<prompt> Human: Hello!I have a job for the first time and during the process of me signing tons of documents, my new boss said I would have to become a part of the union. She said it is 100 down, and they would take a small part of my paycheck each week. To be honest, I had spent the last week focusing on getting the job and preparing answers to interview questions- I did not really think ahead to this kind of thing. I accepted and I am now hired. Is this normal? Is there something I need to be watching for? This is all very new to me, thank you for your time!  <response>: My first job in high school was like this. I worked for a grocery store, was forced to pay dues bringing my hourly to like 5 an hour. My take home after 20 hours was about 90 dollars. 9 months later there was a massive layoff, and all the new people that were just hired were let go. Union didnt do shit, and when I asked the rep at my location he just shrugged. On my last day they told us that if they were to hire again, all of us would be called first before getting new people. I thought this sounded great, until they called me to work at a store 45 minutes away. Once I declined this, I was taken off the list and the store was absolved of their duty to rehire me. 