Common use of ASSOCIATION SECURITY AND DUES DEDUCTIONS Clause in Contracts

ASSOCIATION SECURITY AND DUES DEDUCTIONS. A. Each non-probationary employee covered by this Agreement, excluding those employees who were not Association members at the time this Agreement was executed shall, as a condition of employment, join the Association or pay a service fee to the Association pursuant to the Association's "Policy Regarding Objections to Political-Ideological Expenditures" and the Administrative Procedures adopted pursuant to that Policy. The service fee shall not exceed the amount of Association dues collected from Association members. The employee may authorize payroll deduction for such fee. In the event an employee shall not pay and is not exempt from paying such service fee directly to the Association or authorize payment through payroll deduction, the Board shall, at the request of the Association, deduct the service fee from the employee's salary and remit the same to the Association under the procedure provided below. B. After a service fee payer has utilized the Association's Administrative Procedures, the procedure in all cases of non-payment of the appropriate service fee shall be as follows: 1. The Association shall notify the employee of non-compliance by certified mail, return receipt requested, explaining that he/she is delinquent in not tendering the service fee, specifying the current amount of the delinquency and warning him/her that unless the delinquent service fees are paid or a properly executed deduction form is tendered within fourteen (14) days of the Association's notification to the employee, he/she shall be reported to the Board, and a deduction of the service fee shall be made from his/her salary. 2. If the employee fails to comply, the Association shall give a copy of the letter sent to the delinquent employee and the following written notice to the Board at the end of the fourteen (14) day period. The Association certifies that (name) has failed to tender the periodic service fee required as a condition of employment under this Agreement and demands that under the terms of this Agreement, the Board deduct the delinquent service fees from the employee's salary. The Association certifies that the amount of the service fee includes only those items authorized by law. 3. The Board, upon receipt of said notice and request for deduction, shall act pursuant to Section A above. In the event of compliance at any time prior to deduction, the request for deduction will be withdrawn. The Association, in enforcing this provision, agrees not to discriminate between employees. C. With respect to all sums deducted by the Board pursuant to this Article, the Board agrees promptly to disburse said sums directly to the Association. D. Employees may object to the use of the service fee for matters not permitted by law. The procedure for making such objections is that officially adopted by the Association. A copy of the Association policy will be provided by the Association pursuant to the Association's "Policy Regarding Objections to Political-Ideological Expenditures."