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.