[My apologies to Brian and the list, every time I reply to MSUNAG it sets the "reply to" to the original sender instead of the list, and I keep forgetting to manually readdress replies to the list. Perhaps someone could fix that -- or could someone explain why this is the intended behavior? -- dkm] David McFarlane wrote: >Brian, > >>David McFarlane wrote: >>>Doug, >>>>On Mon, Oct 06, 2008 at 10:45:47AM -0400, David McFarlane wrote: >>>> >>>> > Don Bosman wrote: >>>> > >We currently pay $54.00 per month. "Commencing with the October 31 >>>> > >paycheck, dues will need to be accessed [sic] at a flat rate >>>> fee of $60.00 >>>> > >per >>>> > >month for each FTE"... page 1 >>>> > >>>> > Thanks. Now, to put this in perspective, how much do members of other >>>> > unions pay in dues? For that matter, what other bargaining units do we >>>> > have at MSU? I know of the CTA, but beyond that I am afraid that I do >>>> > not kept up with these matters. >>>> >>>>I don't know what CTs pay, but APSA collects $15/month. >>> >>>Thanks. I have heard that before, but I have also heard that they >>>are the exception rather than the rule. So can someone weigh in >>>with more examples so I can get a better feeling for this? >>> >>>Thanks, >>>-- dkm >>David, >> >>I don't think you are going to find many Stage Managers, Nurses, >>Skilled Trades, Operating Engineers, Service-Maintenance personnel, >>Res Advisors, or Police reading MSUNAG waiting to answer your questions... :\ >> >>Nor do I personally know anyone who belongs to any of these other >>unions, so I would ask, but I wouldn't know who to ask. > >Thanks, yes, but I thought this was all a matter of public record, >so that any of us could look this up and compile the numbers. I do >not have the wherewithal to do it myself, just hoping someone could >take care of this task for me. Should be simple for the appropriate >person, perhaps someone in personnel. > >-- dkm > Agreed. =)