Effective May 1, 2017, District Council 38 will be increasing the Monthly Dues to offset the 2016 and 2017 Per Capita Tax increases levied by the International.
Section 17(a) of the General Constitution states in part…
- Effective January 1, 1990, and effective each January 1 of each succeeding year, the Unions per capita tax shall be automatically increased by a percentage equal to 1.8 times the percent increase in the cost-of-living during a twelve-month period ending August 31 preceding each respective effective date, as determined by the cost- of-living index {The Consumer Price Index, All Items (CPI-U)} issued by the US Bureau of Labor Statistics.
In 2016 the monthly Per Capita Tax we pay to the International increased $1.50.Although we are required to increase the Monthly Dues in conjunction with any increase in the Per Capita Tax, District Council 38 decided to postpone the 2016 increase.
Consequently, your Monthly Dues did not increase in 2016. On January 1, 2017, the Per Capita Tax increased a further $0.60.
There is never a good time to inform the membership of a dues increase, but we can not continue to absorb the increase.
Therefore, effective May 1, 2017, the Monthly Dues will increase by $2.00 for all members, excluding Life Members. Life Member’s dues will NOT be increasing.
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