{"id":3627,"date":"2023-05-02T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-05-02T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uniontrack.com\/blog\/?p=3627"},"modified":"2023-06-29T18:53:57","modified_gmt":"2023-06-29T18:53:57","slug":"union-dues-myths","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uniontrack.com\/blog\/union-dues-myths","title":{"rendered":"Dispelling Labor Myths: The Truth About Union Dues"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Ken Green<br>CEO &amp; Founder<br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uniontrack.com\/\">UnionTrack<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There is a major difference between union support and union membership in the United States.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/news.gallup.com\/poll\/398303\/approval-labor-unions-highest-point-1965.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Gallup<\/a>, the union approval rate among Americans is at its highest level since 1965 with 71 percent of people approving unions. Yet <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bls.gov\/news.release\/pdf\/union2.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">data<\/a> from the Bureau of Labor Statistics shows only 10.1 percent of American workers belong to a union.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Why? What are the reasons behind this disparity? What is keeping workers from joining unions?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The answers to these questions are multi-faceted, but one of the driving forces is the proliferation of anti-union rhetoric and labor myths intended to intimidate or scare workers away from unionizing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Employers and pro-business advocates \u201ctend to promote a number of myths about labor unions in order to discourage workers from exercising their legal right to collectively organize,\u201d explains employees\u2019 rights attorney <a href=\"https:\/\/theemployeeslawyer.com\/blog\/2022\/02\/five-common-myths-about-labor-unions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Steven Mitchell Sack<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The most prevalent of these falsehoods about labor unions pertain to union dues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Myth: Union Dues Are Too Expensive<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>One of the first arguments management will make against unions in their union-busting campaigns is that membership dues for unions are expensive. Companies often \u201cengage in scare tactics regarding union dues,\u201d writes The Guardian\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/tv-and-radio\/2021\/nov\/15\/john-oliver-union-busting-private-companies\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Adrian Horton<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For example, when Amazon workers were attempting to organize in Bessemer, Alabama, in 2021, the company told workers \u201cthey would have to skip dinner and school supplies to pay their union dues,\u201d writes reporter <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2021\/03\/16\/technology\/amazon-unions-virginia.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">David Streitfeld<\/a> at The New York Times.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Such messaging can be, and often is, very effective at scaring workers and turning them against the union, even though the message is patently false.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Workers need evidence to the contrary to prove they can afford union membership.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"823\" src=\"https:\/\/uniontrack.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/image3.jpg\" alt=\"Smiling worker; union dues myths concept\" class=\"wp-image-3631\" srcset=\"https:\/\/uniontrack.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/image3.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/uniontrack.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/image3-300x206.jpg 300w, https:\/\/uniontrack.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/image3-1024x702.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/uniontrack.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/image3-768x527.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Fact: Union Dues Are Affordable<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The typical monthly dues a member pays to their union is between 1.5 and 3 percent of their pay.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As examples, here are what member obligations look like for two unions:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The member dues for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.seiu1199nw.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/New-Membership-form-2017.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Healthcare 1199NW<\/a> are 1.8 percent of pay, with a cap of $90 per month.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.seiu1000.org\/post\/member-dues\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">SEIU Local 1000<\/a> members pay 1.5 percent of their gross salary, also with a $90 per month cap.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>To dispel the myth that union dues are too expensive, union leaders need to share the actual costs of membership and, more importantly, explain the value members get in return for that investment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cUnion members earn better wages and benefits than workers who aren\u2019t union members,\u201d notes the <a href=\"https:\/\/aflcio.org\/formaunion\/collective-voice\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">AFL-CIO<\/a>. \u201cOn average, union workers\u2019 wages are 11.2% higher than their nonunion counterparts.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a Reddit discussion, a member of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/antiwork\/comments\/z3ku0h\/actual_union_wage_sheet_and_pay_stub\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers<\/a> says their 3 percent investment in membership dues translates to a salary that\u2019s 20 percent higher than their nonunion peers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dues enable unions to negotiate contracts that include higher pay for members. But that\u2019s not all. Unions secure a number of other benefits and protections for members through those negotiations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWhat I paid in union dues is very minor for the things I got \u2014 not being unjustly disciplined or fired; the pay and benefits; being treated fairly on overtime work; no favoritism; safety rules to keep us safe,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/qr.ae\/pr9QDj\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Kenneth Turner<\/a>, a retired former member of the United Steelworkers Union, writes in a Quora discussion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In short, \u201cthe cost of belonging to a union,\u201d explains <a href=\"https:\/\/www.iuoe965.org\/what-is-a-union\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">International Union of Operating Engineers (IUOE) Local 965<\/a>, is \u201ca very wise and very sound investment when you consider what you get for your money.