Common use of UNION RECOGNITION AND UNION SECURITY Clause in Contracts

UNION RECOGNITION AND UNION SECURITY. 1. The Union is recognized as the exclusive collective bargaining representative of all classifications of service employees at each apartment building in New York City, Nassau, Suffolk, Duchess, Sullivan, Putnam, Rockland and Westchester counties in New York, Connecticut and New Jersey, which is committed to this Agreement. Work performed pursuant to the terms of this collective bargaining agreement shall not be performed by persons not covered by the bargaining agreement except as provided in Article II. 2. This Agreement shall apply to all classifications of service employees employed by the Employer. Article II of this Agreement shall also apply to employees of cleaning and maintenance contractors who employ employees in any building committed to this Agreement working in any job category covered by this Agreement. 3. There shall be a Union Shop throughout the term of this Agreement in every building where there was a Union Shop under the 2010 Apartment Building Agreement and in other buildings whenever it is agreed or determined that a majority of the employees in such buildings are members of or have applied for membership in the Union. The “Union Shop” requires membership in the Union by every employee in the building as a condition of employment after the thirtieth day following employment or the execution date of this agreement, whichever is later, or in the case of newly organized buildings, after the thirtieth day following agreement or determination that a majority of the employees in such buildings are members of or have applied for membership in the Union, and requires that the Union shall not ask or require the Employer to discharge or otherwise discriminate against any employee except in compliance with law. In the event the Union security provision of this Agreement is held to be invalid, unenforceable or of no legal effect generally or with respect to any building because of interpretation or a change of federal or state statute, city ordinance or rule or decision of any government administrative body, agency or subdivision, the permissible Union security clause under such statute, decision or regulation shall be enforceable as a substitute for the Union security clause provided for herein. 4. Whenever the Union files with the RAB and the Employer a claim that a majority of the employees in a building are members of or have made application for membership in the Union, the Union Shop requirement shall be made effective within fifteen (15) days thereafter, unless the Employer or the RAB within ten (10) days, notifies the Union that it requires a determination of that claim. 5. Upon receipt by the Employer of a letter from the Union’s Secretary-Treasurer requesting any employee’s discharge because he/she has not met the requirements of this Article, unless the Employer questions the propriety of so doing, the employee shall be discharged within fifteen (15) days of said notice if prior thereto he/she does not take proper steps to meet said requirements. If the Employer questions the propriety of the discharge, he shall immediately submit the matter to grievance, and if not thus settled, to the Arbitrator for final determination. If it is finally settled or determined that the employee has not met the said requirements, he shall be discharged within ten (10) days after written notice of the final determination has been given to the RAB and the Employer. The Employer shall be responsible for unpaid dues after receipt of notice provided for in this section and exhaustion of contractual remedies. The Employer’s obligation shall begin fifteen (15) days after such notice or, if the Employer questions the discharge, after the final determination of the arbitrator. 6. The Union will hold the Employer harmless from any liability arising from a discharge asked by the Union pursuant to this Article provided the Employer has done nothing to cause or increase its own liability concerning removal of employees. 7. No building service employee may be employed in any building, except within a tenant’s apartment, save by the Employer, without the consent of the Union. 8. During any period in which it is not established that a majority of the employees in a building are members of, or have made application for membership in the Union, it is agreed that all employees who, upon the date this agreement is signed for their building, are members of the Union in good standing in accordance with the Constitution and By-Laws of the Union, and all employees who thereafter become members shall, as a condition of employment, remain Union members in good standing during the life of the agreement. 9. Upon execution of this Agreement the Employer shall furnish the Union and the RAB with a complete list of the names, social security numbers and home addresses and job location of all employees covered by this Agreement and shall notify the Union and the RAB of the names and social security numbers and home addresses and job location of each new employee thereafter employed. The Employer shall notify the Union and the RAB in writing, as soon as a cancellation of an account becomes effective where Union members are employed and the Employer shall notify the Union when he acquires a new building service job. 10. The Union shall have the right to inspect the Employer’s Social Security reports and all payroll records (except the salary of the nonunion Supervisors) in order to determine if this agreement is being complied with. The Union shall have the right to expedited arbitration in the event an Employer fails to comply with this right of inspection. Inspections may also be made by the Union or the Arbitrator at the request of the RAB. The RAB may join the Union at all times, when such examination is made. All Benefit Trust Funds established under this agreement shall have the same right to inspect as the Union but shall also have the right to inspect Supervisor’s payroll records where Supervisors are covered by such Funds. 11. Each Employer agrees to deduct the Union’s monthly dues, initiation fees, and all legal assessments from the pay of each employee from whom it receives written authorization and will continue to make such deductions while the authorization remains in effect. The Employer hereby agrees to deduct voluntary political contribution deductions based upon authorizations signed by the employees in accordance with applicable law. Such deductions will be made from the pay for the first full pay period worked by each employee following the receipt of the authorization, and thereafter will be made the first pay day each month, and forwarded to the Union not later than the twentieth day in each and every current month. Such deductions shall constitute trust funds while in the possession of the Employer. If the Employer fails to remit to the Union the dues or other monies deducted in accordance with this section by the twentieth day, the Employer shall pay interest on such dues at the rate of one percent per month beginning on the twenty-first day, unless the Employer can demonstrate the delay was for good cause due to circumstances beyond its control. The interest shall not be assessed for an Employer’s initial failure to deduct voluntary political contributions until thirty (30) days after the Employer has received written notice from the Union of its failure to deduct. If a signatory does not revoke the authorization at the end of a year following the date of authorization, or at the end of the current contract, whichever is earlier, it shall be deemed a renewal of authorization, irrevocable for another year, or until the expiration of the next succeeding contract, whichever is earlier. The Union agrees to indemnify and save such Employer and the RAB harmless from any liability incurred by reason of such deductions. 12. Nothing in this Article shall be construed as an admission that the Employer or his employees in any particular building are engaged in interstate commerce, in an activity affecting interstate commerce, in the production of goods for interstate commerce, or that any particular building is covered by the provisions of the Labor-Management Relations Act, as amended. 13. In keeping with the extension of Article 1, Section 1, to include New Jersey, Connecticut, Nassau, Suffolk, Duchess, Sullivan, Putnam, Orange, Rockland and Westchester counties in New York and the geographic jurisdiction of the Union, the RAB and the Union will establish a joint industry committee comprised of at least 6 representatives from all sectors of the commercial and residential industry to meet on an ongoing basis, but not less than quarterly. The committee shall review and analyze prevailing market conditions, including wage and rental rates, and develop procedures for resolving union organizational and representation disputes to minimize disruption and conflict, and to promote stable and efficient labor relations and labor conditions.

UNION RECOGNITION AND UNION SECURITY. 1. The Union is recognized as the exclusive collective bargaining representative of all classifications clas- sifications of service employees at each apartment building in New York City, Nassau, Suffolk, Duchess, Sullivan, Putnam, Rockland and Westchester counties in New York, Connecticut and New Jersey, which is committed to this Agreement. Work performed pursuant to Agreement within the terms geographical jurisdiction of this collective bargaining agreement shall not be performed by persons not covered by the bargaining agreement except as provided in Article II. 2Union and the RAB. This Agreement shall apply to all classifications of service employees employed by the Employer. Article II of this Agreement shall also apply to employees of cleaning and maintenance contractors who employ employees in any building committed to this Agreement working in any job category covered by this Agreement. This Agreement shall include a classifica- tion for building Superintendent in buildings where the Superintendent has been covered by the RAB Commercial Building Agreement and those covered under the former Local 164/RAB Agreement. Work performed pursuant to the terms of this collective bargaining agreement shall not be per- formed by persons not covered by the bargaining agreement except as provided in Article II. 32. There shall be a Union Shop throughout the term of this Agreement in every building where there was a Union Shop under the 2010 Apartment 2008 Commercial Building Agreement and in other buildings whenever it is agreed or determined that a majority of the employees in such buildings build- ings are members of or have applied for membership in the Union. The “Union Shop” requires membership in the Union by every employee in the building as a condition of employment after the thirtieth (30th) day following employment or the execution execu- tion date of this agreementAgreement, whichever is later, or in the case of newly organized buildings, after the thirtieth (30th) day following agreement agree- ment or determination that a majority of the employees in such buildings are members of or have applied for membership in the Union, and requires that the Union shall not ask or require the Employer to discharge or otherwise discriminate discrim- inate against any employee except in compliance with law. The requirement of mem- bership under this section or elsewhere in this Agreement is satisfied by the payment of ▇▇▇▇▇- cial obligations of the Union’s initiation fees and periodic dues uniformly imposed. In the event the Union security provision of this Agreement is held to be invalid, unenforceable unenforce- able or of no legal effect generally or with respect to any building because of interpretation or a change of federal or state statute, city ordinance ordi- ▇▇▇▇▇ or rule or decision of any government administrative body, agency or subdivision, the permissible Union security clause under such statute, decision or regulation shall be enforceable enforce- able as a substitute for the Union security clause provided for herein. 43. Whenever the Union files with the RAB and the Employer a claim that a majority of the employees in a building are members of or have made application for membership in the Union, the Union Shop requirement shall be made effective within fifteen (15) days thereafter, unless the Employer or the RAB RAB, within ten (10) days, notifies the Union that it requires a determination deter- mination of that claim. 54. Upon receipt by the Employer of a letter from the Union’s Secretary-Treasurer requesting request- ing any employee’s discharge because he/she has not met the requirements of this Article, unless the Employer questions the propriety of so doing, the such employee shall be discharged within fifteen (15) days of said notice if prior thereto he/she such employee does not take proper steps to meet said requirements. If the Employer questions the propriety of the dischargedis- charge, he it shall immediately submit the matter to grievance, and if not thus settled, to the Arbitrator for final determination. If it is finally final- ly settled or determined that the employee has not met the said requirements, he he/she shall be discharged within ten (10) days after written notice of the final determination has been given to the RAB and the Employer. The Employer shall be responsible for unpaid dues after receipt of notice provided for in this section and exhaustion of contractual remedies. The Employer’s obligation shall begin fifteen (15) days after such notice or, if the Employer questions the discharge, after the final determination of the arbitrator. 65. The Union will hold the Employer harmless harm- less from any liability arising from a discharge asked by the Union pursuant to this Article provided pro- vided the Employer has done nothing to cause or increase its own liability concerning removal of employees. 7. No building service employee may be employed in any building, except within a tenant’s apartment, save by the Employer, without the consent of the Union. 86. During any period in which it is not established that a majority of the employees in a building are members of, or have made application applica- tion for membership in the Union, it is agreed that all employees who, upon the date this agreement Agreement is signed for their building, are members of the Union in good standing in accordance with the Constitution and By-Laws of the Union, and all employees who thereafter become members shall, as a condition of employment, remain Union members in good standing during the life of the agreementAgreement. 97. Upon execution of this Agreement the Agreement, each Employer shall furnish the Union and the RAB with a complete list of the names, social security numbers and Social Security numbers, home addresses and job location loca- tions of all employees covered by this Agreement and shall notify the Union and the RAB of the names and social security numbers and names, Social Security numbers, home addresses and job location of each new employee thereafter employed. The Employer shall notify the Union and the RAB in writing, as soon as a cancellation of an account becomes effective where Union members are employed and the Employer shall notify the Union when he he/she acquires a new building service job. 108. The Union shall have the right to inspect the Employer’s Social Security reports and all payroll records (except the salary of the nonunion Supervisors) in order to determine if this agreement Agreement is being complied with. The Union shall have the right to expedited arbitration arbitra- tion in the event an Employer fails to comply with this right of inspection. Inspections may also be made by the Union or the Arbitrator at the request of the RAB. The RAB may join the Union at all times, when such examination is made. All Benefit Trust Funds established under this agreement Agreement shall have the same right to inspect as the Union but shall also have the right to inspect Supervisor’s Supervisors’ payroll records where Supervisors are covered by such Funds. 119. Each Employer agrees to deduct the Union’s monthly dues, initiation fees, and all legal assessments from the pay of each employee employ- ee from whom it receives written authorization and will continue to make such deductions while the authorization remains in effect. The Employer hereby agrees to deduct voluntary political contribution deductions contributions based upon authorizations authoriza- tions signed by the employees in accordance with applicable law. Such deductions will be made from the pay for the first full pay period worked by each employee following the receipt of the authorizationauthoriza- tion, and thereafter will be made the first pay day payday each month, and forwarded to the Union not later than the twentieth day in each and every current month. Such deductions shall constitute trust funds while in the possession of the Employer. If the Employer fails to remit to the Union the dues or other monies deducted in accordance accor- dance with this section by the twentieth day, the Employer shall pay interest on such dues or other monies at the rate of one percent per month beginning on the twenty-first day, unless the Employer can demonstrate the delay was for good cause due to circumstances beyond its control. The interest shall not be assessed for an Employer’s 's initial failure to deduct voluntary political contributions until thirty (30) days after the Employer has received written notice from the Union of its failure to deduct. If a signatory does not revoke the dues authorization at the end of a year following the date of authorization, or at the end of the current contract, whichever is earlier, it shall be deemed a renewal of authorization, irrevocable for another year, or until the expiration of the next succeeding contract, whichever is earlier. The Union agrees to indemnify and save such Employer and the RAB harmless from any liability incurred by reason of such deductions. 12. Nothing in this Article shall be construed as an admission that the Employer or his employees in any particular building are engaged in interstate commerce, in an activity affecting interstate commerce, in the production of goods for interstate commerce, or that any particular building is covered by the provisions of the Labor-Management Relations Act, as amended. 13. In keeping with the extension of Article 1I, Section 1, 1 to include New Jersey, Connecticut, Nassau, Suffolk, Duchess, Sullivan, Putnam, Orange, Rockland and Westchester counties in New York and all areas within the geographic geo- graphical jurisdiction of the UnionUnion and the RAB, the RAB and the Union will establish a joint industry committee comprised of at least 6 six (6) representatives from all sectors of the commercial and residential industry to meet on an ongoing basis, but not less than quarterly. The committee shall review and analyze prevailing pre- vailing market conditions, including wage and rental rates, and develop procedures for resolving union resolv- ing Union organizational and representation disputes to minimize disruption and conflict, conflict and to promote stable and efficient labor relations and labor conditions.

UNION RECOGNITION AND UNION SECURITY. 1. This Agreement shall apply to the Resident Managers and/or Superintendents within the premises covered by this Agreement. 2. The Union is recognized as the exclusive collective bargaining representative of all classifications of service employees at each apartment building in New York City, Nassau, Suffolk, Duchess, Sullivan, Putnam, Rockland and Westchester counties in New York, Connecticut and New Jersey, which is committed to the employee(s) covered by this Agreement. Work performed pursuant to the terms of this collective bargaining agreement shall not be performed by persons not covered by the bargaining agreement except as provided in Article II. 2. This Agreement shall apply to all classifications of service employees employed by the Employer. Article II of this Agreement shall also apply to employees of cleaning and maintenance contractors who employ employees in any building committed to this Agreement working in any job category covered by this Agreement. 3. There shall be a Union Shop throughout the term of this Agreement in every building where there was a Union Shop under the 2010 Apartment Building 2014 Resident Managers and Superintendents Agreement and in other buildings whenever it is agreed or determined that a majority of the employees in such buildings are members of or have applied for membership in the Union. The “Union Shop” requires membership in the Union by every employee in the building as a condition of employment after the thirtieth day following employment or the execution date of this agreementAgreement, whichever is later, or in the case of newly organized buildings, after the thirtieth day following agreement or determination that a majority of the employees in such buildings are members of or have applied for membership in the Union, and requires that the Union shall not ask or require the Employer to discharge or otherwise discriminate against any employee except in compliance with law. In the event the Union security provision of this Agreement is held to be invalid, unenforceable or of no legal effect generally or with respect to any building because of interpretation or a change of federal or state statute, city ordinance or rule or decision of any government administrative body, agency or subdivision, the permissible Union security clause under such statute, decision or regulation shall be enforceable as a substitute for the Union security clause provided for herein. 4. Whenever the Union files with the RAB and the Employer a claim that a majority of the employees in a building are members of or have made application for membership in the Union, the Union Shop requirement shall be made effective within fifteen (15) days thereafter, unless the Employer or the RAB within ten (10) days, notifies the Union that it requires a determination of that claim. 5. Upon receipt by the Employer of a letter from the Union’s Secretary-Treasurer requesting any employeethe Resident Manager’s and/or Superintendent’s discharge because he/she such employee has not met the requirements of this Article, unless the Employer questions the propriety of so doing, the such employee shall be discharged within fifteen (15) days of said notice if prior thereto he/she such employee does not take proper steps to meet said requirements. If the Employer questions the propriety of the discharge, he it shall immediately submit the matter to grievance, and if not thus settled, to the Arbitrator for final determination. If it is finally settled or determined that the employee has not met the said requirements, he such employee shall be discharged within ten (10) days after written notice of the final determination has been given to the RAB and the Employer. The Employer shall be responsible for unpaid dues after receipt of notice provided for in this section and exhaustion of contractual remedies. The Employer’s obligation shall begin fifteen (15) days after such notice or, if the Employer questions the discharge, after the final determination of the arbitrator. 65. The Union will hold the Employer harmless from any liability arising from a discharge asked by the Union pursuant to this Article provided the Employer has done nothing to cause or increase its own liability concerning removal of employeesthe Resident Manager or Superintendent. 76. No building service employee Superintendent may be employed in any building, except within a tenant’s apartment, save by the Employer, without the consent of the Union. 8. During any period in which it is not established that a majority of the employees in a building are members of, or have made application for membership in the Union, it is agreed that all employees who, upon the date this agreement is signed for their building, are members of the Union in good standing in accordance with the Constitution and By-Laws of the Union, and all employees who thereafter become members shall, as a condition of employment, remain Union members in good standing during the life of the agreement. 97. Upon execution of this Agreement the Employer shall furnish the Union and the RAB with a complete list of the names, social security numbers and home addresses and job location of all employees covered by this Agreement and shall notify the Union and the RAB of the names and social security numbers and home addresses and job location of each new employee Superintendent thereafter employed. The Employer shall notify the Union and the RAB in writing, as soon as a cancellation of an account becomes effective where Union members are employed and the Employer shall notify the Union when he it acquires a new building service job. 108. The Union shall have the right to inspect the Employer’s Social Security reports and all payroll records (except the salary of the nonunion Supervisors) in order to determine if this agreement Agreement is being complied with. The Union shall have the right to expedited arbitration in the event an Employer fails to comply with this right of inspection. Inspections may also be made by the Union or the Arbitrator at the request of the RAB. The RAB may join the Union at all times, when such examination is made. All Benefit Trust Funds established under this agreement Agreement shall have the same right to inspect as the Union but shall also have the right to inspect Supervisor’s payroll records where Supervisors are covered by such Funds. 