What Do the Higher Union Member Dues Actually Pay For?
Your union dues pay for some of the benefits cited above as benefits of being a union member. However, they MOSTLY pay for things which most members would consider important to ALL members, such as adequate funding for the community college system (which helps keep tuition down, for our students), adequate funding for the entire state higher education system, working to obtain health benefits for part-time employees, working to obtain a proper pension system for part-time (DCE) employees, allowing members to buy back part-time (day) time towards their pension, keeping the unit member contribution towards health insurance reasonable.
