UNION MEMBERSHIP AND DUES. 3.1 It shall be a condition of employment that each employee covered by this Agreement who voluntarily is or who voluntarily becomes a member of the Union shall remain a member of same during the term of this Agreement. It shall also be a condition of employment that each employee hired prior to January 1, 1972, currently covered by this Agreement, who is not a member of the Union, shall on or before the thirtieth (30th) day following said date either join the Union or pay an amount equivalent to the regular monthly dues of the Union to the Union. Any employee hired or appointed to a position into a bargaining unit covered by this Agreement on or after January 1, 1972, shall on or before the thirtieth (30th) day following the beginning of such employment join the Union. Failure by any such employee to apply for and/or maintain such membership in accordance with this provision shall constitute cause for discharge of such employee; provided however, the requirements to apply for Union membership and/or maintain union membership shall be satisfied by the employee's payment of the regular initiation fee or regular reinitiation fee and the regular dues uniformly required by the Union of its members. 3.1.1 A temporary employee may, in lieu of the Union membership requirements set forth within Section 3.1, pay a Union service fee in an amount equivalent to one and one-half percent (1½%) of the total gross earnings received by the temporary employee for all hours worked within the bargaining unit each biweekly pay period, commencing with the thirty-first (31st) day following the temporary employee's first date of assignment to perform bargaining unit work. 3.1.2 Employees who are determined by the Public Employment Relations Commission to satisfy the religious exemption requirements of RCW
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement
UNION MEMBERSHIP AND DUES. 3.1 4.1 It shall be a condition of employment that each employee covered by this Agreement who voluntarily is or who voluntarily becomes a member of the said Union shall remain a member of same during the term of this Agreement. It shall also be a condition of employment that each employee hired prior to January 1, 1972, currently covered by this Agreement, Agreement who is not a member of the UnionUnion shall, shall on or before the thirtieth (30th) day following said date date, either join the Union or pay an amount equivalent to the regular monthly dues of the Union to the Union. Any employee hired or appointed to a position into a bargaining unit covered by this Agreement on or after January 1, 1972, shall on or before the thirtieth (30th) day following the beginning of such employment join the appropriate Union. Failure by any such employee to apply for and/or maintain such membership in accordance with this provision shall constitute cause for discharge of such employee; provided provided, however, the requirements to apply for Union membership and/or maintain union Union membership shall be satisfied by the employee's payment an offer of the regular initiation fee or regular reinitiation fee and employee to pay the regular dues uniformly required by the Union of its members.
3.1.1 A temporary employee may, in lieu of the Union membership requirements set forth within Section 3.1, pay a Union service fee in an amount equivalent to one and one-half percent (1½%) of the total gross earnings received by the temporary employee for all hours worked within the bargaining unit each biweekly pay period, commencing with the thirty-first (31st) day following the temporary employee's first date of assignment to perform bargaining unit work.
3.1.2 4.1.1 Employees who are determined by the Public Employment Relations Commission to satisfy the religious exemption requirements of RCWRCW 41.56.122 shall contribute an amount equivalent to regular Union dues to a nonreligious charity or to another charitable organization mutually agreed upon by the employee affected and the bargaining representative to which such employee would otherwise pay the regular monthly dues.
4.1.2 A temporary employee shall pay to the Union in lieu of the union membership requirement of Article 4, a service fee in an amount equal to the Union's regular monthly dues uniformly required of regular City employees, commencing with the thirty-first (31st) day following the temporary employee’s first date of assignment to perform bargaining unit work.
4.1.3 The City shall notify the Union of the following information within thirty (30) calendar days of the date of employment: name, address, job classification, job location and date of hire into the bargaining unit.
4.2 When an employee fails to fulfill the above obligation, the Union shall provide the employee and the City with thirty (30) days’ written notification of the Union's intent to initiate discharge action and during this period the employee may make restitution in the amount that is overdue. If an employee has not fulfilled the Union membership obligation as described in Section 4.1 by the end of the applicable discharge notification period, the Union shall thereafter notify the City Director of Labor Relations in writing, with a copy to the affected department and employee, of such employee's failure to abide by Section 4.
1. In this notice the Union shall specifically request discharge of the employee for failure to abide by the terms of the Labor Agreement between the City and the Union.
4.3 The City shall deduct from the pay check of each employee who has so authorized it, the regular initiation fee and regular monthly dues uniformly required of members of the Union. The amounts deducted shall be transmitted monthly to the Union on behalf of the employees involved. The Union agrees to indemnify and save harmless the City from any and all liability arising out of this Article. Authorization by the employee shall be on a form approved by the parties hereto and may be revoked by the employee upon request. The performance of this function is recognized as a service to the Union by the City.
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement
UNION MEMBERSHIP AND DUES. 3.1 It shall be a condition of employment that each employee covered by this Agreement who voluntarily is or who voluntarily becomes a member of the said Union shall remain a member of same during the term of this Agreement. It shall also be a condition of employment that each employee hired prior to January 1, 1972, currently covered by this Agreement, who is not a member of the Union, shall on or before the thirtieth (30th) day following said date either join the appropriate Union or pay an amount equivalent to the regular monthly dues of the Union to the Union. Any employee hired or appointed to a position into a bargaining unit covered by this Agreement on or after January 1, 1972, shall on or before the thirtieth (30th) day following the beginning of such employment join the appropriate Union. Failure by any such employee to apply for and/or maintain such membership in accordance with this provision shall constitute cause for discharge of such employee; provided however, the requirements to apply for Union membership and/or maintain union membership shall be satisfied by the employee's payment of the regular initiation fee or regular reinitiation fee and the regular dues uniformly required by the Union of its members.
3.1.1 A temporary employee may, in lieu of the Union membership requirements set forth within Section 3.1, pay a Union service fee in an amount equivalent to one and one-half percent (1½%) of the total gross earnings received by the temporary employee for all hours worked within the bargaining unit each biweekly pay period, commencing with the thirty-first (31st) day following the temporary employee's first date of assignment to perform bargaining unit work.
3.1.2 Employees who are determined by the Public Employment Relations Commission to satisfy the religious exemption requirements of RCW
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement