Common use of Union Dues and Service Fees Clause in Contracts

Union Dues and Service Fees. Section 4.1 Dues Check Off – Employees covered by this Agreement are not required to join the Union as a condition of employment with the Town. However, employees who join the Union are required to pay regular, monthly membership dues to the Union. Upon receipt of written authorization (on a form supplied by the Union and signed by the employees), the Town shall deduct regular monthly membership dues from wages, in a uniform dollar amount, and remit payment to the Union on behalf of those employees who have signed an authorization permitting such payroll deductions. Section 4.2 Service Fee – Employees who are not Union members shall pay an agency shop or service fee to the Union (for purposes of administering the provisions of this Agreement) in an amount not to exceed Union membership dues paid by employee members of the Union. The Town shall deduct the regular monthly service fee from wages, providing that the Union advises non-union member employees of its procedure for refunding, upon demand, any part of the service fee deduction representing the employee’s pro-rata share of expenditures for political or ideological activities only incidentally related to terms and conditions of employment. Section 4.3 The Town shall deduct from an employee’s wages only that amount of money, which the Union’s Financial Officer has certified to the Town, in writing, is the amount of dues, or service fees, properly established by the Union in accordance with applicable law and the Union’s Constitution and By-Laws. Changes in the Union membership dues and service fee rates must be certified to the Town at least two (2) pay periods in advance of the effective date of such rate change. The Union shall defend, indemnify, and save the Town harmless against any and all claims, demands, suits, grievances, or other liability that arise out of or by reason of actins taken by the Town pursuant to this Article.