Common use of UNION SECURITY AND CHECK-OFF Clause in Contracts

UNION SECURITY AND CHECK-OFF. 3.1 Any employee covered by this Agreement who fails to acquire or maintain membership in good standing in the Union on or before July 16, 1982 or the completion of the probationary period of that employee, whichever is later, thereafter shall be required, as a condition of employment, to acquire and maintain membership in good standing in the Union, or pay to the Union the service fees specified herein. The term “good standing” shall, for the purpose of this Article, mean that the employee has not been delinquent in tendering the periodic dues and the initiation fees uniformly required as a condition of acquiring or retaining member- ship in the Union. The service fees shall be of the same amount and payable at the same times as the periodic dues and initiation fees uniformly required as a condition of acquiring or retaining membership in the Union. 3.2 The Company agrees to make monthly payroll deductions for the periodic dues and initiation fees uni- formly required as a condition of acquiring or retaining membership in the Union, or service fees equal to said dues and the initiation fees, upon proper authorization signed by any employee covered by this Agreement, and will forward promptly the monies so deducted to the Treasurer of the Union. 3.3 Proper authorization for deduction of periodic dues and the initiation fees uniformly required as a condition of acquiring or retaining membership in the Union, or service fees equal to said dues and initiation fees, will become effective when presented in the following language: “I, , authorize and direct my employer to deduct from my wages in advance, at regu- lar intervals to be agreed upon by my employer and the Union, the regular dues and the initiation fees established by the Constitution of the Union, or a service fee equal to said dues and initiation fees. The funds so deducted shall be remitted by my employer to the Treasurer of the Union. This authorization shall remain in effect until canceled either by my written request to the Treasurer of the employ- ing Company, or by notice from the proper official of the Union to the Treasurer of the employing Company that my membership has terminated. “ ” Date Signature District 3.4 It is understood that such authorization shall be entirely voluntary on the part of such employee and limited to the period of this Agreement and extensions thereof, and shall be subject to cancellation at any time by the employee’s individual written request to the Treasurer of the Company, or by written notice from the Treasurer of the Union to the Treasurer of the Company. 3.5 Any authorization for deduction of Union dues which was proper and had been received by the Company or the Union prior to the effective date of this Agreement, shall continue to be considered a proper authorization for deduction of Union dues in accord with the terms of that authorization. 3.6 Once each month, the Union will submit to the Com- pany in writing a list of all active employees who have failed to tender the funds required in 3.1 above. The Com- pany will notify those persons named and will discontinue employment of such persons who are not in compliance with the terms of this section within thirty (30) days after such notification, upon receipt of a certificate, properly notarized, from the Union of the following: (a) That membership in the Union is available to such employee on the same terms and conditions generally applicable to other members, and (b) That membership has not been denied to any such employee nor has the membership of any such employee been terminated for reasons other than his failure to ten- der an amount equal to the periodic fees and initiation fees uniformly required as a condition of acquiring or retaining membership. 3.7 In the event the Company discharges an employee solely for failure to tender the funds required in 3.1 above, the Union agrees to protect the Company and hold it harm- less from any claim of such employee that their discharge was not justifiable.

UNION SECURITY AND CHECK-OFF. 3.1 Any employee It shall be a condition of employment that all Employees covered by this Agreement who fails to acquire or maintain membership in good standing shall become and remain members in the Union on the 31st day following the date this Article applies to their work-site or before July 16, 1982 or the completion of the probationary period of that employeetheir em- ployment, whichever is later. The requirement of membership under this section is satisfied by the payment of the financial obligations of the Union’s initiation fee and periodic dues uniformly imposed. Upon receipt by the Employer of a letter from the Union’s Secretary-Trea- surer requesting an Employee’s discharge because he or she has not met the requirements of this Article, thereafter unless the Employer questions the propri- ety of doing so, he or she shall be requireddischarged within 15 days of the letter if prior thereto he or she does not take proper steps to meet the require- ments. If the Employer questions the propriety of the discharge, as the Em- ployer shall immediately submit the matter to the Arbitrator. If the Arbitra- tor determines that the Employee has not complied with the requirements of this Article, the Employee shall be discharged within 30 days after writ- ten notice of the determination has been given to the Employer. The Employer agrees to deduct monthly dues, initiation fees, agency fees, American Dream Fund or Political Action Fund contributions, from the wages of an employee, when authorized by the employee in writing in ac- cordance with applicable law. The Union will furnish to the Employer the necessary authorization forms. At the time of hire the Employer shall give to the new Employees a condition of employmentpacket, to acquire and maintain membership in good standing in provided by the Union, containing a Union membership application form, and a dues check-off authorization form only. The Employer will send to the Union offices those forms (or pay portions thereof) that the employee chooses to fill out and return to the Employer. If the Employer fails to deduct or remit to the Union the service fees specified herein. The term “good standing” shall, for dues or other monies in accordance with this section by the purpose of this Article, mean that the employee has not been delinquent in tendering the periodic dues and the initiation fees uniformly required as a condition of acquiring or retaining member- ship in the Union. The service fees shall be twentieth (20th) day of the same amount and payable at month, the same times as the periodic dues and initiation fees uniformly required as a condition of acquiring or retaining membership in the Union. 3.2 The Company agrees to make monthly payroll deductions for the periodic dues and initiation fees uni- formly required as a condition of acquiring or retaining membership in the UnionEmployer shall pay interest on such dues, or service fees equal to said dues and the initiation fees, upon proper or con- tributions at the rate of one-half of one percent per month beginning on the thirty-first (31st) day after Employer’s receipt of written notice of de- linquency. 3.5 3.6 4.2 If an Employee does not revoke his or her dues check-off authorization signed by any employee covered by this Agreement, and will forward promptly at the monies so deducted to the Treasurer end of the Union. 3.3 Proper year following the date of authorization, or at the end of the current contract, whichever is earlier, the Employee shall be deemed to have renewed his or her authorization for deduction of periodic dues and the initiation fees uniformly required as a condition of acquiring or retaining membership in the Unionanother year, or service fees equal to said dues until the expira- tion of the next succeeding contract, whichever is earlier. The Employer shall maintain accurate employee information and transmit dues, initiation fees, will become effective when presented and all legal assessments deducted from Employees’ paychecks to the Union electronically via ACH or wire transfer utilizing the 32BJ self-service portal, unless the Union directs in writing that dues be re- mitted by means other than electronic transmittals. The transmission shall be accompanied with information for whom the following language: “I, , authorize and direct my employer to deduct from my wages in advance, at regu- lar intervals to be agreed upon by my employer and the Uniondues are transmitted, the regular amount of dues and the initiation fees established by the Constitution of the Unionpayment for each employee, or a service fee equal to said dues and initiation fees. The funds so deducted shall be remitted by my employer to the Treasurer of the Union. This authorization shall remain in effect until canceled either by my written request to the Treasurer of the employ- ing Company, or by notice from the proper official of the Union to the Treasurer of the employing Company that my membership has terminated. “ ” Date Signature District 3.4 It is understood that such authorization shall be entirely voluntary on the part of such employee and limited to the period of this Agreement and extensions thereof, and shall be subject to cancellation at any time by the employee’s individual written request to wage rate, the Treasurer of the Company, or by written notice from the Treasurer of the Union to the Treasurer of the Company. 3.5 Any authorization for deduction of Union dues which was proper and had been received by the Company or the Union prior to the effective employee’s date of this Agreement, shall continue to be considered a proper authorization for deduction of Union dues in accord with the terms of that authorization. 3.6 Once each monthhire, the Union will submit to employee’s site or site change, whether the Com- pany in writing a list of all active employees who have failed to tender employee is part-time or full-time, the funds required in 3.1 aboveemployee’s social security number, the employee’s address, and the employee’s classification. The Com- pany will notify those persons named and will discontinue employment of such persons who are not in compliance with the terms of this section within thirty (30) days after such notification, upon receipt of a certificate, properly notarized, from the Union of the following: (a) That membership in the Union is available to such employee on the same terms and conditions generally applicable to other members, and (b) That membership has not been denied to any such employee nor has the membership of any such employee been terminated for reasons other than his failure to ten- der an amount equal to the periodic fees and initiation fees uniformly required as a condition of acquiring or retaining membership. 3.7 In the event the Company discharges an employee solely for failure to tender the funds required in 3.1 above, the Union agrees to protect the Company indemnify and hold it harm- less save such Employer harmless from any claim liability incurred by reason of such employee that their discharge was not justifiabledeductions made pursuant to this Article 3.

