Common use of Failure to Maintain Membership Clause in Contracts

Failure to Maintain Membership. OR JOIN: Upon written notice from the Union, advising that an employee covered by this Agreement has failed to maintain membership in the Union in good standing as covered above, by payment of uniform initiation fees and/or dues as required, the Contractor shall forthwith discharge the employee unless the Contractor has reasonable grounds for believing that membership was not available to the employee on the same terms and conditions generally applicable to other members, or that membership was denied or terminated for reasons other than for failure of the employee to tender the periodic dues and initiation fees uniformly required by the Union as a condition of acquiring or maintaining membership.

Failure to Maintain Membership. OR JOIN: Upon written notice from the Union, advising that an employee covered by this Agreement has failed to maintain membership in the Union in good standing as covered above, by payment of uniform initiation fees and/or dues as required, the Contractor shall forthwith discharge the employee unless the Contractor has reasonable grounds for believing that membership mem- bership was not available to the employee on the same terms and conditions generally applicable to other members, or that membership was denied or terminated for reasons other than for failure of the employee to tender the periodic dues and initiation fees uniformly required by the Union as a condition of acquiring or maintaining membership.