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Union leaders need to push this message to show how union dues are not the waste of money employers would have their employees believe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Myth: Unions Use Member Funds for Selfish Purposes<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Another theme of employer anti-union messaging, note <a href=\"https:\/\/www.epi.org\/publication\/fear-at-work-how-employers-scare-workers-out-of-unionizing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Gordon Lafer and Lola Loustaunau<\/a>, respectively a professor at the University of Oregon\u2019s Labor Education and Research Center and an assistant professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison\u2019s School for Workers, is that \u201cunions only care about extorting dues payments from workers.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This was a key message in Amazon\u2019s campaign to defeat the union election in Bessemer. As CNBC writer <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2021\/04\/16\/how-amazon-fought-the-union-drive-in-alabama.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Annie Palmer<\/a> reported at the time, \u201cAmazon sought to cast doubt on how workers\u2019 dues would be spent by telling workers that the RWDSU spent more than $100,000 a year on vehicles for employees.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>By spreading the message that unions only care about collecting money to spend in ways that meet their own ends, management plants the seeds of doubt in the minds of workers about joining a union.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/uniontrack.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/image2.jpg\" alt=\"Employees fist bumping; union dues myths concept\" class=\"wp-image-3630\" srcset=\"https:\/\/uniontrack.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/image2.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/uniontrack.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/image2-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/uniontrack.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/image2-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/uniontrack.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/image2-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Fact: Unions Use Dues Monies to Fight for Workers<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The truth is that membership dues enable unions to do their job \u2014 fighting for and protecting the rights of workers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cBy joining the union, and agreeing to pay union dues you are helping set up your own worker-controlled \u2018war chest\u2019 to have resources to organize your co-workers to take on the boss and win improvements,\u201d explains <a href=\"https:\/\/locals.ueunion.org\/111\/2021\/02\/union-dues-fast-facts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">United Electrical, Radio &amp; Machine Workers of America (UE) Local 111<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cDues are an investment that comes right back to you through good contracts, quality education, and a wide range of union services,\u201d asserts the United Steelworkers Union <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usw.org\/members\/your-dues\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">USW<\/a>. Unions must explain that such benefits and services, as highlighted by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.seiu.org\/cards\/the-complete-stewards-manual\/explaining-about-dues\/p8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">SEIU<\/a>, include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Negotiating and enforcing contracts.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Defending members.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Setting up education and safety programs.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Organizing workplaces.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Anti-union messaging seeks to erode trust between unions and workers through this narrative, so it may also be worth explaining that unions have nothing to hide when it comes to how they spend the monies paid by members.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In fact, all unions covered by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dol.gov\/agencies\/olms\/laws\/labor-management-reporting-and-disclosure-act\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Labor Management Reporting and Disclosure Act<\/a> (LMRDA) are required to file annual financial statements to the U.S. Department of Labor. These statements are a matter of public record and most unions make them available to members for inspection. Explaining that members can see exactly what the union does with their money can help unions establish trust with workers who are skeptical.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And, given the huge gap between union supporters and union members, there appear to be many people with doubts about actually becoming dues-paying members. Labor leaders have to demonstrate to American workers that union membership is a worthwhile investment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Labor detractors promote myths that unions are self-serving organizations that take too much of people\u2019s hard-earned money to use as they see fit. Nothing could be further from the truth. A tool like <a href=\"https:\/\/uniontrack.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">UnionTrack\u00ae ENGAGE\u00ae<\/a> can help union leaders share this message.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><small><em>Images by: stylephotographs\/\u00a9123RF.com, peopleimages12\/\u00a9123RF.com, fizkes\/\u00a9123RF.com<\/em><\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To build trust with skeptical workers, unions must dispel the myths that union dues are expensive or used for self-serving 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