Will we pay Union dues?
Yes. Education union members pay dues to support their local, statewide, and national education unions. In fact, dues from existing local unions also help support non-union public-school educators when they decide to unionize. Union dues are typically between $80 to $100 a month. Educators who are first establishing a union — like we are in Clovis — do not start paying dues until we have become union members and voted to approve our first union contract. That way we can weigh the improvements we have made in our contract against the cost of our union dues. Additionally, every Clovis educator will make a decision about whether they want to be a member of ACE.