RECOGNITION AND DUES CHECK-OFF. Section 2.01. The City recognizes the Lodge as the exclusive representative with respect to wages, hours, terms, and other conditions of employment of the Employees in the Bargaining Unit described below. Section 2.02. There shall be no discrimination by the City or the Lodge against any Employee on the basis of such Employee’s membership or non-membership in the Lodge. Section 2.03. Upon presentation of a written deduction authorization signed by an employee, the City agrees to deduct the periodic dues, initiation fees, and assessments of members of the Lodge from the available wages earned by such Employee each month and to transmit the same to the Lodge on or before the last working Friday of the month in the month in which such sums were deducted. This authorization shall terminate immediately following the City’s receipt of such Employee’s written notice to cancel the deduction of the union dues from such Employee’s paycheck. Section 2.04. The Lodge shall certify the amounts to be deducted from each Employee’s paycheck under Paragraph 2.03 above and the City shall be entitled to rely upon the accuracy of such certification and shall not be liable to any Employee by reason of any error in such certification. The Lodge shall indemnify and save harmless the City from and against any claim or demand brought or asserted by any Employee by reason of the City deducting from such Employee’s paycheck the amount certified by the Lodge under the provisions of this paragraph.
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement
