COPE (Committee On Political Education) Sample Clauses

COPE (Committee On Political Education). The Employer shall deduct monthly or weekly a flat dollar amount, if the Employer’s payroll system permits, from the gross wages or salary of each employee who voluntarily executes the COPE payroll deduction authorization form the contributions so authorized on that form, and remit those contributions to the Union at the same time that the Employer remits to the Union the Union dues that are separately voluntarily authorized by employees to be deducted from their gross wages or salaries and remitted to the Union pursuant to Article 6, Section 2 of this Agreement. The Employer may remit COPE contributions and Union dues to the Union by a single check, or by separate checks. With each COPE contribution remittance, the Employer shall provide the Union with a written itemization setting forth as to each contributing employee his or her name, Social Security number and total contribution amount. The parties acknowledge that the Employer’s costs of administration of this COPE payroll deduction have been taken into account by the parties in their negotiation of this Agreement and have been incorporated in the wage, salary, and benefits provisions of this Agreement. The Employer's responsibility under this Section is limited solely to disbursing the funds to the Union as provided in this Section. The Union shall assume all responsibility for distribution of the COPE contribution remittance to the COPE's specified on the form.

COPE (Committee On Political Education). The Employer agrees to deduct and transmit to SEIU COPE all monies deducted per pay period from the wages of these employees who voluntarily authorize such contributions on the forms provided by SEIU Healthcare Wisconsin for that purpose. These deductions shall be sent to the Union as a separate check or transmittal at the same time as the dues and fees described in Article 5, Section 4.