At the current affiliation dues rate and given our current membership, getting into compliance with our AAUP national affiliation dues would cost our union approximately an additional $65,000 this fiscal year alone. That amount would almost certainly go up every subsequent year given that AAUP national’s affiliation dues increase each year by a percentage pegged to inflation. Since 2020, those annual increases have averaged roughly 3.45%. Moreover, we would almost certainly be expected to pay back the arrears in our affiliation dues going back to 2020 (currently over $345,000 and increasing every quarter).
