Common use of Objections to Amount of Service Fee Clause in Contracts

Objections to Amount of Service Fee. 2 A Service Fee payer shall have the right to object to the amount of the Service 3 Fee and to obtain a reduction of the Service Fee to exclude all expenses not 4 germane to collective bargaining, contract administration, and grievance 5 administration, or otherwise necessarily or reasonably incurred for the purpose of 6 performing the duties of an exclusive representative of the employees in dealing 7 with the employer on labor-management issues. 8 9 The Union shall give every Service Fee payer financial information sufficient to 10 determine how the Service Fee was calculated. A Service Fee payer may 11 challenge the amount of the Service Fee by filing a written objection with the 12 Union within 30 calendar days. The Union shall consolidate all objections and 13 shall initiate arbitration under the "Rules for Impartial Determination of Union 14 Fees" of the American Arbitration Association. The Union shall place in escrow 15 any portion of the objector's Service Fee that is reasonably in dispute. 16