2006 MEMBERSHIP INFORMATION

DUES RATES:

Local 2202 bylaws state that our dues rate will be an amount equal to Grand Lodge per capita ($20.86) plus District 143 per capita ($15.65) plus $7.00 for the local. 
The rates listed above are subject to change every January.  
Every local in the IAM calculates what their average income is for every member in their local and submits it to the Grand Lodge in October and then all of those rates are averaged out to get the “weighted average”. 

The weighted average is the amount used to determine what the Grand Lodge per capita will be for the upcoming year.  District 143 bylaws state that their per capita will be 75% of what the Grand Lodge charges. 
So if the average income in the IAM goes up, everyone’s dues go up, and if the average income goes down, then our dues would go down.

So for 2006 our dues are $43.51.

The IAM has a program called DISPENSATION that the local can apply for every year that allows for a discounted rate of $31.50 (for this year) if a member makes less than $12 per hour.  It’s the union’s way of trying to help out the new hires until their wages get up from the extremely low levels.

DUES are set up to come out of the first check of each month and if for any reason you don’t get a check from the company for the first check of the month, you will miss your dues payment for the month.  It is the member’s responsibility to pay their dues directly to the union in that case.   Typically, if you don’t get a paycheck it generally means you didn’t work during that pay period and if you don’t work the majority of the month, as a member, you are entitled to pay “unemployment dues” which are only $2 for each dues payment you miss.  When the dues report is worked, normally a notice is sent to each person at the address we have on record advising that they missed a payment and they should submit that payment right away.

HOME ADDRESSES are not updated by the company for the union, they expect the

employee to contact the union themselves to update us so anytime anyone in your membership moves,

please remind them to contact the secretary treasurer with that new information.

If a member leaves the union position they currently hold and goes to a management position or a position in another union, payroll will not stop deducting the IAM union dues.  

 The member is responsible for contacting payroll directly and asking them to stop the dues deductions.

If a member leaves their union job or leaves the company all together it is the members responsibility to

contact the union to obtain a withdrawal application to get out of the union. 

If a member RETIRES from the company, they should also contact the union and arrange

 to retire from the union.