Deductions, Membership Dues, and Representation Agency Fee. 4.1 Obligations Regarding Membership Dues and Representational Agency Fee 4.1.1 All bargaining unit members, as a condition of employment and continued employment, shall be members of United Academic-Adjuncts, or in lieu of membership, pay to United Academic-Adjuncts a representational agency fee which shall not exceed the cost of Union dues, to the extent such dues represent bona fide expenses of representing the bargaining unit in negotiations and contract administration. In determining these bona fide expenses and in communicating with its members, United Academic-Adjuncts shall abide by all applicable federal and state law. a. Notwithstanding paragraph 4.1.1, the following bargaining unit members are not required to either join the Union or pay a representational agency fee: 1. Visiting faculty in their first year of employment. (Visiting faculty are defined as faculty with appointments at another institution of higher education); and
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement
