Union Security and Terms of Employment Sample Clauses

Union Security and Terms of Employment. Only members in good standing in the Union shall be retained in employment. For the purposes of this Agreement “members in good standing” shall be defined to mean em­ ployee members of the Union who tender the periodic dues and initiation fees uni­ formly required as a condition of acquiring or retaining membership. All employees cov­ ered by this Agreement shall become mem­ bers of the Union within thirty-one (31) days from the effective date of this Agreement or within thirty-one (31) days from the date of employment, whichever is later, and shall remain members of the Union in good stand­ ing as a condition of continued employment. The Employer will, upon notification from the Union, immediately discharge any em­ ployee not in good standing in the Union as defined herein. The Employer agrees that when a new employee is hired, the employee shall im­ mediately report to the Union for the pur­ pose of informing the Union that he has been hired and intends to assume employment. To implement this procedure, the Union agrees to furnish each person so reporting with written evidence of such contact, the evidence to be filed by such employee with the Shop Xxxxxxx and the Employer in­ volved. The Employer recognizes the rights of the Union employees to refuse to work with or alongside of non-Union employees and, ex­ cept as herein provided for, Employer agrees that it shall not be a violation of this Agree­ ment for a member or members of the Union to refuse to work with or alongside of a non-Union employee who is performing services falling within the work jurisdiction of the Union as herein defined.