Union service personnel

Union Service Personnel

General umbrella term describing anyone who is doing the 22 month citizen service. The term includes anyone serving in a non military role but also civilian clerks,janitors working for the Union government on a permanent basis.

About 30 percent of the Union population is in apermanent Union position, including health services, courts, police,fire department, social services, schools and eductation and of course the Union military with all its branches and departments.

It should be mentioned that the Union post office and the Space Port Authority are quite profitable and create their own revenue and budget.

The 22 month service is  paid and there are five levels of service pay and three grades.

Level 1
Civilian Base labor services - Clerks, Janitors, Public maintenance  and similar low commitment and low danger occupations, etc.
 * Grade I: 2000 cr / mo, Grade II 2500 mo, Grade III 3000 Cr/mo
 * Grades depend on the level of job, but even the most base service job increases 200 cr every 7 month

Level II
Base Skill jobs such as: Health care assistants. Libary assistants, File Clerks, Union School Janitors,etc.
 * Grade I 2500cr/m, Grade II 3000 cr/mo,  Grade III 3300 cr /mo
 * Grades depend on level  of job, but here too the pay increses every  7 month by 200 cr.

Level III
Nurses, Court Clerks, police assistants, Fire department, Science Corps, Science Council, Assembly Clerk, Union Border Services, Justice Department (Corrections) etc
 * Grade I: 2800 Cr,/ mo, Grade II: 3200, cr/ mo, 3500 cr/mo
 * Most citizens in a Level III service decide to make this their professional career and extend their committment for 6 ,8, 12, or 24 years (with the option to exend after that)and with permanent commitment the pay increases to Union Civic Pay Grade A (Member of the science services  enter the Union Pay grade scheme )
 * there is also a 250 cr increase every seven month (for those who do not sign on for longer)

Level IV
Armed Forces, Army, Navy, Reserves. (Marines and Space Force do not offer 22 month service positions) Ranger Service, Frontier Med Service,etc.
 * Grade I : 2850 Cr/mo, Grade II 3300 cr/ mo , Grade III 3600 cr/ mo (same as Paygrade E1)
 * there are no increases but "service bonuses" that are applied on a custom decision base and depending where the service is to be rendered (frontier locations get a 150 cr bonus, locations outside Union Space earns an extra 250 cr)

Level V
RAvE service, NAVINT service, Union News Bureau - rare and usually offered and not chosen.
 * Grade I: 3500 Cr/Mo, Grade II: 4000 Cr/mo, Grade III 5000 Cr/ mo.
 * Level V is only included for bureaucratic reasons and those who chose or are chosen for Level V usually serve many years and pay is not their motivation to serve at all.

Perks

 * Union Service has also certain perks such as Union Service Canteens on space ports, large official buildings with larger staff. Every Union Service being past or present can eat in any UnionCanteen for free.
 * While on active 22 month service, space bus tickets are free.
 * There is a pension fund that can be started (and later maintained even when no longer in service)
 * Federal Life insurance for 20 cr /mo pays 20,000,000 million in the case of death during service, no matter the reason
 * All levels include vocational training or in case of Science careers / Med careers University and College placement.
 * (Union college and University students earn a monthly income while studying (if they serve or served their 22 month)