UNION MEMBERSHIP/SECURITY. 40 Section 2.1 All full-time regular employees of the Fire Department of the City coming 41 within the classifications covered by this Agreement shall, as of this date, be required to 42 share in the cost of maintaining and operating the Union as their collective bargaining 43 agent. The right of non-association of employees based on bona fide religious beliefs of 44 the employee is safeguarded. Such employees shall pay an amount of money 45 equivalent to regular union dues and initiation fees to a non-religious charity or to 46 another charitable organization mutually agreed upon by the employee affected and the 47 Union. The employee shall furnish written proof that such payment has been made. If 48 the employee and the Union do not reach agreement on such matter, the Public 49 Employment Relations Commission (“PERC”) shall designate the charitable 50 organization. 51 52 The foregoing provisions shall not be construed as denying the City the right to select 54 shall have the right to select and/or retain any supervisory employees as described in 55 Article 1, Section 1.3, regardless of whether such supervisor shall become a member in 56 good standing of the Union or contribute any amount of money equal to the monthly 57 Union dues. Further, nothing contained in this Section shall be construed to apply to 58 employees with less than six (6) months continuous employment. 60 Section 2.2 The City will deduct membership dues, or in the case of non-union 61 employees, the costs that are authorized by Section 2.1 above, and will pay them to the 62 Local #1296, from the wages of all employees who in writing have authorized the City to 63 do so, and submit a monthly accounting of such deduction giving the amount deducted 64 opposite the employee's name as long as such assignment is not revoked or beyond 65 the termination of this Agreement, whichever occurs first. 66 67 The City shall have no obligation to deduct the dues or costs of any employee whose 68 net pay for the payroll period, after all of the deductions, is insufficient to cover the 69 amount of the dues or costs for the particular period. The Union shall not hold the City 70 responsible for any loss of dues or costs resulting from insufficient net pay for any 71 employee. The Union agrees to refund to the City any amounts paid to it in error on 72 account of payroll deduction provisions upon presentation of proper evidence thereof.
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