Common use of Agency Shop/Agency Fee Clause in Contracts

Agency Shop/Agency Fee. The Bedford Central School District does hereby agree that no later than fifteen days after the effective date of employment, each employee who is not a member of the Association will pay to the collective bargaining agent each month a service charge toward the administration of this agreement and the representation of such employee; provided, however, that each employee will have available to him/her membership in the Bedford Teachers' Association on the same terms and conditions as are available to every other member of the Union. The service charge shall be an amount equal to the collective bargaining agent's regular and usual initiation fee, if any, and monthly dues for each month thereafter in an amount equal to the regular and monthly dues. The Bedford Central School District shall deduct such fee in the same manner the membership dues are deducted. The amount collected through the agency fee shall be used to represent the individual as a member of the bargaining unit and shall not be used toward expenditures by the organization in and of activities or causes of a political or ideological nature only incidentally related to terms and conditions of employment. Any teacher from whom an agency fee has been deducted pursuant to this provision who has any objection thereto shall be limited to processing his/her objection in accordance with Association appeal procedures contained in a separate Association document governing such appeals. The Association shall indemnify the Board for any successful monetary claim against it by any teacher which may arise out of or by reason of the Board's compliance with any of the provisions of this Article. Such indemnity shall be limited to the actual monetary amount which any teacher may successfully establish was deducted by the District and transmitted to the Association, and thereafter improperly expended by the Association in activities or causes of a political or ideological nature only incidentally related to terms and provisions of employment. Court costs and legal fees are specifically excluded from this indemnity. The Bedford Teachers' Association shall supply the Board with a list of names of non- members at least fifteen (15) days prior to the deduction of any Agency Fee.