Credit Union/Bank Deductions. Upon provision of appropriate documentation and signed authorization cards the Company will deduct a voluntary after tax dollar amount from the Employees’ paycheck and will make payment to one union designated credit union. Employees shall have the right to make a selection of one banking or credit union institution per branch office. Employees may express such authorizations by submitting to the Local Union a written membership application, through electronically recorded phone calls, by submitting to the Local Union an online deduction authorization, or by any other means of indicating agreement so long as the Union can establish that such method is verifiable and allowable under state and federal law to the Employer’s satisfaction. An authorization shall be considered verifiable where the Union provides documentation that an employee authorized the specific terms of the payroll deduction either on paper through a written signature, via electronic signature on an on-line or other electronic form that includes the specific terms of the deduction or via an electronically recorded phone call in which the employee authorized such deductions after being informed of the specific terms. Authorized deductions for union dues or an amount equal to union dues shall be revocable, regardless of the employee’s membership status, in accordance with the terms under which an employee voluntarily authorized said deductions. Under no circumstances shall the period of irrevocability for any employee be more than one year or beyond the termination date of the applicable collective bargaining agreement, whichever occurs first. The Local Union agrees to indemnify and hold the Employer harmless against any and all claims, suits, orders, or judgments brought or issued against the Employer as a result of any action taken by the Employer pursuant to any communication from the Local Union under the provisions of this Article. The Local Union shall be responsible for defending any such action and paying all attorneys’ fees and costs incurred in defending against such actions.
