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Originally Posted by fixed_truth
I think on the enrollment pack there should be a membership box to tick ($300 fee) and an opt-out box ($100 levy - to cover the services eg advocacy services, that all students benefit from).
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So before yesterday, university student unions membership in general are opt-out. Auckland voted to make it opt-in instead of opt-out a while ago, but they still have a union. That just shows the strength of the union. You don't need social engineering like opt-out to inflate union popularity.
That sorry episode of Waikato student union collapsing after they voted for VSM just showed that those who ran the union to ground were muppets. Auckland showed that it CAN work. It just has to be run differently.