UNION MEMBERSHIP AND DUES DEDUCTION Clause Samples

The "Union Membership and Dues Deduction" clause establishes the employer's obligations regarding employees' union membership and the automatic deduction of union dues from their paychecks. Typically, this clause outlines whether union membership is required or optional for employees and details the process by which dues are collected and remitted to the union, such as specifying payroll deduction procedures and timelines. Its core function is to ensure consistent and efficient collection of union dues while clarifying the employer's administrative responsibilities, thereby supporting union operations and reducing disputes over dues payments.
UNION MEMBERSHIP AND DUES DEDUCTION. 4.01 All Employees have the right: (a) to be members of the Union and to participate in its lawful activities; (b) to bargain collectively with the Employer through the Union. 4.02 The Employer will, as a condition of employment, deduct from the earnings of each Employee covered by this Collective Agreement an amount equal to the dues as determined by the Union. The Union acknowledges that the deductions of amounts equal to the dues does not constitute membership in the Union and membership in the Union shall continue to be voluntary. 4.03 Consistent with the payroll system of the Employer, the Union will advise the Employer of the amount of its membership dues. An amount equal to said membership dues will be deducted from each Employee at the prescribed rate and remitted to the Union not later than the fifteenth (15th) of the month following. The remittance shall be accompanied by a list specifying the following: (a) the Employee's name; (b) mailing address; (c) classification; (d) site(s); (e) Employee status; (Regular Full-time, Part-time, Temporary, Casual); (f) Basic Rate of Pay; (g) the amount of deduction for each Employee; (h) the Employee's gross pay; (i) personal phone number; (j) Employee number; (k) starting date; (l) Employees on long term absence status where applicable. Long term absence shall mean any absence in excess of six (6) months; and (m) unless already provided, a separate listing of all Casual Employees including the name of the Employee and date of hire. 4.04 The dues structure of the Union shall be on a percentage basis and the Union shall give not less than thirty (30) days notice of any change in the rate at which dues are to be deducted. Any change in the amount of deductions shall be implemented by the Employer at the next possible pay period following expiry of the notice period. 4.05 Where an accounting adjustment is necessary to correct an over or under payment of dues, it shall be effected in the succeeding month. 4.06 The Employer shall indicate the dues deducted and enter the amount on the T-4 slip supplied to the Employee.
UNION MEMBERSHIP AND DUES DEDUCTION. (2019) A. Union Membership 1. Membership in MSEA-SEIU is not a condition of employment with the Judicial Branch. 2. Employees in positions covered by this Agreement may become members in MSEA- SEIU or drop their membership at any time, including during their first six (6) months of employment, by providing a written request to MSEA-SEIU. 3. MSEA-SEIU is solely responsible for processing any change to membership status. 4. MSEA-SEIU shall promptly notify the Judicial Branch of any validly executed membership application or request to drop membership. 5. In the event that the Judicial Branch receives a membership application or a request to drop membership directly from an employee, it shall promptly forward such application or request to MSEA-SEIU for processing. 6. It may take up to four (4) weeks to process a validly executed membership application or request to drop membership.
UNION MEMBERSHIP AND DUES DEDUCTION. 4.01 All Employees have the right: (a) to be members of the Union and to participate in its lawful activities; and (b) to bargain collectively with the Employer through the Union. 4.02 Membership in the Union is voluntary. 4.03 Consistent with the payroll system of the Employer, the Union will advise the Employer of the bi-weekly amount of its membership dues. An amount equal to said membership dues will be deducted from each Employee at the prescribed rate and remitted to the Union no later than the fifteenth (15th) of the month following. The remittance shall be accompanied by a listing of: (i) Employee names and identification number; (ii) mailing addresses; (iii) work location; (iv) classification and status; (v) gross pay including hourly rate of pay; (vi) and the amount of the deduction from each employee. Such lists shall indicate newly hired Employees, Active Employees, Employees on long term absence and Terminated Employees (for the month they are terminated only). 4.04 The dues structure of the Union shall be on a percentage basis and the Union shall give not less than thirty (30) days notice to any change in the rate at which dues are to be deducted. Any change in the amount of deductions shall be implemented by the Employer at the next possible pay period following expiry of the notice period. 4.05 The Employer shall indicate the dues deducted and enter the amount on the T-4 Slips supplied to the Employee. 4.06 All Employees shall be required to pay Union Dues. The Employer shall, therefore, as a condition of employment, deduct each pay period the amount of the Union Dues as set by the Union from time to time from the pay of all Employees.
