Unions Aren't Free and Dues Aren't Cheap

According to NYSNA’s most recent financial report, full-time represented employees pay 1.6% of their average base salary.¹ As an RN working in Queens², you could be paying up to $1,827 a year in dues.³ Over the life of a three-year contract, you could be on the hook for over $5,400!

Instead of paying $1,827 a year for a group that can’t guarantee you any significant changes, you might rather spend your money on:

• 24 trips to the grocery store, spending $75
• 15 months of phone bill payments⁴
• 261 rides on the LIRR⁵
• 41 tanks of gas for your car, at $3.16/gallon⁶

Where does YOUR money go after the union collects?

Last year, NYSNA collected nearly $65 MILLION DOLLARS in dues. Less than 30% of that was spent on representing its members – RNs like you.
Instead of spending money on its members, NYSNA spent:

• $22 million on paying salaries to official union employees
• $12 million on general union overhead expenses
• $2.4 million on political activities and lobbying
• Nearly half a million on “contributions, gifts and grants”
  

Wouldn’t you rather choose how you want to spend your money? Before you foot the union’s bill with your hard-earned money, check their receipts.