal charges as a reason to terminate our relationship with this union? I realize that we are under union contract and we would normally have to formally go through a voting process with all of our fellow colleagues to remove the current union. But, in light of these charges, we were hoping to simply terminate our relationship with the union due to the charges (or eventual conviction).
I'm a union member in New York State working for a public library. My union's president was recently charged by a U.S. Attorney for accepting kickback payments and embezzling money from an employee benefit plan. I have never trusted my union, but I am required to participate in the union. Several colleagues and I are looking to terminate our relationship with this particular union. We would like to use another union or an alternative option.
Can we use these criminal charges as a reason to terminate our relationship with this union? I realize that we are under union contract and we would normally have to formally go through a voting process with all of our fellow colleagues to remove the current union. But, in light of these charges, we were hoping to simply terminate our relationship with the union due to the charges (or eventual conviction).