UNION MEMBERSHIP AND DUES DEDUCTION. 3.1.1 OC shall inform new employees that a collective agreement between OC and the Association is in effect, and of the conditions of employment set out in sections 3.1.2 and 3.
UNION MEMBERSHIP AND DUES DEDUCTION. A. Union Membership 1. Membership in MSEA-SEIU is not a condition of employment with the Executive Branch. 2. Employees in positions covered by this Agreement may become members in MSEA-SEIU or drop their membership at any time, including during their first six (6) months of employment, by providing a written request to MSEA-SEIU. 3. MSEA-SEIU is solely responsible for processing any change to membership
UNION MEMBERSHIP AND DUES DEDUCTION. A. During the term of this Agreement, for current Union members and those who choose to join the Union, the City shall deduct once each month all Union dues and fees uniformly levied from the wages of each employee who executes an Authorization for Payroll Deduction form regardless of the employee's continued membership in the Union. The City shall transfer amounts deducted to the Washington State Council of County and City Employees. Authorizations for Payroll Deduction forms are valid whether executed in writing or electronically. Upon issuance and transmission of a check to the Union, the City's responsibility shall cease with respect to such deduction. An employee may revoke their authorization for payroll deduction of Union dues and fees by providing written notice of the revocation to the City and Union. The Union hereby undertakes to indemnify and hold the City harmless from all claims, demands, suits or other forms of liability that may arise against the City from the application of this Article. B. The City shall provide an electronic copy of the Authorization for Payroll Deduction and Representation via email to ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇@▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇.▇▇▇ within 10 business days of the employee executing the document. The City shall provide to the Union monthly a complete list of all bargaining unit members that includes Employee name, work address, home address, work phone, personal phone, work email, personal email, birth date, hire date in current bargaining unit, job classification, department, hours worked, and hourly base wage. C. The City shall honor the terms and conditions of each employee's Authorization for Payroll Deduction. Whether an employee is a Union member or not, the City shall continue to deduct and remit Union dues and fees to the Union until such time as the Union notifies the City that the dues authorization has been properly terminated in compliance with the terms of the payroll deduction authorization executed by the employee, unless the employee has revoked such authorization and provided written notice of such revocation to the City and Union. D. Newly hired employees shall be considered probationary employees for a period of twelve months following their hire date. Employees promoted to a new position shall be on probation for a period of three (3) months following their promotion. Any employee failing their promotional probationary period shall be returned to the position held prior to their promotion. The probationary period can be exten...
UNION MEMBERSHIP AND DUES DEDUCTION. 5.01 All present employees, new hires and probationary employees, on the completion of their probationary period, shall as a condition of employment, become and remain members of the Union, for the term of this agreement. 5.02 Dues are defined for the purpose of this clause as the regular Union dues and Initiation fees as described by the constitution of the Union. 5.03 The Company will, upon completion of an authorization card, signed by an employee covered by this agreement, for the duration of this agreement, deduct each week, the regular weekly dues of such employees and remit monies to the Financial Secretary of the Local Union of the National Union Unifor by the tenth (10) of the month following the month in which the dues were deducted. The authorization card shall be completed prior to a new hire commencing work and the Union copy shall be forwarded to the Chairperson. 5.04 Paid vacation days and paid holidays will be considered as days worked. (a) If an employee, because of absence from work due to compensable or non- compensable sickness or injury, or approved leave of absence, has no earnings during the week, dues deductions shall be deferred to their next pay period at which time arrears will be deducted. (b) Initiation fees shall be taken off on the first pay period immediately after an employee has completed four weeks of his/her probationary period. (c) The Company agrees to supply the Unifor National Representative with a list of all employee’s names, addresses, phone numbers and postal codes upon ratification of this agreement. The Company further agrees to provide to the Financial Secretary of the Local Union with a quarterly list of names, addresses, phone numbers and postal codes of all employees including new hires. (d) The Company agrees to include on an employee’s T4 slip for income tax purposes, the total Union dues paid for the year excluding any initiation fees. (e) The Union agrees to indemnify and save the Company harmless against all claims or other forms of liability that might arise out of, or by reason of, deductions made or payments made in accordance with this article.