UNION SECURITY AND CHECK-OFF. 3.1 4.1 Upon written, electronic or recorded oral request from an employee to the Union, monthly union dues plus any additional voluntary Union deductions shall be deducted from the employee’s pay and remitted to the Union. All applications or cancellations of Union membership shall be submitted by the employee to the Union. The Union shall instruct and regularly remind all bargaining unit employees to direct membership applications and cancellations to it and not to LCOG. Any written applications for Union membership and/or authorization for Union dues and/or other deductions or dues cancellations which LCOG receives will be promptly forwarded to the Union. a. The Union will maintain the written, electronic and recorded oral authorization records and will provide copies to LCOG upon request. b. Dues will continue to be deducted until the Union informs LCOG that the employee covered by this Agreement who fails has rescinded the request in writing pursuant to acquire or maintain membership in good standing the applicable procedures in the membership dues check-off authorization. Copies of all such requests for membership cancellation that LCOG receives shall be transmitted to the Union. c. A file containing new authorizations or changes in authorizations for employee Union deductions will be submitted by the Union to LCOG electronically by close of business on the business day immediately preceding the twentieth (20th) of each month. LCOG agrees that new or before July 16changed payroll deduction authorizations submitted within the above timelines shall be made for the next pay period following submission. d. The deductions so collected from all employees, 1982 together with an itemized statement, shall be remitted to the Union’s Salem headquarters within ten (10) days after such deductions are made. This information shall be provided in electronic format. This statement shall include the following information for each bargaining unit employee: Name of employee Employee ID number Gross Pay Amount of dues deducted from regular/base pay Amount deducted from regular/base pay e. Within a week of a new employee starting in or returning to a bargaining unit position, LCOG shall furnish electronically to the completion of Union the probationary period name of that employee, whichever is lateralong with the following information: home address, thereafter shall be requiredhome phone number, as a condition work email address, work phone number, work location, FTE, employee ID number, hire date, manager and classification. f. Quarterly at months 3, 6, 9, and 12 of employmentthe calendar year, to acquire and maintain membership in good standing in the Union, or pay LCOG will send to the Union the service fees specified herein. The term “good standing” shall, for the purpose of this Article, mean that the employee has not been delinquent in tendering the periodic dues and the initiation fees uniformly required as a condition of acquiring or retaining member- ship in the Union. The service fees shall be of the same amount and payable at the same times as the periodic dues and initiation fees uniformly required as a condition of acquiring or retaining membership in the Union. 3.2 The Company agrees to make monthly payroll deductions for the periodic dues and initiation fees uni- formly required as a condition of acquiring or retaining membership in the Union, or service fees equal to said dues and the initiation fees, upon proper authorization signed by any employee covered by this Agreement, and will forward promptly the monies so deducted to the Treasurer of the Union. 3.3 Proper authorization for deduction of periodic dues and the initiation fees uniformly required as a condition of acquiring or retaining membership in the Union, or service fees equal to said dues and initiation fees, will become effective when presented in the following language: “I, , authorize and direct my employer to deduct from my wages in advance, at regu- lar intervals to be agreed upon by my employer and the Union, the regular dues and the initiation fees established by the Constitution of the Union, or a service fee equal to said dues and initiation fees. The funds so deducted shall be remitted by my employer to the Treasurer of the Union. This authorization shall remain in effect until canceled either by my written request to the Treasurer of the employ- ing Company, or by notice from the proper official of the Union to the Treasurer of the employing Company that my membership has terminated. “ ” Date Signature District 3.4 It is understood that such authorization shall be entirely voluntary on the part of such employee and limited to the period of this Agreement and extensions thereof, and shall be subject to cancellation at any time by the employee’s individual written request to the Treasurer of the Company, or by written notice from the Treasurer of the Union to the Treasurer of the Company. 3.5 Any authorization for deduction of Union dues which was proper and had been received by the Company or the Union prior to the effective date of this Agreement, shall continue to be considered a proper authorization for deduction of Union dues in accord with the terms of that authorization. 3.6 Once each month, the Union will submit to the Com- pany in writing a list of all active LCOG employees who have failed to tender are paying Union dues. That list will include the funds required following information: name, employee ID number, date of birth, manager, classification, range and step, hire date, work phone number and email address, home phone number and home address. 4.2 LCOG will provide the Union a quarterly written report at months 3, 6, 9, and 12 of the calendar year of all temporary employees doing bargaining unit work. This report shall contain the following: name, classification, position, start date, actual end date and number of hours worked in 3.1 abovethose three (3) months. 4.3 LCOG will not be held liable for check-off errors but, upon discovery will make proper adjustments with the Union for errors as soon as is practicable. The Com- pany Union will notify those persons named indemnify, defend, and will discontinue employment of such persons who are hold LCOG harmless against any and all claims, demand or suits and for all legal costs that arise out of, or by reason of, actions taken or not taken by LCOG, in compliance complying with the terms provisions of this section within thirty (30) days after such notification, upon receipt of a certificate, properly notarized, from the Union of the following: (a) That membership in the Union is available to such employee on the same terms and conditions generally applicable to other members, and (b) That membership has not been denied to any such employee nor has the membership of any such employee been terminated for reasons other than his failure to ten- der an amount equal to the periodic fees and initiation fees uniformly required as a condition of acquiring or retaining membershipAgreement. 3.7 In the event the Company discharges an employee solely for failure to tender the funds required in 3.1 above, the Union agrees to protect the Company and hold it harm- less from any claim of such employee that their discharge was not justifiable.

