On Thu, Jan 26, 2017 at 02:09:45PM +0100, Jarle Hammen Knudsen wrote:
On Thu, 26 Jan 2017 00:36:26 -0000 (UTC), Recliner
Possibly, I'm not sure. But it would be good if the union's funds took more
of a hit from all of its political strikes.
How much does union membership cost?

Depends on the union and usually varies with salary. Most allow people
to join online these days, so will presumably have their membership fees
online as they need to tell people how much before they charge them.

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Jarle Hammen Knudsen wrote:
On Thu, 26 Jan 2017 00:36:26 -0000 (UTC), Recliner
wrote:

Jarle Hammen Knudsen wrote:
On Wed, 25 Jan 2017 09:35:17 -0000 (UTC), Recliner
wrote:

I don't know if it currently happens, but they should lose two days' pay
when a 24 hour strike spans, and therefore messes up, two working days, as
this one will.

Presumably they are compensated (if not in full) by the union's strike
fund.

See
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016...0-week-strike/



Possibly, I'm not sure. But it would be good if the union's funds took more
of a hit from all of its political strikes.

How much does union membership cost?

For Norwegian Transport Workers Union it's 1.7 % of wages plus NOK
229/month for various collective insurance policies.


The RMT fee is quite low:

Monthly

Full Rate - £20.67 (Basic salary or equivalent earnings is above £21,100
per annum)
Low Rate - £8.88 (Basic salary or equivalent earnings is below £21,100 per
annum)

See
http://www.rmt.org.uk/about/join-rmt/

"Recliner" wrote in message
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Jarle Hammen Knudsen wrote:
On Thu, 26 Jan 2017 00:36:26 -0000 (UTC), Recliner
wrote:

Jarle Hammen Knudsen wrote:
On Wed, 25 Jan 2017 09:35:17 -0000 (UTC), Recliner
wrote:

I don't know if it currently happens, but they should lose two days'
pay
when a 24 hour strike spans, and therefore messes up, two working
days, as
this one will.

Presumably they are compensated (if not in full) by the union's strike
fund.

See
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016...0-week-strike/



Possibly, I'm not sure. But it would be good if the union's funds took
more
of a hit from all of its political strikes.

How much does union membership cost?

For Norwegian Transport Workers Union it's 1.7 % of wages plus NOK
229/month for various collective insurance policies.


The RMT fee is quite low:

Monthly

Full Rate - £20.67 (Basic salary or equivalent earnings is above £21,100
per annum)

what on earth is equivalent earnings?

Low Rate - £8.88 (Basic salary or equivalent earnings is below £21,100 per
annum)

hell that's quite a marginal "tax" rate at 21,101

14,000%

tim



See
http://www.rmt.org.uk/about/join-rmt/

On Sat, 28 Jan 2017 14:13:45 +0000, Steve Fitzgerald
] wrote:

Presumably they are compensated (if not in full) by the union's strike
fund.

They get nothing from the union.

Can you elaborate on why? I would say one of the main purposes of
unions is to make strikes financially possible for the individual.

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jhk

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(Jarle Hammen Knudsen) wrote:

On Sat, 28 Jan 2017 14:13:45 +0000, Steve Fitzgerald
] wrote:

Presumably they are compensated (if not in full) by the union's strike
fund.

They get nothing from the union.

Can you elaborate on why? I would say one of the main purposes of
unions is to make strikes financially possible for the individual.

That idea declined once union members ceased to be on poverty wages. Few
people in that sort of hole these days are union members.

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Colin Rosenstiel

On Fri, Jan 27, 2017 at 04:58:36PM -0000, tim... wrote:
"Recliner" wrote in message
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The RMT fee is quite low:

Monthly

Full Rate - ??20.67 (Basic salary or equivalent earnings is above ??21,100
per annum)

what on earth is equivalent earnings?

Presumably it takes into account overtime pay.

Low Rate - ??8.88 (Basic salary or equivalent earnings is below ??21,100 per
annum)

hell that's quite a marginal "tax" rate at 21,101

14,000%

You'll get things like that anywhere that uses a banded fee structure.

Other unions have more pay bands - mine has five, plus special rates for
members who are unemployed or retired - or just use a %age of earnings.

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