Union-Related Payroll Deductions. A. METRO will rely on a written certification from the Union requesting that the METRO deduct from employees’ salaries or wages an amount equal to the Union’s monthly dues, initiation fees, and general assessments authorized by the Union Bylaws, and for the payment of any other membership benefit program sponsored by the organization. The Union will certify that it has on file and will obtain and maintain signed employee authorizations for said wage deductions and will represent to METRO that each bargaining unit employee is affirmatively consenting to the deductions consistent with federal law. After providing the certification, the Union will not be required to provide a copy of individual authorizations to METRO unless a dispute arises about the existence or terms of the authorization. The Union will, each month, provide METRO with a list of changes in authorizations occurring that month. The Union will, each year, provide METRO with a list of all employees in the bargaining unit who have authorized deductions, and which deductions they have authorized.
B. Based on the written certification described above, METRO will deduct, monthly, the amount of Union regular and periodic dues and any deductions as may be specified by the Union under the authority of an authorization card signed by the employee. Dues and other deductions for employees will only be made pursuant to the written certification from the Union. The monies shall be remitted to the Union.
C. A written statement of the names and amounts deducted will be forwarded promptly to the Union office, at the address specified by the Union.
D. METRO will provide the Union with a list of newly hired unit members.
E. The employee’s earnings must be sufficient, after all other required deductions are made, to cover the amount of the deductions authorized by this Section. When an employee is in a non-pay status for an entire pay period, no deductions for Union dues or fees will be made to cover that pay period. If an employee is in a non-pay status for part of the pay period such that employee’s wages are not sufficient to cover the full deduction, METRO will not deduct Union dues. All other required and authorized deductions have priority over the Union dues. The Union agrees to keep an adequate itemized record of its financial transactions and to retain a copy of its most recent financial statement.
F. Errors in the deduction list shall be corrected by the Union by adjustment included in the subsequent d...