UNION SECURITY AND CHECK-OFF. 3.1 Any employee covered by this Agreement who fails to acquire or maintain membership in good standing in 2.1 Not later than the Union on or before July 16thirty-first (31st) day following the beginning of employment, 1982 or the completion effective date of the probationary period of that employeethis Agreement, whichever is later, thereafter shall be requiredevery employee subject to the terms of this Agreement shall, as a condition of employment, to acquire become and maintain membership in good standing in remain a member of the Union, or pay to the Union the service fees specified herein. The term “good standing” shall, for the purpose of this Article, mean that the employee has not been delinquent in tendering the periodic dues and paying the initiation fees and periodic dues uniformly required required, or in the alternative shall, as a condition of acquiring or retaining member- ship employment, pay a fee in the Union. The service fees shall be of the same amount and payable at the same times as the periodic dues and initiation fees uniformly required as a condition of acquiring or retaining membership in the Union. 3.2 The Company agrees to make monthly payroll deductions for the periodic dues and initiation fees uni- formly required as a condition of acquiring or retaining membership in the Union, or service fees equal to said dues and the initiation fees, upon proper authorization signed by any employee covered by this Agreement, and will forward promptly the monies so deducted to the Treasurer of the Union. 3.3 Proper authorization for deduction of periodic dues and the initiation fees uniformly required as a condition of acquiring or retaining membership in the Union, or service fees equal to said dues and initiation fees, will become effective when presented in the following language: “I, , authorize and direct my employer to deduct from my wages in advance, at regu- lar intervals to be agreed upon by my employer and the Union, the regular dues and the initiation fees established by the Constitution of the Union, or a service fee equal to said dues and initiation fees. The funds so deducted shall be remitted by my employer to the Treasurer of the Union. This authorization shall remain in effect until canceled either by my written request to the Treasurer of the employ- ing Company, or by notice from the proper official of the Union to the Treasurer of the employing Company that my membership has terminated. “ ” Date Signature District 3.4 It is understood that such authorization shall be entirely voluntary on the part of such employee and limited to the period of this Agreement and extensions thereof, and shall be subject to cancellation at any time by the employee’s individual written request to the Treasurer of the Company, or by written notice from the Treasurer of the Union to the Treasurer of the Company. 3.5 Any authorization for deduction of Union dues which was proper and had been received by the Company or the Union prior to the effective date of this Agreement, shall continue to be considered a proper authorization for deduction of Union dues in accord with the terms of that authorization. 3.6 Once each month, the Union will submit to the Com- pany in writing a list of all active employees who have failed to tender the funds required in 3.1 above. The Com- pany will notify those persons named and will discontinue employment of such persons who are not in compliance with the terms of this section within thirty (30) days after such notification, upon receipt of a certificate, properly notarized, from the Union of the following: (a) That membership in the Union is available to such employee on the same terms and conditions generally applicable to other members, and (b) That membership has not been denied to any such employee nor has the membership of any such employee been terminated for reasons other than his failure to ten- der an amount equal to the periodic fees and initiation fees dues uniformly required as a condition of acquiring or retaining membership. This provision shall apply except where not permissible by law or as provided above. 3.7 2.2 Upon receipt by the Employer of a letter from the Union requesting an employee’s discharge because he or she has not met the requirements of this Article, unless the Employer questions the propriety of doing so, he or she shall be discharged within 15 days of the letter if prior thereto he or she does not take proper steps to meet the requirements. If the Employer questions the propriety of the discharge, the Employer shall immediately submit the matter to the Arbitrator pursuant to Article 11. If the Arbitrator determines that the employee has not complied with the requirements of this Article, the employee shall be discharged within 30 days after written notice of the determination has been given to the Employer. 2.3 In situations where the event Union gave the Company discharges an employee solely for failure to tender the funds required written request provided in 3.1 Section 2.2 above, the Employer shall be responsible for all dues revenue lost by the Union from that employee beginning 15 days after the letter was received by the Company. 2.4 Employees shall express authorization for payroll deduction of the initiation fees, periodic dues uniformly required, or fees paid in the alternative to dues, and Committee On Political Education “COPE” contributions by submitting to the Union a written authorization by any means indicating agreement allowable under state and federal law. The Union will submit to the Employer a copy or scanned PDF of the authorized payroll deduction for initiation fees, dues, and fees paid in the alternative to dues and/or a COPE card authorizing the deduction of COPE contributions. The Employer agrees to protect check-off for the Company payments of the amounts described above and to deduct such payments from the wages of all employees and remit same to the Union in accordance with the terms of the signed authorization of such employees, and according to the method set forth below, and the Employer shall be the agent for receiving such monies and the deduction of said amounts by the Employer shall constitute payment of said amounts by the employees. The regular dues for regular employees shall be deducted from each paycheck. For newly hired regular employees, half of the full initiation fee and the first dues payment shall be deducted from the employee’s first full paycheck in the second month of employment following the Employer’s receipt of written authorization. (For example, an employee hired in June would have these deductions made from the first regular paycheck paid in August, provided the Employer receives written authorization in June.) The balance of the initiation fee shall be deducted from the employee’s first paycheck in the immediately following month. 2.5 All sums deducted in accordance with this Article shall be remitted to the Union not later than the twenty-fifth (25th) day of the month after which such deductions are made together with one (1) list, submitted electronically in a mutually agreeable database (currently Excel) format, specifying the employee’s name, the unique identification number, wage rate, gross regular pay for the pay period, hours worked, and amount of the deduction for each employee for whom the Agreement applies. 2.6 Any employee who is paying dues, fees, or an amount equal to dues may stop making those payments by giving written notice to both the Employer and the Union consistent with federal law. The Employer will honor employee checkoff authorizations unless they are revoked in writing during the window period or at contract expiration, regardless of whether the employee is a member of the Union. 2.7 By the 25th day of each month, the Union shall receive an electronic list of all current Employees covered by this Agreement, which shall include each: · Employee’s full name, · Home address, · Home phone number and cell phone numbers (if provided to Employer), · Work e-mail addresses and personal e-mail addresses (if provided to Employer), · Job title, · Employee identification number, · Hourly rate of pay, · Hire date, and · Seniority date. 2.8 If the Union does not receive or believes any required list is incorrect or incomplete, the Union will give notice to the Employer within seven (7) days. The Employer shall provide an updated list within seven (7) days. The Union and Employer agree to work together in good faith to resolve any remaining discrepancy. If the Union does not receive dues or fees on behalf of any employee or believes the amount of such dues or fees remitted is incorrect, the Union will give notice to the Employer within seven (7) days. If the Union and the Employer agree that Employer has made a clerical error in the deduction for dues or fees, the amount will be adjusted by the Employer within five (5) working days. 2.9 The Union will indemnify and hold it harm- less from harmless the Employer with respect to any asserted claim or obligation or cost of defending against any such employee that their discharge was not justifiableclaim or obligation of any person arising out of the Employer’s deducting and remitting of Union dues.

