Common use of UNION MEMBERSHIP AND DEDUCTIONS Clause in Contracts

UNION MEMBERSHIP AND DEDUCTIONS. 4.01 Neither the Employer nor the Union will compel employees to join the Union. The Employer will not discriminate against any employee because of Union membership or lack of it and will inform all new employees of the contractual relationship between the Employer and the Union. Before commencing work, any new employee will be referred by the Employer to a Xxxxxxx in order to give the Xxxxxxx an opportunity to describe the Unions purposes and representation policies to the new employee. 4.02 The Union agrees that it shall make membership in the Union available to all employees covered by this Agreement. 4.03 The Employer is authorized and shall deduct from each employee’s pay an amount equal to Union dues, in accordance with the Union’s policy on dues payment. Such deductions shall go into effect with the first month of employment of an employee. The Employer shall also deduct and remit any authorized initiation fees owing to the Union. a. The total amount deducted will be turned over to the Union treasurer by the fifteenth (15th) of the month following deduction, together with an itemized list of the employees for whom the deductions are made and the amount deducted for each. The Employer shall be saved harmless for all deductions and payments made. b. The Employer shall annually report on an employee’s T-4 form (income tax slip) the amount of Union dues deducted from the employee in that year and forwarded to the Union on the employee’s behalf. 4.05 Employees who, because of conscientious objection cannot support the Union, may apply to the Union in writing explaining their objections and requesting that their deducted monies be forwarded to a registered Canadian charitable organization. If, in the judgment of the Union, the employee’s objections to supporting the Union are valid, the Union will honour the employee’s request and forward her deducted monies at the end of the calendar year to a charitable organization which will be selected by mutual agreement between the employee and the Union.