Common use of CHECKOFF AUTHORIZATION Clause in Contracts

CHECKOFF AUTHORIZATION. Section 1. The employer shall deduct regular monthly dues and fees (including agency fees, fair share fees or service fees and initiation fees) upon receipt of a signed authorization from each employee (a copy of which is to be retained by the Employer) and a certified statement from the Secretary-Treasurer of the Local Union as to the amount for dues and fees. Such authorization shall be for the life of this Agreement and shall be continued thereafter if an Agreement exists between the Employer and the Union, unless an employee notifies the Union in writing no more than twenty (20) days and not less than ten (10) days before the expiration of the Agreement of his desire to revoke his authorization for check off. Section 2. The Employer shall forward all such dues and fees so collected to the Secretary- Treasurer of the Local Union before the end of each month in which deductions were made. In the event dues and fees are deducted each week, the Employer shall forward such dues and fees to the Secretary-Treasurer of the Local Union before the tenth (10th) day of the month following the month in which deductions were made.