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HOW MUCH ARE DUES?
Dues are 1.3% of your earnings ($600 pay per week x 1.3% = $7.80 per week), plus 2 cents per hour for the organizing fund. Maximum dues for any month is equal to 2.5 times average hourly earnings ($15/hr x 2.5 hours = $37 per month).
People who are employed before a first contract is signed pay no initiation fee. A one-time initiation fee of $10 is collected only from workers hired after a first contract has been negotiated and approved.
Changes in dues can only be made by a vote of convention delegates who are locally elected around the US and Canada. Conventions are held every 3 years.
WHEN WOULD WE START PAYING UNION DUES?
Nobody pays dues until a majority of you and your coworkers vote to approve your first contract.
WHERE DOES THE DUES MONEY GO?
The Local Union keeps 44%, the International Union allocates 44%, and the remaining 12% is distributed into special funds for organizing, education, political action, and a strike and defense fund.
Like any organization, a Union needs resources to function. Union staff are hired to provide specific expertise such as organizing, negotiations, grievances, legal advice, education, political action, research, safety and health, communications, and accounting. Dues are also used for basic needs such as office rent, utilities, office equipment, computers, even photocopies. Unlike the company, the Union is not about making money - its about building power for working people.
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