With my business at a standstill due to the economy and the future unsure at the moment due to other non economic reasons I"ve been looking into other full time employeement. That said the RR in our area has several job openings in catagories that fall into the range of things I routinely do. I"ve done work for them in the past, as an independent, but that has been a few years ago. At the time most of the guys I talked too always seemed pretty happy with the way things were insofar as the pay, benefits, etc. I figure part of this is due to the unions and a fairely high pay scale as compared to some other similar jobs. That said the jobs I"m looking at draw a decent hourly wage, but my question is how much should/could I expect the Union dues to cut out of that amount each month??? I"m figuring if it"s too much then none of the jobs are worth it, but if it"s a negligable amount then it might be worthwhile to look into. I figure some of you out there have either work or worked at the RR or know someone there now and might be able to give me a general idea of what the Union would cost me if I were to get my foot in the door. Thanks, Wayne