Common use of Membership Option Clause in Contracts

Membership Option. All full-time and part-time nurses who are members of the Association, or who agree to pay a fee for collective bargaining service, at the time of ratification of this Agreement, and all full-time and part-time nurses who voluntarily join the Association, or who agree to pay a fee for collective bargaining service, during the term of this Agreement must retain that status in good standing as a condition of continued employment. All full-time and part-time nurses hired after April 30, 2004, shall have thirty (30) calendar days from the date of employment (hire) in which to give written notice by certified mail to the Association of their intention not to join the Association (such notice must be postmarked within thirty (30) calendar days of hire, and a copy furnished to the Hospital). If the newly employed nurse fails to exercise the foregoing option within thirty (30) calendar days, then said nurse shall be required to become and remain a member of the Association in good standing within thirty-one (31) calendar days of employment (hire) as a condition of continued employment. Good standing is herein defined as the tendering of the Association dues or service fees on a timely basis. Nurses who fail to comply with this requirement shall be discharged by the Hospital within thirty (30) calendar days after receipt of written notice to the Hospital from the Association unless the nurse fulfills the membership or service fee obligation set forth in this Agreement within that thirty

Membership Option. All full-time and time, part-time and per diem nurses who are members of the Association, or who agree to pay a fee for collective bargaining service, at the time of ratification of this Agreement, and all full-time and time, part-time and per diem nurses who voluntarily join the Association, or who agree to pay a fee for collective bargaining service, during the term of this Agreement must retain that status in good standing as a condition of continued employment. All full-time and partpati-time nurses, and per diem nurses hired after April 30, 2004ratification, shall have thirty (30) calendar days from the date of employment (hire) in which to give written notice by certified mail email to the Association of their intention not to join the Association (a copy of such notice must shall be postmarked within thirty (30) calendar days of hire, and a copy furnished to the Hospital). If the newly employed nurse fails to exercise the foregoing option within thirty (30) calendar days, then said nurse shall be required to become and remain a member of the Association in good standing within thirty-one (31) calendar days of employment (hire) as a condition of continued employment. Good standing is herein defined as the tendering of the Association dues or service fees on a timely basis. Nurses who fail to comply with this requirement shall be discharged by the Hospital within thirty thitiy (30) calendar days after receipt of written notice to the Hospital from the Association unless the nurse fulfills the membership or service fee obligation set forth fotih in this Agreement within that thirtythirty (30) day period, and such discharge shall be deemed for just cause pursuant to this Agreement.