119. Each Employer agrees to deduct the Union’s monthly dues, initiation fees, and all legal assessments from the pay of each employee from whom it receives written authorization and will continue to make such deductions while the authorization remains in effect. The parties acknowledge and agree that the term “written authorization” as provided in this Agreement includes authorizations or revocations created and maintained by use of electronic records and electronic signatures consistent with state and federal law. The Union, therefore, may use electronic records to verify Union membership, authorization for voluntary deduction of Union dues and fees, as well as voluntary contributions to the Union's American Dream Fund, from wages or payments for remittance to the Union, and authorization for voluntary deductions from wages or payments for remittance to the American Dream Fund. The Employer shall accept such electronic records from the Union as valid written authorizations for, or revocations of, deduction and remittance. Employers who are currently accepting such electronic records as valid written authorizations or revocations for deduction and remittance shall continue to do so. The parties recognize that Employers who are not currently accepting electronic records as valid written authorizations or revocations may need time and/or training to be able to do so. The Union shall provide any necessary training opportunity to the Employer to facilitate acceptance of electronic records as valid written authorizations or revocations for deduction and remittance. Those Employers who are not currently accepting electronic records as valid written authorizations or revocations shall commence acceptance no later than nine (9) months from the date an Employer becomes signatory to this Agreement (the “Transition Period”), provided that any reasonably requested training has been provided by the Union. It is understood that the transition to electronic records and electronic signatures may cause some delays. During the Transition Period, Employers who deduct appropriately, but whose transmissions are delayed, shall not be subject to interest or penalties owing to such delays. The Employer hereby agrees to deduct voluntary political contribution deductions based upon authorizations signed by the employees in accordance with applicable law. Such deductions will be made from the pay for the first full pay period worked by each employee following the receipt of the authorization, and thereafter will be made the first pay day each month, and forwarded to the Union not later than the twentieth day in each and every current month. Such deductions shall constitute trust funds while in the possession of the Employer. If the Employer fails to remit to the Union the dues or other monies deducted in accordance with this section by the twentieth day, the Employer shall pay interest on such dues at the rate of one percent per month beginning on the twenty-first day, unless the Employer can demonstrate the delay was for good cause due to circumstances beyond its control. The interest Employer shall not provide employee information in connection with the transmission of dues, initiation fees, all legal assessments and other deductions required to be assessed for an Employer’s initial failure transmitted to deduct voluntary political contributions until thirty (30) days after the Employer has received written notice from the Union of its failure to deduct(collectively, "Deductions"). If a signatory does not revoke the authorization at the end of a year following the date of authorization, or at the end of the current contract, whichever is earlier, it Deductions from employees' paychecks shall be deemed a renewal of authorizationtransmitted to the Union electronically via ACH utilizing the 32BJ self-service portal, irrevocable for another yearunless the Union directs, or until the expiration of the next succeeding contractin writing, whichever is earlierthat Deductions be remitted by means other than electronic transmittals. The Union agrees shall specify reasonable information to indemnify be recorded and/or transmitted by the Employer, as necessary and save such Employer and the RAB harmless from consistent with this Agreement. Employers who are currently transmitting Deductions by ACH shall continue to do so. The parties recognize that Employers who are not currently transmitting Deductions by ACH may need time and/or training to be able to do so. The Union shall provide any liability incurred by reason of such deductions. 12. Nothing in this Article shall be construed as an admission that necessary training opportunity to the Employer or his employees in any particular building to facilitate electronic transmissions. Those Employers who are engaged in interstate commerce, in an activity affecting interstate commerce, in the production of goods for interstate commerce, or that any particular building is covered not currently transmitting Deductions by the provisions of the Labor-Management Relations Act, as amended. 13. In keeping with the extension of Article 1, Section 1, to include New Jersey, Connecticut, Nassau, Suffolk, Duchess, Sullivan, Putnam, Orange, Rockland and Westchester counties in New York and the geographic jurisdiction of the Union, the RAB and the Union will establish a joint industry committee comprised of at least 6 representatives from all sectors of the commercial and residential industry to meet on an ongoing basis, but not less ACH shall commence transmission by ACH no later than quarterly. The committee shall review and analyze prevailing market conditions, including wage and rental rates, and develop procedures for resolving union organizational and representation disputes to minimize disruption and conflict, and to promote stable and efficient labor relations and labor conditions.nine

UNION RECOGNITION AND UNION SECURITY. 1. The Union is recognized as the exclusive collective bargaining representative of all classifications of service employees at each apartment building in New York City, Nassau, Suffolk, Duchess, Sullivan, Putnam, Rockland and Westchester counties in New York, Connecticut and New Jersey, which is committed to this Agreement. Work performed pursuant to the terms of this collective bargaining agreement shall not be performed by persons not covered by the bargaining agreement except as provided in Article II. 2. This Agreement shall apply to all classifications of service employees employed by the Employer. Article II of this Agreement shall also apply to employees of cleaning and maintenance contractors who employ employees in any building committed to this Agreement working in any job category covered by this Agreement. 3. There shall be a Union Shop throughout the term of this Agreement in every building where there was a Union Shop under the 2010 2014 Apartment Building Agreement and in other buildings whenever it is agreed or determined that a majority of the employees in such buildings are members of or have applied for membership in the Union. The “Union Shop” requires membership in the Union by every employee in the building as a condition of employment after the thirtieth day following employment or the execution date of this agreement, whichever is later, or in the case of newly organized buildings, after the thirtieth day following agreement or determination that a majority of the employees in such buildings are members of or have applied for membership in the Union, and requires that the Union shall not ask or require the Employer to discharge or otherwise discriminate against any employee except in compliance with law. In the event the Union security provision of this Agreement is held to be invalid, unenforceable or of no legal effect generally or with respect to any building because of interpretation or a change of federal or state statute, city ordinance or rule or decision of any government administrative body, agency or subdivision, the permissible Union security clause under such statute, decision or regulation shall be enforceable as a substitute for the Union security clause provided for herein. 4. Whenever the Union files with the RAB and the Employer a claim that a majority of the employees in a building are members of or have made application for membership in the Union, the Union Shop requirement shall be made effective within fifteen (15) days thereafter, unless the Employer or the RAB within ten (10) days, notifies the Union that it requires a determination of that claim. 5. Upon receipt by the Employer of a letter from the Union’s Secretary-Treasurer requesting any employee’s discharge because he/she has not met the requirements of this Article, unless the Employer questions the propriety of so doing, the employee shall be discharged within fifteen (15) days of said notice if prior thereto he/she does not take proper steps to meet said requirements. If the Employer questions the propriety of the discharge, he it shall immediately submit the matter to grievance, and if not thus settled, to the Arbitrator for final determination. If it is finally settled or determined that the employee has not met the said requirements, he he/she shall be discharged within ten (10) days after written notice of the final determination has been given to the RAB and the Employer. The Employer shall be responsible for unpaid dues after receipt of notice provided for in this section and exhaustion of contractual remedies. The Employer’s obligation shall begin fifteen (15) days after such notice or, if the Employer questions the discharge, after the final determination of the arbitrator. 6. The Union will hold the Employer harmless from any liability arising from a discharge asked by the Union pursuant to this Article provided the Employer has done nothing to cause or increase its own liability concerning removal of employees. 7. No building service employee may be employed in any building, except within a tenant’s apartment, save by the Employer, without the consent of the Union. 8. During any period in which it is not established that a majority of the employees in a building are members of, or have made application for membership in the Union, it is agreed that all employees who, upon the date this agreement is signed for their building, are members of the Union in good standing in accordance with the Constitution and By-Laws of the Union, and all employees who thereafter become members shall, as a condition of employment, remain Union members in good standing during the life of the agreement. 9. Upon execution of this Agreement the Employer shall furnish the Union and the RAB with a complete list of the names, social security numbers and home addresses and job location of all employees covered by this Agreement and shall notify the Union and the RAB of the names and social security numbers and home addresses and job location of each new employee thereafter employed. The Employer shall notify the Union and the RAB in writing, as soon as a cancellation of an account becomes effective where Union members are employed and the Employer shall notify the Union when he acquires a new building service job. 10. The Union shall have the right to inspect the Employer’s Social Security reports and all payroll records (except the salary of the nonunion Supervisors) in order to determine if this agreement is being complied with. The Union shall have the right to expedited arbitration in the event an Employer fails to comply with this right of inspection. Inspections may also be made by the Union or the Arbitrator at the request of the RAB. The RAB may join the Union at all times, when such examination is made. All Benefit Trust Funds established under this agreement shall have the same right to inspect as the Union but shall also have the right to inspect Supervisor’s payroll records where Supervisors are covered by such Funds. 11. Each Employer agrees to deduct the Union’s monthly dues, initiation fees, and all legal assessments from the pay of each employee from whom it receives written authorization and will continue to make such deductions while the authorization remains in effect. The Employer hereby agrees to deduct voluntary political contribution deductions based upon authorizations signed by the employees in accordance with applicable law. Such deductions will be made from the pay for the first full pay period worked by each employee following the receipt of the authorization, and thereafter will be made the first pay day each month, and forwarded to the Union not later than the twentieth day in each and every current month. Such deductions shall constitute trust funds while in the possession of the Employer. If the Employer fails to remit to the Union the dues or other monies deducted in accordance with this section by the twentieth day, the Employer shall pay interest on such dues at the rate of one percent per month beginning on the twenty-first day, unless the Employer can demonstrate the delay was for good cause due to circumstances beyond its control. The interest shall not be assessed for an Employer’s initial failure to deduct voluntary political contributions until thirty (30) days after the Employer has received written notice from the Union of its failure to deduct. If a signatory does not revoke the authorization at the end of a year following the date of authorization, or at the end of the current contract, whichever is earlier, it shall be deemed a renewal of authorization, irrevocable for another year, or until the expiration of the next succeeding contract, whichever is earlier. The Union agrees to indemnify and save such Employer and the RAB harmless from any liability incurred by reason of such deductions. 12. Nothing in this Article shall be construed as an admission that the Employer or his employees in any particular building are engaged in interstate commerce, in an activity affecting interstate commerce, in the production of goods for interstate commerce, or that any particular building is covered by the provisions of the Labor-Management Relations Act, as amended. 13. In keeping with the extension of Article 1, Section 1, to include New Jersey, Connecticut, Nassau, Suffolk, Duchess, Sullivan, Putnam, Orange, Rockland and Westchester counties in New York and the geographic jurisdiction of the Union, the RAB and the Union will establish a joint industry committee comprised of at least 6 representatives from all sectors of the commercial and residential industry to meet on an ongoing basis, but not less than quarterly. The committee shall review and analyze prevailing market conditions, including wage and rental rates, and develop procedures for resolving union organizational and representation disputes to minimize disruption and conflict, and to promote stable and efficient labor relations and labor conditions.ten

