IBEW Local 1228
HOW TO CALCULATE YOUR DUES AND FEES
The following is intended to help you understand your financial obligations to the
Union and how your dues and fees are calculated under the IBEW Constitution and the Bylaws of IBEW Local 1228.
1, Each member of the IBEW is required to pay a monthly per capita tax to both the International Office of the IBEW as well as to the Local Union. The current monthly per capita tax is $12.00.
2. Each member of IBEW Local 1228 also must pay Basic Dues in the amount of $5.50. For simplicity we combine the $12.00 per capita tax with the Basic dues of $5.50 and call it the monthly Basic Dues of $17.50.
3. As of May 1, 2008, the formula for Monthly Working Dues is 1.55% of gross straight –time earnings under the labor agreement covering your wages, hours and working conditions. If you work on anything other than a regular, full-time basis, you should pay the Working Dues by the 10th calendar day following each month in which you actually worked. You should also submit a copy of your approved time sheet covering the month for which you are submitting payment of Working Dues, or copies of your pay check stubs for such months as required by the Bylaws (Article XIII, section 15).
4. The Admission Fee for joining the
Union is calculated at twenty percent (20%) of the top weekly base wage rate for full-time employment in your assigned job classification appearing in the applicable labor agreement.
5. The calculations used for the monthly Working Dues are based on the assumption that you are working on a 40 hour straight time week. If this is not the case, then you should submit documentation showing your actual base wage earnings. If you are on an unpaid leave, long-term disability or other “off payroll” status, you remain obligated to pay the Basic Dues ($17.50), unless you apply for a change in your membership status to “Honorary Withdrawal” and that change is approved by the Local Union.
6. Fee Payers must pay the equivalents of the Admission Fee and both Basic Dues and Working Dues on the same basis as all IBEW members. However, a fee payer who is not actually employed in any calendar month under a labor agreement is not obligated to pay any dues equivalents for any such month. There is no similar status to “Honorary Withdrawal” status for fee payers. Dues equivalents payments are due for every calendar month in which bargaining unit work has occurred.
7. When a member falls more than three (3) months behind in dues payments, he/she will be charged a “Reinstatement Fee” of $3.00 in addition to the dues owed. They will also find that their “good standing” in the
Union has been terminated. Such a designation prevents a member from voting during contract ratification or in a Union election, or from running for office in an election. If a member becomes four (4) or more months in arrears in dues payments, the Union can ask for the termination of their job. After six (6) months of non-payment, membership is severed and the former member would have to again pay an admission fee plus all back owed dues in order to regain membership.
To return to IBEW membership and to again be in “good standing”, the former members must rejoin the Union as a new member and will be required to pay not only the back dues, but also to once again pay the admission fee. Fee payers who fall behind by six or more months in dues equivalents lose their fee payer status and must pay a new admission fee and the past dues to regain the designation of fee payer. Reasonable re-payment plans can be arranged by calling the Union office and negotiating a mutually agreed to plan.
8. Most members of the IBEW Local 1228 work under a collective bargaining agreement which includes a Checkoff Program. You may voluntarily elect to have your employer make deductions of amounts from your earnings and forward such amounts on your behalf to the Union Office for your credit. You must fill out and sign the checkoff authorization form, and return it to the Union Office to enroll. This form is a contract between you and the IBEW Local 1228, and you should read it carefully.
9. Whether or not you decide to enroll in the checkoff program, you are personally responsible for all payments of dues and fees. Therefore, until such time as the Automatic Checkoff Program goes into effect, you will remain responsible for all amounts due to the
Union . You should not rely totally on the correctness of the checkoff program, but remain aware of the amounts deducted from your paycheck since you are the responsible party for the proper payments.
10. It is important that you notify the Union Office of any change in your work status as well as changes in address or telephone numbers.
