I'm an RN in California. I work per-diem at unionized hospital. Do I pay dues?

iluvivt, BSN, RN · Oct 17, 2012

That is most likely what your contract states. You need to find out from your HR dept or get a copy of your current contract. Typically it will be a percentage of your base hourly rate and that will be capped. When you switched to a per diem you went under a certain number of hours (per your contract) which switched you to a base rate. Your base rate is LESS than what you were paying when you were working more. Now in terms of billing you were most likely having the amt due to to the union directly out of your pay per pay period right? and now if you have decreased your hours they are billing you..You still have to pay b/c you still benefit from all the union does for your facility unless you have been granted a conscientious objector and even then you have to donate a certain amt to a charity agreed upon by all parties involved. You can also check and see if the set amt can be taken out per pay period so you do not have to deal directly with the bill.You will need to set that up with HR and payroll if that is an option,

leedocaine · Oct 17, 2012

Hmm the monthly amount is exactly 30% of my check as a perdiem.Honestly I have never joined the union to begin with, even as a full-timer.Does this change anything?

Mindful, RN · Oct 17, 2012

Hey swinkim... name of hospital and location. :geek:

QqGgKk, BSN, MSN, RN · May 2

I am in a similar situation where I work as a per diem doing only 12 hours calls. The union wants me to pay the union dues with what I feel unacceptable rate. If I don't get called in, my hourly rate is less than 10 dollars and the union wants to charge me about 40 dollars (if I do only two calls during the pay period). When I do more than 2 calls during the pay period, the union wants to charge me 80 dollars. They charge me based on my base rate as a per diem. However, I am not paid by my base rate but the call rate ( that is less than 10 dollars per hour). The union charges me to a point that I don't know if I still want to work as a per diem there. They advocate for the full time staff and care less to per diem workers yet they still charge per diem workers at the rate that is unfair for people only taking calls. I wish that California can become a right to work state soon so we don't have to be ripped off by California Nurse Association anymore.