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The brokerage was not set up to have a third party taking a part of the pie. The intent of the brokerage was to have control over the appointment scheduling process by a technically capable disinterested third party, which is not profiting from setting up the appointments. The broker is, by definition, not a provider of service, they just arrange for service”
Tim Roth DSHS Interpreter Services Program Manager.
LuisPR
May 26, 2010
CAREFUL, THE UNION JUST WANTS TO TAKE YOUR MONEY…
That’s just one of the fabrications and deceiving tactics being spread around to discourage Interpreters form forming OUR OWN UNION.
The rumor goes as follows…
If you join the Interpreters United-AFCSME and vote to form a UNION, they are going to require you to pay initiation fees and high monthly union dues/ premiums. That is a BIG FAT LIE.
Once we elect OUR own union, WE (interpreters members ONLY) NOT DSHS, NOT the Broker, NOR ANY Interpreters Agency will decide OUR UNION dues, rules and regulations. OUR UNION dues amount will be determine by US, the UNION members. Interpreters United-AFCSME is NOT going to charge ANY initiation fees. Besides, in case you didn’t know, union dues ARE TAX DEDUCTIBLE as an allowable business expense.
We (Interpreters United-AFCSME) are proposing a MAXIMUM PRORATED union dues amount of $25.00 PER MONTH.
What does that means?
Example...
If you work between; 121hour to 160 hour per month, you’ll pay $25.00 in union dues.
If you work between; 81 hours to 120 hour per month, you’ll pay $18.75 in union dues.
If you work between; 21 hours to 80 hours per month, you’ll pay $12.50 in union dues.
If you work between; 1 hour to 20 hours per month, you’ll pay $6.25 in union dues. If you don't get any assignments on a particular month, you pay NOTHING AT ALL for that month.
Now, keep in mind your union dues are tax deductible as a business expense; you pay to your OWN UNION to represent YOU and to watch that DSHS, the Brokers, and the Agencies treat YOU fairly, with respect and to make them pay YOU in a timely manner, not 90 days after you completed your work assignment. Is that simple!
SO, DON’T LET THEM FOOL YOU!
They just want you to continue working under the current Broken-Broker/Agency System to continue sucking your life off of you.
Luis DeJesus
Certified Medical and Social Services Interpreter - Spanish
Inkyung Yoo
May 26,2010
Hi, my name is Janice and I'm currently working as a certified medical interpreter.
Since most of us- or is it all of us- interpreters are currently working with subcontracted agencies, I'm curious what will happen to current agency system when broker system gets 'broken' after our union is formed.
With our union, we expect our pay rate to increase since brokers won't be there to take their portion of money, but what about agencies? Would all of us be working independently without being subcontracted with agencies or would we still be working with them? And since we've already signed contract with agencies, how is our new pay rate going to increase?
I'm still kind of confused about this whole union topic...
Please help me understand this matter more clearly as to how things are might change once our union is set up.
Thanks!
Janice
Milena Waldron
May 26, 2010
ESSB 6726 signed by the governor on April 1, 2010, grants interpreters doing appointments paid by DSHS the right to unionize as independent contractors. It does not say anything specifically about how the payment of such services may occur. It only grants the right to unionize. Period.
