Article 7 - Payroll Deduction of Union Dues

Feb 27, 2006 2:10 PM

1. An Employee who desires to become a member of the Union may execute a written authorization in the form annexed hereto as Exhibit A.  Upon receipt of such authorization from an Employee the Employer will, pursuant to such authorization, deduct from the wages due the Employee in each pay period the regular dues fixed by the Union. However, the first deduction shall not be required to be made earlier than the first pay period following completion of the Employee’s first thirty (30) days of employment but will include the first thirty (30) days of employment if authorized by the Employee. 
2. The Employer shall be relieved from making such “check-off” deductions upon: (a) termination of employment, (b) transfer to a title outside the bargaining unit, (c) layoff from work, (d) an agreed leave of absence, or (e) revocation of the check-off authorization in accordance with its terms or with applicable law.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, upon the return of an Employee to work from any of the above-mentioned absences, the Employer will immediately resume the obligation of making such deductions, except that deductions for terminated Employees shall require a new dues authorization form.  The Employer shall not be obligated to make dues deductions of any kind from any Employee who, during any dues period involved, shall have failed to receive sufficient salary to equal the dues deduction.
3. By the twentieth (20^th) of each month, the Employer shall remit to the Union all deductions for dues made from the salary of Employees for the preceding month, together with a list of all Employees and the amount of dues deducted from each Employee’s earnings.  The Employer shall also identify any Employee or former Employee for whom dues are not deducted and transmitted as provided herein, and the reason for failure to deduct and transmit.
4. It is specifically agreed that the Employer assumes no obligation, financial or otherwise, arising out of the provisions of this Article, and the Union hereby agrees that it will indemnify and hold the Employer harmless from any claims, actions or proceedings by an Employee arising from deductions made by the Employer hereunder.  Once the funds are remitted to the Union, their disposition thereafter shall be the sole and exclusive obligation and responsibility of the Union.