New: Free Online Union Calculators Webpage!
For years, LRI offered physical strike calculators for use during union organizing campaigns. Employees could select their wage rate and length of a strike, and then use the “slide-rule” type calculator to figure out how much money they could lose during a strike.
No more shipping of paper calculators! We’ve put up a mobile-friendly Union Calculators webpage, with three different calculators. Employees can first calculate how much dues they would pay each year, then take a look at how much future income they could lose by calculating how much that same money could earn them if invested in a company 401(k). They can then calculate how big of a hit to their wallet a strike might be, including figuring in the out-of-pocket cost of continuing their health benefits during a strike.
This is a public webpage! Bookmark the site and feel free to use it as needed:
NOTE: Anyone with a smartphone can access the calculators.
