Posted:
December 2, 2015
Membership dues and initiation fees in American Maritime Officers will not increase in 2016.
The decision to hold dues and fees at current levels caps a calendar year marked by accumulating operating budget surpluses and responsible spending cuts - including substantial salary reductions at our union's highest administrative levels.
Another significant influence behind the decision was a steady increase in timely dues payments made directly to AMO by deep-sea, Great Lakes and inland waters members or to our union through authorized deductions from AMO Vacation Plan benefits.
Additional dues revenue was generated by new AMO jobs on container ships and tankers delivered this year for service in Jones Act markets.
Under Article V of the AMO National Constitution, the AMO National Executive Board can authorize annual membership dues and initiation fee increases, but it must do so on or before November 1, with the increases effective the following January 1. Because there will be no dues or initiation fee increases in 2016, no action was required of the board this year.
A membership dues increase that had been approved in October 2014 for this year was withdrawn in February.
Paul Doell
National President
No AMO membership dues increase in 2016
Membership dues and initiation fees in American Maritime Officers will not increase in 2016.
The decision to hold dues and fees at current levels caps a calendar year marked by accumulating operating budget surpluses and responsible spending cuts - including substantial salary reductions at our union's highest administrative levels.
Another significant influence behind the decision was a steady increase in timely dues payments made directly to AMO by deep-sea, Great Lakes and inland waters members or to our union through authorized deductions from AMO Vacation Plan benefits.
Additional dues revenue was generated by new AMO jobs on container ships and tankers delivered this year for service in Jones Act markets.
Under Article V of the AMO National Constitution, the AMO National Executive Board can authorize annual membership dues and initiation fee increases, but it must do so on or before November 1, with the increases effective the following January 1. Because there will be no dues or initiation fee increases in 2016, no action was required of the board this year.
A membership dues increase that had been approved in October 2014 for this year was withdrawn in February.
Paul Doell
National President