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I had a friend "back in the day" who worked for a Teamsters run grocery store. In his case he was very well paid and had benefgits at 16. An employee paying the union to be a member and not receive benefits defies reason. Your son's situation sounds very strange. Did he just get the job? Was this not explained to him at all at hiring? In any case, he should approach management and ask for compensation to make up the difference. If no go, time to move on.
I'll take this opportunity to jump up on the soap box and bash unions in general. Your story is typical of union greed. What used to be a fine organization that protected the common man has now become big business who's member's interests come in a distant second place to it's own financial interests and self propagation. Union standards for excellence and training have been replaced by - more members=more money. The same mentality that pays a guy $65+ an hour to "drive" an elevator in New York also leeches money from a 16 year old trying to earn some extra coin. Really sad.
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