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ARTICLE 4 - CHECKOFF
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The language in this Article continues unchanged from the previous Contract.
The Employer will deduct bi-weekly membership dues payable to the Union, upon receipt of a voluntary written individual authorization from any bargaining unit employee on a form mutually agreed to by the Union and the Employer.
The Employer will also deduct bi-weekly voluntary contributions to the Union's political action committee (P.E.O.P.L.E upon receipt of a voluntary written individual authorization from any bargaining unit employee on a form mutually agreed to by the Union and the Employer.
During the term of this Agreement the Union may, from time to time, request to deduct union fees or contributions to union-sponsored benefit programs. The Employer will not unreasonably withhold approval.
Employees recalled from temporary or seasonal layoff or returning from leave of absence shall resume payroll deduction of dues or fair share fees, whichever was in effect prior to the interruption of payroll status, commencing the first pay period of work.
Except for established payroll deductions for programs and organizations in effect on the effective date of this Agreement, along with any deductions for Employer sponsored programs and organizations, no additional payroll deductions for dues, fees or contributions shall be provided to any individual or organization without the prior written consent of the Union and the Employer.
Any bargaining unit employee who has served sixty (60) days and who has not submitted a voluntary membership dues deduction authorization form to the Employer shall, within thirty (30) calendar days following the effective date of this Agreement as a condition of continuing employment, tender to the Union a representation service fee. The amount shall not exceed the dues paid by similarly situated members of the employee organization who are in the bargaining unit. The Union shall continue to provide an internal rebate procedure which provides for a rebate of expenditures in support of partisan politics or ideological causes not germane to the work of employee organizations in the realm of collective bargaining.
When an employee enters the bargaining unit for any reason, the Employer shall notify the employee of this Article and provide the employee the appropriate deduction forms. Fair share fee deductions shall begin after sixty (60) days of service.
4.03 - Maintenance of Membership
All employees in the bargaining units who, on the effective date of this Agreement, are members of the Union and all employees who thereafter become members shall, as a condition of employment, remain members of the Union for the duration of this Agreement. Employees who wish to terminate their membership may do so by providing written notice to the Union at its principal offices during a thirty (30) day period commencing sixty (60) days prior to the expiration date of this Agreement.
The Union agrees to indemnify and hold the Employer harmless against any and all claims, suits, orders or judgments brought or issued against the Employer as a result of any action taken or not taken as a result of the Union under the provisions of this Article.