UNION SECURITY AND CHECK-OFF. 3.1 4.1 Upon written, electronic or recorded oral request from an employee to the Union, monthly union dues plus any additional voluntary Union deductions shall be deducted from the employee’s pay and remitted to the Union. All applications or cancellations of Union membership shall be submitted by the employee to the Union. The Union shall instruct and regularly remind all bargaining unit employees to direct membership applications and cancellations to it and not to LCOG. Any written applications for Union membership and/or authorization for Union dues and/or other deductions or dues cancellations which LCOG receives will be promptly forwarded to the Union. a. The Union will maintain the written, electronic and recorded oral authorization records and will provide copies to LCOG upon request. b. Dues will continue to be deducted until the Union informs LCOG that the employee covered by this Agreement who fails has rescinded the request in writing pursuant to acquire or maintain membership in good standing the applicable procedures in the membership dues check-off authorization. Copies of all such requests for membership cancellation that LCOG receives shall be transmitted to the Union. c. A file containing new authorizations or changes in authorizations for employee Union deductions will be submitted by the Union to LCOG electronically by close of business on the business day immediately preceding the twentieth (20th) of each month. LCOG agrees that new or before July 16changed payroll deduction authorizations submitted within the above timelines shall be made for the next pay period following submission. d. The deductions so collected from all employees, 1982 together with an itemized statement, shall be remitted to the Union’s Salem headquarters within ten (10) days after such deductions are made. This information shall be provided in electronic format. This statement shall include the following information for each bargaining unit employee: Name of employee Employee ID number Gross Pay Amount of dues deducted from regular/base pay Amount deducted from regular/base pay e. Within a week of a new employee starting in or returning to a bargaining unit position, LCOG shall furnish electronically to the completion of Union the probationary period name of that employee, whichever is lateralong with the following information: home address, thereafter home phone number, work email address, work phone number, work location, FTE, employee ID number, hire date, manager and classification. f. Within a week of an employee leaving a bargaining unit position, LCOG shall be requiredfurnish electronically to the local Union President the name of that employee, as a condition along with their termination date. g. Quarterly at months 3, 6, 9, and 12 of employmentthe calendar year, to acquire and maintain membership in good standing in the Union, or pay LCOG will send to the Union the service fees specified herein. The term “good standing” shall, for the purpose of this Article, mean that the employee has not been delinquent in tendering the periodic dues and the initiation fees uniformly required as a condition of acquiring or retaining member- ship in the Union. The service fees shall be of the same amount and payable at the same times as the periodic dues and initiation fees uniformly required as a condition of acquiring or retaining membership in the Union. 3.2 The Company agrees to make monthly payroll deductions for the periodic dues and initiation fees uni- formly required as a condition of acquiring or retaining membership in the Union, or service fees equal to said dues and the initiation fees, upon proper authorization signed by any employee covered by this Agreement, and will forward promptly the monies so deducted to the Treasurer of the Union. 3.3 Proper authorization for deduction of periodic dues and the initiation fees uniformly required as a condition of acquiring or retaining membership in the Union, or service fees equal to said dues and initiation fees, will become effective when presented in the following language: “I, , authorize and direct my employer to deduct from my wages in advance, at regu- lar intervals to be agreed upon by my employer and the Union, the regular dues and the initiation fees established by the Constitution of the Union, or a service fee equal to said dues and initiation fees. The funds so deducted shall be remitted by my employer to the Treasurer of the Union. This authorization shall remain in effect until canceled either by my written request to the Treasurer of the employ- ing Company, or by notice from the proper official of the Union to the Treasurer of the employing Company that my membership has terminated. “ ” Date Signature District 3.4 It is understood that such authorization shall be entirely voluntary on the part of such employee and limited to the period of this Agreement and extensions thereof, and shall be subject to cancellation at any time by the employee’s individual written request to the Treasurer of the Company, or by written notice from the Treasurer of the Union to the Treasurer of the Company. 3.5 Any authorization for deduction of Union dues which was proper and had been received by the Company or the Union prior to the effective date of this Agreement, shall continue to be considered a proper authorization for deduction of Union dues in accord with the terms of that authorization. 3.6 Once each month, the Union will submit to the Com- pany in writing a list of all active LCOG employees who have failed to tender are paying Union dues. That list will include the funds required following information: name, employee ID number, date of birth, manager, classification, range and step, hire date, work phone number and email address, home phone number and home address. 4.2 LCOG will provide the Union a quarterly written report at months 3, 6, 9, and 12 of the calendar year of all temporary employees doing bargaining unit work. This report shall contain the following: name, classification, position, start date, actual end date and number of hours worked in 3.1 abovethose three (3) months. 4.3 LCOG will not be held liable for check-off errors but, upon discovery will make proper adjustments with the Union for errors as soon as is practicable. The Com- pany Union will notify those persons named indemnify, defend, and will discontinue employment of such persons who are hold LCOG harmless against any and all claims, demand or suits and for all legal costs that arise out of, or by reason of, actions taken or not taken by LCOG, in compliance complying with the terms provisions of this section within thirty (30) days after such notification, upon receipt of a certificate, properly notarized, from the Union of the following: (a) That membership in the Union is available to such employee on the same terms and conditions generally applicable to other members, and (b) That membership has not been denied to any such employee nor has the membership of any such employee been terminated for reasons other than his failure to ten- der an amount equal to the periodic fees and initiation fees uniformly required as a condition of acquiring or retaining membershipAgreement. 3.7 In the event the Company discharges an employee solely for failure to tender the funds required in 3.1 above, the Union agrees to protect the Company and hold it harm- less from any claim of such employee that their discharge was not justifiable.

UNION SECURITY AND CHECK-OFF. 3.1 Any employee A. The Union proposes and management accepts the following union security clause: Commencing upon the effective date of this Agreement, it shall be a condition of employment that all Employees covered by this Agreement who fails to acquire or maintain membership shall become and remain members in good standing in the Union on or before July 16pay a monthly agency fee (a service charge as a contribution toward the cost of administration of this Agreement and representation by the Union). For the purposes of this Article, 1982 or membership in the completion of Union shall mean that the probationary period of that employee, whichever is later, thereafter shall be requiredEmployee tenders the periodic dues and initiation fees uniformly required by the Union, as a condition of acquiring or retaining membership. The amount of such agency fee shall be determined by the Union in accordance with applicable law, as a percentage of full dues uniformly required to be paid as dues and initiation fees by those who choose to become members of the Union. The Union shall notify Bargaining Unit members and the Employer of the current amounts annually, typically within two (2) weeks of any decision impacting the rate of dues and/or agency fees. B. Employees now in the Bargaining Unit as of this Agreement’s effective date shall no later than thirty (30) days after this Agreement’s effective date become members in good standing in the Union or pay a monthly agency fee as a condition of employment. Employees hired after this Agreement’s effective date shall no later than (30) days after their hire date, to acquire and maintain membership become members in good standing in the Union, or pay to the Union the service fees specified herein. The term “good standing” shall, for the purpose of this Article, mean that the employee has not been delinquent in tendering the periodic dues and the initiation fees uniformly required a monthly agency fee as a condition of acquiring or retaining member- ship in the Union. The service fees shall be of the same amount and payable at the same times as the periodic dues and initiation fees uniformly required as a condition of acquiring or retaining membership in the Unionemployment. 3.2 C. The Company agrees to make monthly payroll deductions for Employer shall, during the periodic dues and initiation fees uni- formly required as a condition of acquiring or retaining membership in the Union, or service fees equal to said dues and the initiation fees, upon proper authorization signed by any employee covered by this Agreement, and will forward promptly the monies so deducted to the Treasurer of the Union. 3.3 Proper authorization for deduction of periodic dues and the initiation fees uniformly required as a condition of acquiring or retaining membership in the Union, or service fees equal to said dues and initiation fees, will become effective when presented in the following language: “I, , authorize and direct my employer to deduct from my wages in advance, at regu- lar intervals to be agreed upon by my employer and the Union, the regular dues and the initiation fees established by the Constitution of the Union, or a service fee equal to said dues and initiation fees. The funds so deducted shall be remitted by my employer to the Treasurer of the Union. This authorization shall remain in effect until canceled either by my written request to the Treasurer of the employ- ing Company, or by notice from the proper official of the Union to the Treasurer of the employing Company that my membership has terminated. “ ” Date Signature District 3.4 It is understood that such authorization shall be entirely voluntary on the part of such employee and limited to the period of this Agreement and extensions thereof, and shall be subject to cancellation at any time by the employee’s individual written request to the Treasurer of the Company, or by written notice from the Treasurer of the Union to the Treasurer of the Company. 3.5 Any authorization for deduction of Union dues which was proper and had been received by the Company or the Union prior to the effective date term of this Agreement, shall continue deduct from each paycheck of each Employee a sum of union dues or agency fees, and voluntary Committee on Political Education (COPE) contributions owed to be considered the Union for the portion of the month covered by that paycheck provided the Employee has furnished the Employer a proper signed and dated voluntary check-off authorization for deduction of form from the Union dues in accord which is compliant with the terms law. The Employer shall remit the union dues or agency fees, and COPE contributions to the Union or its duly authorized representatives within the first ten (10) working days of that the month following the month of collection. The Employer’s remittance shall separately identify amounts remitted by the Employee. Following receipt of any written revocation of the check-off authorization, the Employer shall notify the Union, in writing, of the revocation. 3.6 Once each month, the Union will submit to the Com- pany in writing a list of all active employees D. An Employee who have has failed to tender the funds maintain membership in good standing or become an agency fee payer as required in 3.1 above. The Com- pany will notify those persons named and will discontinue employment of such persons who are not in compliance with the terms of by this section Article shall, within thirty twenty (3020) calendar days after such notification, upon following receipt of a certificate, properly notarized, written notice to the Employee and written demand to the Employer from the Union requesting their discharge, be discharged if, during such period, the required dues and initiation fee or appropriate agency fees have not been tendered by the Employee. The Union will exercise its discretion with respect to requesting discharge for non-payment of dues or agency fees in a manner that is non-discriminatory and treats all similarly situated Employees equally. E. It is agreed that the Employer shall assume no financial or other obligation arising out of the following: (a) That membership provisions of this Article except as specifically provided in this Article, and the Union hereby agrees that it shall defend, indemnify, and hold the Employer harmless from any claims, actions, or proceedings by a Bargaining Unit member arising from the Employer’s actions or failures to act, in each case to the extent such action or inaction is available in accordance with this Article. F. As part of the onboarding materials, new Employees will be provided a link to such employee on the same terms and conditions generally applicable to other members, and (b) That membership has not been denied to any such employee nor has the membership application as created by the Union. New Employees will also receive a copy of any such employee been terminated for reasons other than his failure the letter included as Appendix B of this Agreement acknowledging their obligation to ten- der an amount equal become either a member in good standing or to pay agency fees, with the periodic default action of paying agency fees and initiation fees uniformly required as a condition if no further consent is given by the thirtieth (30th) day of acquiring or retaining membershipemployment. A copy of the signed letter will be sent to Local 500 within five (5) working days of signature. 3.7 In the event the Company discharges an employee solely for failure to tender the funds required in 3.1 above, the Union agrees to protect the Company and hold it harm- less from any claim of such employee that their discharge was not justifiable.

UNION SECURITY AND CHECK-OFF. 3.1 Any employee covered by this Agreement who fails to acquire or maintain membership in good standing in 14.1 The AAUP and the Union on or before July 16, 1982 or the completion Administration agree that any full-time member of the probationary period collective bargaining unit must pay such dues and assessments as are from time to time authorized and collected from the membership of that employee, whichever is later, thereafter the AAUP. 14.2 A member of the collective bargaining unit may request exemption by right of conscience from the payment of chapter dues and assessments by filing a written affidavit giving reasons for such objection to any participation in or support of collective bargaining activities on behalf of the Hofstra Chapter of the AAUP. Such affidavit shall be required, as a condition filed with the President of employment, to acquire and maintain membership in good standing in the Union, or pay to the Union the service fees specified herein. The term “good standing” shall, for the purpose of this Article, mean that the employee has not been delinquent in tendering the periodic dues University and the initiation fees uniformly required as a condition of acquiring or retaining member- ship in the Union. The service fees shall be President of the same amount AAUP and payable at shall thereby exempt the same times as the periodic dues and initiation fees uniformly required as a condition of acquiring or retaining membership in the Union. 3.2 The Company agrees to make monthly payroll deductions for the periodic dues and initiation fees uni- formly required as a condition of acquiring or retaining membership in the Union, or service fees equal to said dues and the initiation fees, upon proper authorization signed by any employee covered by this Agreement, and will forward promptly the monies so deducted to the Treasurer of the Union. 3.3 Proper authorization for deduction of periodic dues and the initiation fees uniformly required as a condition of acquiring or retaining membership in the Union, or service fees equal to said dues and initiation fees, will become effective when presented in the following language: “I, , authorize and direct my employer to deduct from my wages in advance, at regu- lar intervals to be agreed upon by my employer and the Union, the regular dues and the initiation fees established by the Constitution of the Union, or a service fee equal to said dues and initiation fees. The funds so deducted shall be remitted by my employer to the Treasurer of the Union. This authorization shall remain in effect until canceled either by my written request to the Treasurer of the employ- ing Company, or by notice collective bargaining unit member from the proper official of the Union to the Treasurer of the employing Company that my membership has terminated. “ ” Date Signature District 3.4 It is understood that such authorization shall be entirely voluntary on the part of such employee and limited to the period of this Agreement and extensions thereof, and shall be subject to cancellation at any time by the employee’s individual written request to the Treasurer of the Company, or by written notice from the Treasurer of the Union to the Treasurer of the Company. 3.5 Any authorization for deduction of Union dues which was proper and had been received by the Company or the Union prior to the effective date "Dues" provisions of this Agreement. Any such exempt person shall be required to contribute a sum equal to the dues to any campus use such as scholarships and library, shall continue but not to be considered a proper authorization for deduction of Union dues in accord with used to modify salaries. These monies shall be distributed by the terms of that authorizationAdministration. 3.6 Once each month, the Union will 14.3 The AAUP shall submit to the Com- pany Administration signed voluntary check-off authorization cards. Thereafter, the Administration shall deduct dues in writing a list twenty-four (24) equal installments from the faculty paychecks commencing September 1 of all active employees who have failed to tender each year; if authorization is received after September 1, the funds required dues shall be deducted in 3.1 aboveequal installments in the remaining pay periods of the fiscal year. The Com- pany will notify those persons named and will discontinue employment of such persons who are not in compliance with Administration shall remit the terms of this section receipts to the AAUP within thirty (30) days after such notificationdeduction. 14.4 Adjunct members of the collective bargaining unit are exempt from this clause. Their dues and assessments shall be paid directly to the Treasurer of the AAUP. 14.5 The Administration shall furnish to the Chapter each pay period a listing of all dues and service fees deducted from the salaries of members of the bargaining unit. The Administration shall transfer all dues and service fee deductions to the Chapter each pay period. When, upon receipt by the Chapter of a certificatewritten claim, properly notarizedduplicate or improper dues or service fees deduction is found, refund shall be made to the claimant by the Chapter. The Administration shall not be liable to the Chapter by reason of the requirements of this Article for the remittance or payment of any sum other than actual deductions made from the Union pay earned by the bargaining unit member. If a faculty member fails to comply with the provisions of this Article, and following at least fourteen (14) calendar days' written notice to the following: (a) That membership in faculty member, the Union is available to such employee on Chapter may notify the same terms and conditions generally applicable to other members, and (b) That membership University that said faculty member has not been denied to any complied with the dues or service fees or conscientious objector section of this Article. Upon receipt of such employee nor written notification from the Chapter that it has observed all applicable provisions of this Article and that the membership of any such employee been terminated for reasons other than his failure to ten- der faculty member(s) is in non-compliance with said Article, the Administration shall fine the faculty member an amount equal to five (5) full working days' base salary or the periodic fees faculty member may choose to pay one hundred twenty-five percent (125%) of the current Chapter dues, fees, and initiation fees uniformly required special assessments in lieu thereof. The Administration shall use one hundred fifty (150) days per academic year as the basis for computing the deduction for the five (5) full working days. This provision may be invoked against a condition of acquiring or retaining membershipfaculty member only once each semester. 3.7 In the event the Company discharges an employee solely for failure to tender the funds required in 3.1 above, the Union agrees to protect the Company and hold it harm- less from any claim of such employee that their discharge was not justifiable.

