I heartily support your belief that notaries should expect higher fees - especially in the markets with higher costs of living. But I think we need to be careful about confusing actions that can be taken by employees with what we do as independent contractors/business owners.
Only an employee can belong to a union or go on strike, if you're speaking literally. Figuratively, however, as individuals, we are all free to decide at any time what fees we will accept or not. But it means not sitting by the phone waiting for companies to call you or for an email or text to come in. You have to take some kind of action to bring in different business. |