UNION RECOGNITION AND UNION SECURITY. 1. The Union is recognized as the exclusive collective bargaining representative of all classifications of service employees at each apartment building in New York City, Nassau, Suffolk, Duchess, Sullivan, Putnam, Rockland and Westchester counties in New York, Connecticut and New Jersey, which is committed to this Agreement. Work performed pursuant to the terms of this collective bargaining agreement shall not be performed by persons not covered by the bargaining agreement except as provided in Article II. 2. This Agreement shall apply to all classifications of service employees employed by the Employer. Article II of this Agreement shall also apply to employees of cleaning and maintenance contractors who employ employees in any building committed to this Agreement working in any job category covered by this Agreement. 3. There shall be a Union Shop throughout the term of this Agreement in every building where there was a Union Shop under the 2010 2006 Apartment Building Agreement and in other buildings whenever it is agreed or determined that a majority of the employees in such buildings are members of or have applied for membership in the Union. The “Union Shop” requires membership in the Union by every employee in the building as a condition of employment after the thirtieth day following employment or the execution date of this agreement, whichever is later, or in the case of newly organized buildings, after the thirtieth day following agreement or determination that a majority of the employees in such buildings are members of or have applied for membership in the Union, and requires that the Union shall not ask or require the Employer to discharge or otherwise discriminate against any employee except in compliance with law. In the event the Union security provision of this Agreement is held to be invalid, unenforceable or of no legal effect generally or with respect to any building because of interpretation or a change of federal or state statute, city ordinance or rule or decision of any government administrative body, agency or subdivision, the permissible Union security clause under such statute, decision or regulation shall be enforceable as a substitute for the Union security clause provided for herein. 4. Whenever the Union files with the RAB and the Employer a claim that a majority of the employees in a building are members of or have made application for membership in the Union, the Union Shop requirement shall be made effective within fifteen (15) days thereafter, unless the Employer or the RAB within ten (10) days, notifies the Union that it requires a determination of that claim. 5. Upon receipt by the Employer of a letter from the Union’s Secretary-Treasurer requesting any employee’s discharge because he/she has not met the requirements of this Article, unless the Employer questions the propriety of so doing, the employee shall be discharged within fifteen (15) days of said notice if prior thereto he/she does not take proper steps to meet said requirements. If the Employer questions the propriety of the discharge, he shall immediately submit the matter to grievance, and if not thus settled, to the Arbitrator for final determination. If it is finally settled or determined that the employee has not met the said requirements, he shall be discharged within ten (10) days after written notice of the final determination has been given to the RAB and the Employer. The Employer shall be responsible for unpaid dues after receipt of notice provided for in this section and exhaustion of contractual remedies. The Employer’s obligation shall begin fifteen (15) days after such notice or, if the Employer questions the discharge, after the final determination of the arbitrator. 6. The Union will hold the Employer harmless from any liability arising from a discharge asked by the Union pursuant to this Article provided the Employer has done nothing to cause or increase its own liability concerning removal of employees. 7. No building service employee may be employed in any building, except within a tenant’s apartment, save by the Employer, without the consent of the Union. 8. During any period in which it is not established that a majority of the employees in a building are members of, or have made application for membership in the Union, it is agreed that all employees who, upon the date this agreement is signed for their building, are members of the Union in good standing in accordance with the Constitution and By-Laws of the Union, and all employees who thereafter become members shall, as a condition of employment, remain Union members in good standing during the life of the agreement. 9. Upon execution of this Agreement the Employer shall furnish the Union and the RAB with a complete list of the names, social security numbers and home addresses and job location of all employees covered by this Agreement and shall notify the Union and the RAB of the names and social security numbers and home addresses and job location of each new employee thereafter employed. The Employer shall notify the Union and the RAB in writing, as soon as a cancellation of an account becomes effective where Union members are employed and the Employer shall notify the Union when he acquires a new building service job. 10. The Union shall have the right to inspect the Employer’s Social Security reports and all payroll records (except the salary of the nonunion Supervisors) in order to determine if this agreement is being complied with. The Union shall have the right to expedited arbitration in the event an Employer fails to comply with this right of inspection. Inspections may also be made by the Union or the Arbitrator at the request of the RAB. The RAB may join the Union at all times, when such examination is made. All Benefit Trust Funds established under this agreement shall have the same right to inspect as the Union but shall also have the right to inspect Supervisor’s payroll records where Supervisors are covered by such Funds. 11. Each Employer agrees to deduct the Union’s monthly dues, initiation fees, and all legal assessments from the pay of each employee from whom it receives written authorization and will continue to make such deductions while the authorization remains in effect. The Employer hereby agrees to deduct voluntary political contribution deductions based upon authorizations signed by the employees in accordance with applicable law. Such deductions will be made from the pay for the first full pay period worked by each employee following the receipt of the authorization, and thereafter will be made the first pay day each month, and forwarded to the Union not later than the twentieth day in each and every current month. Such deductions shall constitute trust funds while in the possession of the Employer. If the Employer fails to remit to the Union the dues or other monies deducted in accordance with this section by the twentieth day, the Employer shall pay interest on such dues at the rate of one percent per month beginning on the twenty-first day, unless the Employer can demonstrate the delay was for good cause due to circumstances beyond its control. The interest shall not be assessed for an Employer’s initial failure to deduct voluntary political contributions until thirty (30) days after the Employer has received written notice from the Union of its failure to deduct. If a signatory does not revoke the authorization at the end of a year following the date of authorization, or at the end of the current contract, whichever is earlier, it shall be deemed a renewal of authorization, irrevocable for another year, or until the expiration of the next succeeding contract, whichever is earlier. The Union agrees to indemnify and save such Employer and the RAB harmless from any liability incurred by reason of such deductions. 12. Nothing in this Article shall be construed as an admission that the Employer or his employees in any particular building are engaged in interstate commerce, in an activity affecting interstate commerce, in the production of goods for interstate commerce, or that any particular building is covered by the provisions of the Labor-Management Relations Act, as amended. 13. In keeping with the extension of Article 1, Section 1, to include New Jersey, Connecticut, Nassau, Suffolk, Duchess, Sullivan, Putnam, Orange, Rockland and Westchester counties in New York and the geographic jurisdiction of the Union, the RAB and the Union will establish a joint industry committee comprised of at least 6 representatives from all sectors of the commercial and residential industry to meet on an ongoing basis, but not less than quarterly. The committee shall review and analyze prevailing market conditions, including wage and rental rates, and develop procedures for resolving union organizational and representation disputes to minimize disruption and conflict, and to promote stable and efficient labor relations and labor conditions.