UNION SECURITY AND CHECK-OFF. 3.1 Any employee covered by this Agreement who fails All employees have the right to acquire become and remain members of the Union or maintain membership in good standing in not to do so. As a condition of continued employment, employees must, on or before the 31st day of employment with the Employer, either: a. join the Union and remit to the Union on or before July 16, 1982 or the completion of the probationary period of that employee, whichever is later, thereafter shall be required, a monthly basis Union Dues as a condition of employment, to acquire and maintain membership in good standing in duly established by the Union, or pay or b. remit to the Union on a monthly basis a representation fee equal to eighty percent (80%) of the service dues, which reflects the Union’s demonstrated costs of bargaining and servicing of this contract. If any employee shall fail to remit such dues or fees specified when due as provided herein, the Employer shall discharge such employee upon the Union’s written request and representation of such failure to remit dues or fees and proof that employee has been put on notice of arrears. The term “good standing” shallUnion will hold the Employer harmless for the discharge of any employee who has been discharged pursuant to the Union’s request. The Employer agrees to deduct such initiation fees and uniform fees from covered employees’ wages as required by the Union, provided such deductions are authorized, in writing, by the Employees and such copies of authorizations are provided to the Employer. Union dues or representation fees shall be based upon all payrolls during a month. The Employer shall make such deductions on a bi-weekly basis and shall remit the amount deducted and a supporting remittance report to the Union by the fifteenth (15th) of the month following the month in which such deductions occur, together with a report listing the amount deducted by Employee. The Union accepts full responsibility for the authenticity for each authorization submitted by it to the Employer, and any authorization that is incomplete or in error shall be disregarded by the Employer, and shall be returned to the Union for correction. The Union agrees that, upon receipt of proper proof, it will refund the Employees any deduction erroneously or illegally withheld from an employee’s earnings by the Employer that has been transmitted to the Union by the Employer. The Union further agrees that it shall indemnify and save the Employer harmless against any and all claims, demands, suits or any other form of liability that may arise out of, or by reason of, any action taken or not taken by the Employer for the purpose of complying with any provisions of this Article, mean that the employee has not been delinquent Article in tendering the periodic dues and the initiation fees uniformly required as a condition of acquiring reliance on any list or retaining member- ship in notice furnished by the Union. The service fees shall No deduction of union dues will be made from the wages of the same amount and payable at the same times as the periodic dues and initiation fees uniformly required as a condition of acquiring or retaining membership in the Union. 3.2 The Company agrees to make monthly payroll deductions for the periodic dues and initiation fees uni- formly required as a condition of acquiring or retaining membership in the Union, or service fees equal to said dues and the initiation fees, upon proper authorization signed by any employee who has executed an authorization and who has been transferred to a job not covered by this Agreement, or who is not in pay status. Upon return to work within a classification covered by this Agreement, deductions from future wages shall be automatically resumed, provided it is in accordance with the other appropriate provisions of this Agreement and will forward promptly the monies so deducted to the Treasurer of the Union. 3.3 Proper authorization National Labor Relations Act, as amended. Collections of any back union dues owed at the time of starting deductions for deduction any employee, and collections of periodic union dues and missed because the initiation fees uniformly required as Employee’s earnings were not sufficient to cover payment of dues for a condition of acquiring or retaining membership in the Union, or service fees equal to said dues and initiation feesparticular pay period, will become effective when presented in be the following language: “I, , authorize and direct my employer to deduct from my wages in advance, at regu- lar intervals to be agreed upon by my employer and the Union, the regular dues and the initiation fees established by the Constitution responsibility of the Union, or a service fee equal to said and will not be the subject of payroll deductions. Deduction of the union dues and initiation fees. The funds so deducted shall be remitted made in a flat sum provided there is a balance in the paycheck sufficient to cover the amount after all other deductions authorized by my employer to the Treasurer of the Union. This authorization shall remain in effect until canceled either by my written request to the Treasurer of the employ- ing CompanyEmployee, or required by notice from the proper official of the Union to the Treasurer of the employing Company that my membership has terminated. “ ” Date Signature District 3.4 It is understood that such authorization shall be entirely voluntary on the part of such employee and limited to the period of this Agreement and extensions thereoflaw, and shall be subject to cancellation at any time by the employee’s individual written request to the Treasurer of the Company, or by written notice from the Treasurer of the Union to the Treasurer of the Companyhave been satisfied. 3.5 Any authorization for deduction of Union dues which was proper and had been received by the Company or the Union prior to the effective date of this Agreement, shall continue to be considered a proper authorization for deduction of Union dues in accord with the terms of that authorization. 3.6 Once each month, the Union will submit to the Com- pany in writing a list of all active employees who have failed to tender the funds required in 3.1 above. The Com- pany will notify those persons named and will discontinue employment of such persons who are not in compliance with the terms of this section within thirty (30) days after such notification, upon receipt of a certificate, properly notarized, from the Union of the following: (a) That membership in the Union is available to such employee on the same terms and conditions generally applicable to other members, and (b) That membership has not been denied to any such employee nor has the membership of any such employee been terminated for reasons other than his failure to ten- der an amount equal to the periodic fees and initiation fees uniformly required as a condition of acquiring or retaining membership. 3.7 In the event the Company discharges an employee solely for failure to tender the funds required in 3.1 above, the Union agrees to protect the Company and hold it harm- less from any claim of such employee that their discharge was not justifiable.

