Checkoff A. In conformity with Section 2 of the Act, 39 U.S.C. 1205, without cost to the Union, the Employer shall deduct and remit to the Union the regular and periodic Union dues from the pay of employees who are members of the Union, provided that the Employer has received a written assignment which shall be irrevo- cable for a period of not more than one year, from each employee on whose account such deductions are to be made. The Employer agrees to remit to the Union all deductions to which it is entitled fourteen (14) days after the end of the pay period for which such deductions are made. Deductions shall be in such amounts as are designated to the Employer in writing by the Union.
B. The authorization of such deductions shall be in the fol- lowing form: I hereby assign to the National Association of Letter Carriers, AFL- CIO, from any salary or wages earned or to be earned by me as your employee (in my present or any future employment by you) such regular and peri- odic membership dues as the Union may certify as due and owing from me, as may be established from time to time by said Union. I authorize and direct you to deduct such amounts from my pay and to remit same to said Union at such times and in such manner as may be agreed upon between you and the Union at any time while this authori- zation is in effect, which includes a $8.00 yearly subscrip- tion to the Postal Record as part of the membership dues. Notice: Contributions or gifts to the National Association of Letter Carriers, AFL-CIO are not tax deductible as charitable contributions for Federal income tax purposes. However, they may be tax deductible under other provi- sions of the Internal Revenue Code. This assignment, authorization and direction shall be irrevocable for a period of one (1) year from the date of delivery hereof to you, and I agree and direct that this assignment, authorization and direction shall be automatically renewed, and shall be irrevocable for suc- cessive periods of one (1) year, unless written notice is given by me to you and the Union not more than twenty
CHECK-OFF 9.01 Subject to this Article, the Employer will, as a condition of employment, deduct an amount equal to the monthly membership dues from the monthly pay of all employees in the bargaining unit. Where an employee does not have sufficient earnings in respect of any month to permit deductions made under this Article, the Employer shall not be obliged to make such deduction from subsequent salary.
9.02 The Association shall inform the Employer in writing of the authorized monthly deduction to be checked off for each employee.
9.03 For the purpose of applying clause 9.01, deductions from pay for each employee in respect of each calendar month will start with the first full calendar month of employment to the extent that earnings are available.
9.04 No employee organization, as defined in Section 3 of the Parliamentary Employment and Staff Relations Act, other than the Association, shall be permitted to have membership dues and/or other monies deducted by the Employer from the pay of employees in the bargaining unit.
9.05 The amounts deducted in accordance with clause 9.01 shall be remitted to the Association by cheque in the month following that in which their deductions were made and shall be accompanied by particulars identifying each employee and the deductions made on his/her behalf.
9.06 The Employer agrees to make deductions for other purposes on the basis of the production of appropriate documentation.
9.07 The Association agrees to indemnify and save the Employer harmless against any claim or liability arising out of the application of this Article, except for any claim of liability arising out of an error committed by the Employer limited to the amount actually involved in the error.
9.08 An employee who satisfies the Employer to the extent that he/she declares in an affidavit that he/she is a member of a religious organization, registered pursuant to the Income Tax Act, whose doctrine prevents him/her, as a matter of conscience, from making financial contributions to an employee organization and that he/she will make contributions to a charitable organization equal to dues, shall not be subject to this Article, provided that the affidavit submitted by the employee shows the registered number of the religious organization and is countersigned by an official representative of the religious organization involved. A copy of the affidavit will be provided to the Association.