UNION MEMBERSHIP AND DUES DEDUCTION. SECTION 1 The United Mine Workers of America will notify the Employer of the dues or Contract Service Fee to be deducted prior to the effective date of the agreement and annually thereafter. SECTION 2 The Employer agrees to authorize the Commissioner to deduct membership dues in the amount requested once each month from the pay of any Employee in the bargaining units who have authorized the same in writing. In the event that an employee does not work or earn sufficient monies in the pay period in which dues or are deducted, they will be carried over to the next dues deduction period and will continue until all dues owed are collected. SECTION 3 All bargaining unit employees, both present and future, who is not or does not become a member of the United Mine Workers of America during the term of this Agreement may pay to the United Mine Workers of America, through payroll deduction as outlined in Section 1 above, a Contract Service Fee for the duration of this Agreement. This provision shall not require any Employee to become or remain a member of the United Mine Workers of America, nor shall the Contract Service Fee exceed the dues paid by members of the bargaining unit that are members of the United Mine Workers of America. For purposes of the Contract Service Fee, the payment does not require the written authorization of the Employee. SECTION 4 If an Employee challenges the propriety of the United Mine Workers of America use of such fee, deductions shall not continue. SECTION 5 It is further agreed that the United Mine Workers of America shall defend, and save the Employer harmless against any and all claims, demands, suits, other forms of liability which may arise out of, or be by reason of action taken or not taken in, fulfilling the obligations imposed on the Employer under this Section, except for failure to forward deducted fees. All fees deducted by the Employer from the pay of the employee shall be forwarded to the United Mine Workers of America within 30 days to the Secretary Treasurer of the United Mine Workers of America ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Fairfax, Virginia 22031-2215. A. A member may withdraw authorization for dues deduction by directing their request in writing to the Employer and the United Mine Workers of America. B. Dues deductions shall cease upon the happening of any of the following events: 1. Resignation or discharge of the employee. 2. Expiration of this agreement. 3. Submission of a written request pursuant to A above. 4. Transfer of ...
UNION MEMBERSHIP AND DUES DEDUCTION. All employees covered by this agreement shall be required, as a condition of employment, to become and remain members in good standing of the union, or financial core members to the extent consistent with law. The obligation shall commence immediately following the expiration of any new employee’s ninety (90) calendar day probationary period, or after the thirtieth day following the effective date of this agreement, whichever is later. No employee shall be terminated by the employer for non-membership in the union for reasons other than the employee’s failure to tend periodic dues or other fees uniformly required as a condition of acquiring or retaining membership. A temporary or seasonal employee who is hired directly from that temporary or seasonal status into a regular position in the same department and job classification in which they worked as a temporary or seasonal employee shall have the probationary period shortened or completely waived, as appropriate, by the time worked as a temporary or seasonal employee. The College agrees to deduct monthly and remit to the Treasurer of the Union, the amount certified to the College in writing by the Union from earned wages of employees who are members of the Union and financial core members, providing those employees individually authorize such deductions in writing to the College. The College agrees to deduct monthly and remit to the Treasurer of the Union, deductions from wages earned by the employee, in the amount authorized by the member(s) of the Union in writing, for contribution to COPE. Changes in or cessation of contributions by employees through payroll deduction will be made only at the beginning of the calendar year. Each calendar quarter the College will provide to the Union an encrypted electronic file with the name, business address, Dartmouth email address, position, grade, hourly wage, date of employment and seniority date for each member of the bargaining unit as of the date of the report and a report of the non-terminated SEIU members who are not having dues deducted. The College and the Union will work together to develop a periodic report of employees in bargaining unit positions whose probationary periods are ending in order to allow the Union the opportunity to obtain authorization for dues deductions from the employees.
UNION MEMBERSHIP AND DUES DEDUCTION. 4.01 Employees shall be permitted to wear a lapel size pin representative of their Union and acceptable to the Employer during all hours of employment. 4.02 Consistent with the payroll system of the Employer, the Union will advise the Employer of the bi-weekly (fortnightly) amount of its membership dues. An amount equal to said membership dues will be deducted from each Employee at the prescribed rate and remitted to the Union not later than the fifteenth (15th) of the month following. (a) the Employee’s name; (b) mailing address; (c) classification; (d) site(s); (e) status; (Regular Full-time, Part-time, Temporary, Casual); (f) hourly rate of pay; (g) the amount of deduction for each Employee; (h) the Employee’s gross pay; (i) personal phone number; (j) Employee number; (k) starting date; (l) seniority; (m) department; (n) Employees on long term absence status where applicable. Long term absence shall mean any absence in excess of six (6) months;