UNION RECOGNITION AND UNION SECURITY. 1. The Union is recognized as the exclusive collective bargaining representative of all classifications of service employees at each apartment building in New York City, Nassau, Suffolk, Duchess, Sullivan, Putnam, Rockland and Westchester counties in New York, Connecticut and New Jersey, which is committed to this Agreement. Work performed pursuant to the terms of this collective bargaining agreement shall not be performed by persons not covered by the bargaining agreement except as provided in Article II. 2. This Agreement shall apply to all classifications of service employees employed by the Employer. Article II of this Agreement shall also apply to employees of cleaning and maintenance contractors who employ employees in any building committed to this Agreement working in any job category covered by this Agreement. 3. There shall be a Union Shop throughout the term of this Agreement in every building where there was a Union Shop under the 2010 2018 Apartment Building Agreement and in other buildings whenever it is agreed or determined that a majority of the employees in such buildings are members of or have applied for membership in the Union. The “Union Shop” requires membership in the Union by every employee in the building as a condition of employment after the thirtieth day following employment or the execution date of this agreementAgreement, whichever is later, or in the case of newly organized buildings, after the thirtieth day following agreement or determination that a majority of the employees in such buildings are members of or have applied for membership in the Union, and requires that the Union shall not ask or require the Employer to discharge or otherwise discriminate against any employee except in compliance with law. In the event the Union security provision of this Agreement is held to be invalid, unenforceable or of no legal effect generally or with respect to any building because of interpretation or a change of federal or state statute, city ordinance or rule or decision of any government administrative body, agency or subdivision, the permissible Union security clause under such statute, decision or regulation shall be enforceable as a substitute for the Union security clause provided for herein. 4. Whenever the Union files with the RAB and the Employer a claim that a majority of the employees in a building are members of or have made application for membership in the Union, the Union Shop requirement shall be made effective within fifteen (15) days thereafter, unless the Employer or the RAB RAB, within ten (10) days, notifies the Union that it requires a determination of that claim. 5. Upon receipt by the Employer of a letter from the Union’s Secretary-Treasurer requesting any employee’s discharge because he/she such employee has not met the requirements of this Article, unless the Employer questions the propriety of so doing, the employee shall be discharged within fifteen (15) days of said notice if prior thereto he/she such employee does not take proper steps to meet said requirements. If the Employer questions the propriety of the discharge, he it shall immediately submit the matter to grievance, and if not thus settled, to the Arbitrator for final determination. If it is finally settled or determined that the employee has not met the said requirements, he the employee shall be discharged within ten (10) days after written notice of the final determination has been given to the RAB and the Employer. The Employer shall be responsible for unpaid dues after receipt of notice provided for in this section and exhaustion of contractual remedies. The Employer’s obligation shall begin fifteen (15) days after such notice or, if the Employer questions the discharge, after the final determination of the arbitratorArbitrator. 6. The Union will hold the Employer harmless from any liability arising from a discharge asked by the Union pursuant to this Article provided the Employer has done nothing to cause or increase its own liability concerning removal of employees. 7. No building service employee may be employed in any building, except within a tenant’s apartment, save by the Employer, without the consent of the Union. 8. During any period in which it is not established that a majority of the employees in a building are members of, or have made application for membership in the Union, it is agreed that all employees who, upon the date this agreement Agreement is signed for their building, are members of the Union in good standing in accordance with the Constitution and By-Laws of the Union, and all employees who thereafter become members shall, as a condition of employment, remain Union members in good standing during the life of the agreementAgreement. 9. Upon execution of this Agreement the Employer shall furnish the Union and the RAB with a complete list of the names, social security numbers and home addresses and job location of all employees covered by this Agreement and shall notify the Union and the RAB of the names and social security numbers and home addresses and job location of each new employee thereafter employed. The Employer shall notify the Union and the RAB RAB, in writing, as soon as a cancellation of an account becomes effective where Union members are employed and the Employer shall notify the Union when he it acquires a new building service job. 10. The Union shall have the right to inspect the Employer’s Social Security reports and all payroll records (except the salary of the nonunion Supervisors) in order to determine if this agreement Agreement is being complied with. The Union shall have the right to expedited arbitration in the event an Employer fails to comply with this right of inspection. Inspections may also be made by the Union or the Arbitrator at the request of the RAB. The RAB may join the Union at all times, times when such examination is made. All Benefit Trust Funds established under this agreement Agreement shall have the same right to inspect as the Union but shall also have the right to inspect Supervisor’s payroll records where Supervisors are covered by such Funds. 