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Protect Your Union Membership with AutoPay

Switch to AutoPay and ensure that we can continue to advocate for our future together for years to come.
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By: National Education Association
Published: January 2, 2025

Switching to AutoPay is: Easy, Quick, and a One-Time Change

In certain states across the country, anti-education politicians are trying to weaken our union by mandating that educators switch from automatic payroll deduction to maintain their union membership. Luckily, switching to AutoPay is easy!

 Switch Your Dues to AutoPay

Together, educators have won changes that improve our daily lives, from pay raises to protected planning time. 

However, not everyone wants us to succeed. Anti-education politicians in states across the country see our union as a threat to their corporate donors and political future. They are using every tool to weaken our voices, including eliminating our ability to pay our dues through automatic payroll deductions.

Since 2010, a number of state legislatures have enacted laws that bar or severely restrict public employers from deducting union dues from employees’ wages, including Wisconsin in 2011, Michigan in 2012, Iowa in 2017, and Indiana and West Virginia in 2021. The dam burst open, however, in 2023, when four states—Arkansas, Florida, Kentucky, and Tennessee—enacted payroll deduction prohibitions.

If your state legislature has enacted payroll deduction prohibitions, or if these prohibitions are a looming threat, switching your dues payments from automatic payroll deductions to can protect your union membership.

Sign up once and you’re done!

Make sure anti-education politicians can’t take away your union membership. Here’s what you’ll need to switch to AutoPay:

  • Make sure you have your credit card or bank information ready
  • To log into your dues collection system, you will need your NEA Member ID and ZIP code.

Make the Switch to AutoPay

Updating your payment method to AutoPay helps us ensure anti-education politicians and their allies don’t stop us from advocating for the working conditions we need and the learning conditions our students deserve.

AutoPay is a convenient way to pay dues through automatic deductions from a checking or savings account, credit card, or personal/bank check. AutoPay is done through a secure bank site, keeping your financial information private and safe.

It’s a simple switch that only takes a few minutes. The amount stays the same, and our dues will still be deducted on payday.

Thank you for taking action to protect your union membership and ensure that we can continue to advocate for our future for years to come!

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