About once or twice a year I get an email asking about the monthly dues, and I'm frankly surprised it's not a question I get more often--at better than $65 a month for a full-time employee, it's a pretty good chunk out of your salary every cycle.
I wrote back in September about what the monthly breakdown is for a full time person, but there's another perspective I'd like to offer as well--a comparison of what the yearly local dues are between us and other districts in the area. Remember, the MLEA portion of your dues is $60 a year:
Spokane: $248
West Valley: $204
East Valley: $191.40
Cheney: $216.96
Central Valley: $183.46
Mead: $272.00
Deer Park: $192
Nine Mile Falls: $120
Pullman: $90
Colville: $132
Riverside: $240
Moses Lake: $226.80
Freeman: $114.84
Grand Coulee: $120
Garfield-Palouse: $120
Liberty: $120
Newport: $84
The $60 that we charge is equal to what members pay in Republic, Ritzville, Nespelem, or Northwest Columbia, but ahead of Reardan ($36) or Davenport ($24).
We've worked really hard to keep the local portion of your dues low; we're not overly litigious, we keep our stipends meaningful but affordable, and we still provide the three $500 scholarships a year to Dollars for Scholars to assist our MLHS graduates in their post-secondary pursuits. With our declining enrollment and the concomitant decrease in the number of members our Association budget has gotten a little tighter every year, but we still have a very healthy reserve that would cover any emergencies that might come up.
If you have any questions about your dues money--where it goes and what it's used for--feel free to email or give me a call on my cell phone.
--Ryan--
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Monday, January 16, 2012
Friday, September 2, 2011
This Year's Dues
Hello friends,
I wanted to provide you with a breakdown of where your dues dollars go, by organization. The numbers below are for a full-time employee; if you're less than 1.0 fte and you want this analysis, please let me know and I'll get that for you ASAP!
NEA Dues: $178 a year, or $14.83 a month. This helps to support the work that goes on at the national level, as well as covering the costs associated with the liability insurance you have as an NEA member.
WEA Dues: $410 a year, or $34.17 a month. Your WEA dues pay for the staff in our Federal Way office that keep the organization running, as well as partly for the field staff around the state that are available for work issues.
UniServ Dues: $140.28 a year, or $11.69 a month. The UniServ is our WEA-Eastern office, and these dues support the staff there as well as the trainings that we attend regarding budgeting, grievances, and the like.
Local Dues: $60 a year, or $5 a month. If you've taken a look at the Association budget you know where this goes--our two biggest spending items are the scholarships that we offer every year and the stipends for building reps, the bargaining team, and the exec board.
If you add those all up you'll come up with $65.69 a month. Some of you may be paying more than that if you contribute to the WEA Political Action Committee ($2.25 a month, $27 a year) or the NEA Fund for Children ($1 a month, $12 a year). There's also an additional $1 a month for what's known as the Community Outreach fund, which is used to pay for grants to locals for projects in the community.
If you have questions about the money and where it goes, feel free to ask--you have the right, and the only way to keep a right healthy is to exercise it! :-)
With thanks,
--Ryan--
I wanted to provide you with a breakdown of where your dues dollars go, by organization. The numbers below are for a full-time employee; if you're less than 1.0 fte and you want this analysis, please let me know and I'll get that for you ASAP!
NEA Dues: $178 a year, or $14.83 a month. This helps to support the work that goes on at the national level, as well as covering the costs associated with the liability insurance you have as an NEA member.
WEA Dues: $410 a year, or $34.17 a month. Your WEA dues pay for the staff in our Federal Way office that keep the organization running, as well as partly for the field staff around the state that are available for work issues.
UniServ Dues: $140.28 a year, or $11.69 a month. The UniServ is our WEA-Eastern office, and these dues support the staff there as well as the trainings that we attend regarding budgeting, grievances, and the like.
Local Dues: $60 a year, or $5 a month. If you've taken a look at the Association budget you know where this goes--our two biggest spending items are the scholarships that we offer every year and the stipends for building reps, the bargaining team, and the exec board.
If you add those all up you'll come up with $65.69 a month. Some of you may be paying more than that if you contribute to the WEA Political Action Committee ($2.25 a month, $27 a year) or the NEA Fund for Children ($1 a month, $12 a year). There's also an additional $1 a month for what's known as the Community Outreach fund, which is used to pay for grants to locals for projects in the community.
If you have questions about the money and where it goes, feel free to ask--you have the right, and the only way to keep a right healthy is to exercise it! :-)
With thanks,
--Ryan--
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