UNION SECURITY AND CHECK-OFF. 3.1 ‌ 4.1 Upon written, electronic or recorded oral request from an employee to the Union, monthly union dues plus any additional voluntary Union deductions shall be deducted from the employee’s pay and remitted to the Union. All applications or cancellations of Union membership shall be submitted by the employee to the Union. The Union shall instruct and regularly remind all bargaining unit employees to direct membership applications and cancellations to it and not to LCOG. Any written applications for Union membership and/or authorization for Union dues and/or other deductions or dues cancellations which LCOG receives will be promptly forwarded to the Union. a. The Union will maintain the written, electronic and recorded oral authorization records and will provide copies to LCOG upon request. b. Dues will continue to be deducted until the Union informs LCOG that the employee covered by this Agreement who fails has rescinded the request in writing pursuant to acquire or maintain membership in good standing the applicable procedures in the membership dues check-off authorization. Copies of all such requests for membership cancellation that LCOG receives shall be transmitted to the Union. c. A file containing new authorizations or changes in authorizations for employee Union deductions will be submitted by the Union to LCOG electronically by close of business on the business day immediately preceding the twentieth (20th) of each month. LCOG agrees that new or before July 16changed payroll deduction authorizations submitted within the above timelines shall be made for the next pay period following submission. d. The deductions so collected from all employees, 1982 together with an itemized statement, shall be remitted to the Union’s Salem headquarters within ten (10) days after such deductions are made. This information shall be provided in electronic format. This statement shall include the following information for each bargaining unit employee: Name of employee Employee ID number Gross Pay Amount of dues deducted from regular/base pay Amount deducted from regular/base pay e. Within a week of a new employee starting in or returning to a bargaining unit position, LCOG shall furnish electronically to the completion of Union the probationary period name of that employee, whichever is lateralong with the following information: home address, thereafter home phone number, work email address, work phone number, work location, FTE, employee ID number, hire date, manager and classification. f. Within a week of an employee leaving a bargaining unit position, LCOG shall be requiredfurnish electronically to the local Union President the name of that employee, as a condition along with their termination date. g. Quarterly at months 3, 6, 9, and 12 of employmentthe calendar year, to acquire and maintain membership in good standing in the Union, or pay LCOG will send to the Union the service fees specified herein. The term “good standing” shall, for the purpose of this Article, mean that the employee has not been delinquent in tendering the periodic dues and the initiation fees uniformly required as a condition of acquiring or retaining member- ship in the Union. The service fees shall be of the same amount and payable at the same times as the periodic dues and initiation fees uniformly required as a condition of acquiring or retaining membership in the Union. 3.2 The Company agrees to make monthly payroll deductions for the periodic dues and initiation fees uni- formly required as a condition of acquiring or retaining membership in the Union, or service fees equal to said dues and the initiation fees, upon proper authorization signed by any employee covered by this Agreement, and will forward promptly the monies so deducted to the Treasurer of the Union. 3.3 Proper authorization for deduction of periodic dues and the initiation fees uniformly required as a condition of acquiring or retaining membership in the Union, or service fees equal to said dues and initiation fees, will become effective when presented in the following language: “I, , authorize and direct my employer to deduct from my wages in advance, at regu- lar intervals to be agreed upon by my employer and the Union, the regular dues and the initiation fees established by the Constitution of the Union, or a service fee equal to said dues and initiation fees. The funds so deducted shall be remitted by my employer to the Treasurer of the Union. This authorization shall remain in effect until canceled either by my written request to the Treasurer of the employ- ing Company, or by notice from the proper official of the Union to the Treasurer of the employing Company that my membership has terminated. “ ” Date Signature District 3.4 It is understood that such authorization shall be entirely voluntary on the part of such employee and limited to the period of this Agreement and extensions thereof, and shall be subject to cancellation at any time by the employee’s individual written request to the Treasurer of the Company, or by written notice from the Treasurer of the Union to the Treasurer of the Company. 3.5 Any authorization for deduction of Union dues which was proper and had been received by the Company or the Union prior to the effective date of this Agreement, shall continue to be considered a proper authorization for deduction of Union dues in accord with the terms of that authorization. 3.6 Once each month, the Union will submit to the Com- pany in writing a list of all active LCOG employees who have failed to tender are paying Union dues. That list will include the funds required following information: name, employee ID number, date of birth, manager, classification, range and step, hire date, work phone number and email address, home phone number and home address. 4.2 LCOG will provide the Union a quarterly written report at months 3, 6, 9, and 12 of the calendar year of all temporary employees doing bargaining unit work. This report shall contain the following: name, classification, position, start date, actual end date and number of hours worked in 3.1 abovethose three (3) months. 4.3 LCOG will not be held liable for check-off errors but, upon discovery will make proper adjustments with the Union for errors as soon as is practicable. The Com- pany Union will notify those persons named indemnify, defend, and will discontinue employment of such persons who are hold LCOG harmless against any and all claims, demand or suits and for all legal costs that arise out of, or by reason of, actions taken or not taken by LCOG, in compliance complying with the terms provisions of this section within thirty (30) days after such notification, upon receipt of a certificate, properly notarized, from the Union of the following: (a) That membership in the Union is available to such employee on the same terms and conditions generally applicable to other members, and (b) That membership has not been denied to any such employee nor has the membership of any such employee been terminated for reasons other than his failure to ten- der an amount equal to the periodic fees and initiation fees uniformly required as a condition of acquiring or retaining membershipAgreement. 3.7 In the event the Company discharges an employee solely for failure to tender the funds required in 3.1 above, the Union agrees to protect the Company and hold it harm- less from any claim of such employee that their discharge was not justifiable.

UNION SECURITY AND CHECK-OFF. 3.1 Any employee ‌ Subject to applicable law, all Employees of Dartmouth covered by this Agreement who fails to acquire or maintain membership are members of the Union in good standing in on the effective date of this Agreement or who become members of the Union on or before July 16, 1982 or in good standing following the completion effective date of this Agreement shall as a condition of employment remain members of the probationary period Union in good standing insofar as the payment of that employeeperiodic dues and initiation fees, whichever is later, thereafter shall be uniformly required, is concerned. Subject to applicable law, all present Employees who are not members of the Union and individuals hired after the effective date of this Agreement shall as a condition of employment, to acquire beginning on the thirtieth (30th) day following the effective date of this agreement or the thirtieth (30th) day following employment, whichever is later, become and maintain membership remain members of the Union in good standing in the Union, or pay to the Union the service fees specified herein. The term “good standing” shall, for the purpose of this Article, mean that the employee has not been delinquent in tendering the periodic dues and the initiation fees uniformly required as a condition of acquiring or retaining member- ship in the Union. The service fees shall be of the same amount and payable at the same times insofar as the payment of periodic dues and initiation fees fees, uniformly required as a condition of acquiring or retaining membership in required, is concerned. Dartmouth shall provide the Union. 3.2 The Company agrees to make monthly Union payroll deductions deduction for the periodic union dues and initiation fees uni- formly required as a condition of acquiring or retaining membership in the Union, or service fees equal for Employees who authorize the deductions in the amount designated in writing by the financial officer of UE Local 261. The deductions shall be made provided the deduction request is submitted to said dues Dartmouth’s payroll office on a form authorized by the Union and consistent with the requirements of New Hampshire law regarding the withholding of wages. The initial version of the Union’s payroll deduction form and any changes to the form thereafter shall be shared with Dartmouth prior to their dissemination. The deductions shall be made from Employees’ paychecks for each pay period. The authorizations may be submitted to the payroll office at any time, including resubmitted following a return to a bargaining unit position covered by this Agreement and the initiation feesdeductions will commence no later than the second paycheck following the date of submission. Dartmouth will remit the amounts deducted to the financial officer of UE Local 261 on a monthly basis, upon proper authorization signed no later than the fifth (5th) of each month, however, Dartmouth may remit payment no later than ten (10) days from the end of the month when circumstances require additional time, such as holidays, unplanned systems issues, or events outside of Dartmouth’s control. Dartmouth will include with each remittance a complete editable digital check-off list that includes each Employee’s name, current stipend, FTE status, the amount deducted from each Employee’s pay, and the date of each deduction. The Union shall hold Dartmouth harmless from any liability or damages incurred by Dartmouth or its agents in complying with this Article and shall reimburse Dartmouth for necessary and reasonable legal expenses incurred in legal defense of any provision of this Article or any action taken by Dartmouth in compliance with it. This Article shall only apply to the status of an Employee as a graduate student employee who is a member of the bargaining unit covered by this Agreement, and will forward promptly the monies so deducted to the Treasurer of the Union. 