Investing in Equity: Paying the Same Share; Meet the Candidates

Investing in Equity: Paying the Same Share

To ensure that every IAPE-represented employee pays the same share of their wages for union representation, IAPE’s board of directors is asking members to vote YES on the question of whether to remove the current cap on our dues. 

IAPE’s dues assessment of 0.7% of gross pay per pay period is the lowest among our industry peers and the $22.04 cap has resulted in the union’s lowest paid members paying a greater share of their wages for union representation. 

The board isn’t seeking to change the 0.7% rate, only to remove the cap to bring equity to our dues. Anyone making less than $81,862 a year will see no change to the amount of dues paid to the union if this measure passes. (You can see how your dues will be affected with our Dues Calculator.)

Any future change to the dues structure would require the same process: approval by a two-thirds majority of the board and approval of a majority of our members voting in a secret ballot according to IAPE’s bylaws.

Eligible members will begin receiving ballots by mail from the American Arbitration Association starting Monday Oct. 5. Ballots will be due back to AAA’s headquarters in New York by 5 p.m. on Wednesday Nov. 4.

Meet the Candidates

Along with the proposal to remove the dues cap, eligible members will make their choice for the union’s next president, the only contested position for the union’s next slate of leaders, on the same paper ballot from AAA. 

Candidates Jodi Green of Princeton and Stephen Nakrosis of New York have been updating members on their visions for the future of IAPE on our elections blog. See the latest posts from the candidates and find times to meet them yourself.