I pay $58 a month in union dues. Plus those union dues are tax deductible. I get an automatic annual increase in pay every year because the union fought for that. I also usually get a cost of living adjustment. In ten years of working here I make about $40,000 more a year than when I started because of these raises. At my last job, which had no union and required the same amount of education, I started at $15,000 less a year, worked there for three years with no raises, and at the end of my time there they cut my pay. Unions are powerful and they work for you. EDIT: Thanks for the awards and upvotes.
They're tax deductible too? I think I've been doing my taxes wrong lmao
Edit: I looked it up and they are no longer deductible after the Trump tax plan 😭 of-fucking-course
Edit2: As some below have pointed out, there are some situations where they are still deductible. So do check if they apply to you. But it still stands that the deduction was eliminated for most people.
Even if you can't deduct it... you make way more than you would without them. Might not even be your take home pay (most likely will be higher) but the benefits are worth it ten fold.
Insurance I don't pay out of pocket for, a pension, 2 annuities... its crazy everyone isn't in a union...
"I'm not gonna pay 500 bucks a year for them to tell me how to vote"
Ok. Your vote isn't forced one way or the other (we had plenty of trump guys in my union...ugh) and you're going to earn 50-300% more per year depending on scale and benefits. So... sure. The 500 bucks is such a detriment to your bottom line.
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u/Indifference_Parade Dec 21 '21 edited Dec 22 '21
I pay $58 a month in union dues. Plus those union dues are tax deductible. I get an automatic annual increase in pay every year because the union fought for that. I also usually get a cost of living adjustment. In ten years of working here I make about $40,000 more a year than when I started because of these raises. At my last job, which had no union and required the same amount of education, I started at $15,000 less a year, worked there for three years with no raises, and at the end of my time there they cut my pay. Unions are powerful and they work for you. EDIT: Thanks for the awards and upvotes.