3.3 Proper authorization for deduction of periodic dues and the initiation fees uniformly required does not affect an Employee’s status as a condition of acquiring or retaining membership in the Union, or service fees equal to said dues and initiation fees, will become effective when presented in the following language: “I, , authorize and direct my employer to deduct from my wages in advance, at regu- lar intervals to be agreed upon by my employer and the Union, the regular dues and the initiation fees established by the Constitution of the Union, or a service fee equal to said dues and initiation fees. The funds so deducted shall be remitted by my employer to the Treasurer of the Union. This authorization shall remain in effect until canceled either by my written request to the Treasurer of the employ- ing Company, or by notice from the proper official of the Union to the Treasurer of the employing Company that my membership has terminated. “ ” Date Signature District 3.4 It is understood that such authorization shall be entirely voluntary on the part of such employee and limited to the period of this Agreement and extensions thereof, and shall be subject to cancellation at any time by the employee’s individual written request to the Treasurer of the Company, or by written notice from the Treasurer of the Union to the Treasurer of the Companystudent. 3.5 Any authorization for deduction of Union dues which was proper and had been received by the Company or the Union prior to the effective date of this Agreement, shall continue to be considered a proper authorization for deduction of Union dues in accord with the terms of that authorization. 3.6 Once each month, the Union will submit to the Com- pany in writing a list of all active employees who have failed to tender the funds required in 3.1 above. The Com- pany will notify those persons named and will discontinue employment of such persons who are not in compliance with the terms of this section within thirty (30) days after such notification, upon receipt of a certificate, properly notarized, from the Union of the following: (a) That membership in the Union is available to such employee on the same terms and conditions generally applicable to other members, and (b) That membership has not been denied to any such employee nor has the membership of any such employee been terminated for reasons other than his failure to ten- der an amount equal to the periodic fees and initiation fees uniformly required as a condition of acquiring or retaining membership. 3.7 In the event the Company discharges an employee solely for failure to tender the funds required in 3.1 above, the Union agrees to protect the Company and hold it harm- less from any claim of such employee that their discharge was not justifiable.

UNION SECURITY AND CHECK-OFF. 3.1 Any The Company agrees that it will not interfere with, restrain or coerce any employee covered for the purpose of discouraging membership in the Union, or for the purpose of discouraging union activities not prohibited by this Agreement who fails to acquire or maintain by law. The Union agrees that neither the Union nor any of its officers or representatives will interfere with, restrain or coerce any employee for the purpose of encouraging membership in good standing in the Union on Union. Notwithstanding Section 1 of this Article, or before July 16any provision of State or Federal Law that may appear to the contrary, 1982 or the completion of the probationary period of that employee, whichever is later, thereafter no employee shall be required, as a condition of employment or continuation of employment, to acquire and maintain membership in good standing in do any of the following: i. Become or remain a member of the Union; ii. Pay any dues, fees, assessments, or pay other similar charges of any kind or amount to the Union the service fees specified hereinUnion; or iii. The term “good standing” shallPay to any charity or other third party, for the purpose in lieu of this Articlethese payments, mean that the employee has not been delinquent in tendering the periodic dues and the initiation fees uniformly any amount equivalent to or pro-rata portion of dues, fees, assessments, or other charges required as a condition of acquiring or retaining member- ship in by the Union. The service fees shall be If an employee voluntarily elects to become a member of the same amount Union and payable at elects to execute a voluntary written dues deduction authorization, the same times as Company will deduct from the periodic pay of such employee, the regular Union dues and initiation fees uniformly required and assessments as the Employee has authorized in writing. Said deductions will be deducted from the employee’s paycheck on a condition monthly basis and forwarded to the International Secretary-Treasurer of acquiring or retaining membership the Union at the address authorized for this purpose. All checks will be made payable to “International Secretary-Treasurer, UNITED STEELWORKERS”. An Employee may revoke the check-off authorization in accordance with the Unionexecuted USW Check-off Authorization. 3.2 a. Deductions on the basis of authorization card submitted to the Company will commence with respect to dues for the month in which such card becomes effective. b. In case of earnings insufficient to cover deductions of dues, the dues will be deducted from the next pay in which there are sufficient earnings. c. The Company agrees will, upon individual request to make monthly the Personnel Department, advise in writing the amount of Union dues deducted from wages during the previous calendar year. d. If an overcharge is made in making payroll deductions for the periodic dues and initiation fees uni- formly required as a condition of acquiring or retaining membership in the Union, or service fees equal to said dues and the initiation fees, upon proper authorization signed by any employee covered by this Agreement, and will forward promptly the monies so deducted to the Treasurer of the Union. 3.3 Proper authorization for deduction of periodic dues and the initiation fees uniformly required as a condition of acquiring or retaining membership in the Union, or service fees equal to said dues and initiation fees, the Union will become effective when presented in be responsible for adjustment of such claim with the following language: “I, , authorize and direct my employer to deduct from my wages in advance, at regu- lar intervals to be agreed upon by my employer individual member and the Unionindividual member will hold the Company harmless for having wrongly made such deductions. Indemnity Clause The Union will indemnify and save the Company harmless against any and all claims, the regular dues and the initiation fees established by the Constitution demands, suits or other forms of the Union, or a service fee equal to said dues and initiation fees. The funds so deducted shall be remitted by my employer to the Treasurer liability that will arise out of the Union. This authorization shall remain in effect until canceled either by my written request to the Treasurer of the employ- ing Company, or by notice from the proper official reason of the Union to the Treasurer of the employing Company that my membership has terminated. “ ” Date Signature District 3.4 It is understood that such authorization shall be entirely voluntary on the part of such employee and limited to the period of this Agreement and extensions thereof, and shall be subject to cancellation at any time by the employee’s individual written request to the Treasurer of the Company, action taken or by written notice from the Treasurer of the Union to the Treasurer of the Company. 3.5 Any authorization for deduction of Union dues which was proper and had been received not taken by the Company or for the Union prior to the effective date purpose of this Agreement, shall continue to be considered a proper authorization for deduction of Union dues in accord complying with the terms of that authorization. 3.6 Once each month, the Union will submit to the Com- pany in writing a list of all active employees who have failed to tender the funds required in 3.1 above. The Com- pany will notify those persons named and will discontinue employment of such persons who are not in compliance with the terms of this section within thirty (30) days after such notification, upon receipt of a certificate, properly notarized, from the Union any of the following: (a) That membership in provisions of the Union is available to such employee on the same terms and conditions generally applicable to other members, and (b) That membership has not been denied to any such employee nor has the membership of any such employee been terminated for reasons other than his failure to ten- der an amount equal to the periodic fees and initiation fees uniformly required as a condition of acquiring or retaining membershipSection. 3.7 In the event the Company discharges an employee solely for failure to tender the funds required in 3.1 above, the Union agrees to protect the Company and hold it harm- less from any claim of such employee that their discharge was not justifiable.