Membership Subscription – Retired & Retired Associate Members – from 1st January 2017
Please note that LTB 715/16 issued on 6th December was incorrect due to an administrative error with the calculation formula. Please now find the correct subscription rates below.
CWU Rule 11.5.2 contains the following instruction:
The rate for retired and retired associate members shall increase on 1 January each
year by the same percentage increase as the known CPI at the time.
The known rate for CPI is currently 0.9% therefore in accordance with the rules of the union from 1st January 2017 the membership subscription rates for Retired and Retired Associate Members will be as follows:
CWU Contribution rates –
from 1 January 2017
New Weekly Contributions
New Monthly Contributions
“I” Rate £
“O” Rate £
“I” Rate £
“O” Rate £
Retired Members
1.35
1.15
5.84
4.97
Retired Associate Members
n/a
n/a
4.55
3.68
Any enquiries regarding this Letter to Branches should be addressed to the Senior Deputy General Secretary’s Department on telephone number 020 8971 7237, or email address sdgs@cwu.org.
Yours sincerely,
TONY KEARNS
SENIOR DEPUTY GENERAL SECRETARY
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LTB 717/16 – Membership Subscription – Retired & Retired Associate Members – from 1st January 2017

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