A union is a business with only one major source of revenue: its members. Unions charge their members for representation in the form of:
Paying union dues or fees is typically an unavoidable fact. The union will want to get its cut of your paycheck and is free to do what it wants with those funds without your approval.
Here are some facts about fees and union dues, according to the Teamsters Local 853 financial document:
The union stands to gain a lot by organizing you and your fellow team members. With team members paying the union part of every paycheck, that money really adds up. That's what the organizing drive means to the union - money in their bank account.
But what would that mean to you? By entering some simple information, you can see how much you could pay in union dues over the life of a contract.
You should ask yourself what you'd get in return. Unfortunately, there is no way to know before a union gets in. Even if the union wins, a contract is subject to negotiations, and you could end up with more, the same, or less than you now have in pay and benefits. Team members on the other hand, don't get to negotiate the amount of union dues you'd pay. That amount is set by the union and can be increased at any time.