11. Each Employer agrees to deduct the Union’s monthly dues, initiation fees, and all legal assessments from the pay of each employee from whom it receives written authorization and will continue to make such deductions while the authorization remains in effect. The parties acknowledge and agree that the term “written authorization” as provided in this Agreement includes authorizations or revocations created and maintained by use of electronic records and electronic signatures consistent with state and federal law. The Union, therefore, may use electronic records to verify Union membership, authorization for voluntary deduction of Union dues and fees, as well as voluntary contributions to the Union’s American Dream Fund, from wages or payments for remittance to the Union, and authorization for voluntary deductions from wages or payments for remittance to the American Dream Fund. The Employer shall accept such electronic records from the Union as valid written authorizations for, or revocations of, deduction and remittance. Employers who are currently accepting such electronic records as valid written authorizations or revocations for deduction and remittance shall continue to do so. The parties recognize that Employers who are not currently accepting electronic records as valid written authorizations or revocations may need time and/or training to be able to do so. The Union shall provide any necessary training opportunity to the Employer to facilitate acceptance of electronic records as valid written authorizations or revocations for deduction and remittance. Those Employers who are not currently accepting electronic records as valid written authorizations or revocations shall commence acceptance no later than nine (9) months from the date an Employer becomes signatory to this Agreement (the “Transition Period”), provided that any reasonably requested training has been provided by the Union. It is understood that the transition to electronic records and electronic signatures may cause some delays. During the Transition Period, Employers who deduct appropriately, but whose transmissions are delayed, shall not be subject to interest or penalties owing to such delays. The Employer hereby agrees to deduct voluntary political contribution deductions based upon authorizations signed by the employees in accordance with applicable law. Such deductions will be made from the pay for the first full pay period worked by each employee following the receipt of the authorization, and thereafter will be made the first pay day each month, and forwarded to the Union not later than the twentieth day in each and every current month. Such deductions shall constitute trust funds while in the possession of the Employer. If the Employer fails to remit to the Union the dues or other monies deducted in accordance with this section Section by the twentieth day, the Employer shall pay interest on such dues at the rate of one percent per month beginning on the twenty-first day, unless the Employer can demonstrate the delay was for good cause due to circumstances beyond its control. The interest shall not be assessed for an Employer’s initial failure to deduct voluntary political contributions until thirty (30) days after the Employer has received written notice from the Union of its failure to deduct. The Employer shall provide employee information in connection with the transmission of dues, initiation fees, all legal assessments and other deductions required to be transmitted to the Union (collectively, “Deductions”). Deductions from employees’ paychecks shall be transmitted to the Union electronically via ACH utilizing the 32BJ self-service portal, unless the Union directs, in writing, that Deductions be remitted by means other than electronic transmittals. The Union shall specify reasonable information to be recorded and/ or transmitted by the Employer, as necessary and consistent with this Agreement. Employers who are currently transmitting Deductions by ACH shall continue to do so. The parties recognize that Employers who are not currently transmitting Deductions by ACH may need time and/ or training to be able to do so. The Union shall provide any necessary training opportunity to the Employer to facilitate electronic transmissions. Those Employers who are not currently transmitting Deductions by ACH shall commence transmission by ACH no later than nine (9) months from the date an Employer becomes signatory to this Agreement (the “Transition Period”), provided that any reasonably requested training has been provided by the Union. It is understood that the transition to ACH payment may cause some delays in effecting transmission. During the Transition Period, Employers who deduct appropriately, but whose transmissions are delayed, shall not be subject to interest or penalties owing to such delays. If a signatory does not revoke the authorization at the end of a year following the date of authorization, or at the end of the current contract, whichever is earlier, it shall be deemed a renewal of authorization, irrevocable for another year, or until the expiration of the next succeeding contract, whichever is earlier. The Union agrees to indemnify and save such Employer and the RAB harmless from any liability incurred by reason of such deductions. 12. Nothing in this Article shall be construed as an admission that the Employer or his its employees in any particular building are engaged in interstate commerce, in an activity affecting interstate commerce, in the production of goods for interstate commerce, or that any particular building is covered by the provisions of the Labor-Management Relations Act, as amended. 13. In keeping with the extension of Article 1, Section 1, to include New Jersey, Connecticut, Nassau, Suffolk, Duchess, Sullivan, Putnam, Orange, Rockland and Westchester counties in New York and the geographic jurisdiction of the Union, the RAB and the Union will establish a joint industry committee comprised of at least 6 six (6) representatives from all sectors of the commercial and residential industry to meet on an ongoing basis, but not less than quarterly. The committee shall review and analyze prevailing market conditions, including wage and rental rates, and develop procedures for resolving union organizational and representation disputes to minimize disruption and conflict, and to promote stable and efficient labor relations and labor conditions.

UNION RECOGNITION AND UNION SECURITY. 1. The Union is recognized as the exclusive collective bargaining representative of all classifications of service employees at each apartment building in New York City, Nassau, Suffolk, Duchess, Sullivan, Putnam, Rockland and Westchester counties in New York, Connecticut and New Jersey, which is committed to this Agreement. Work performed pursuant to the terms of this collective bargaining agreement shall not be performed by persons not covered by the bargaining agreement except as provided in Article II. 2. This Agreement shall apply to all classifications of service employees employed by the Employer. Article II of this Agreement shall also apply to employees of cleaning and maintenance contractors who employ employees in any building committed to this Agreement working in any job category covered by this Agreement. 3. There shall be a Union Shop throughout the term of this Agreement in every building where there was a Union Shop under the 2010 2014 Apartment Building Agreement and in other buildings whenever it is agreed or determined that a majority of the employees in such buildings are members of or have applied for membership in the Union. The “Union Shop” requires membership in the Union by every employee in the building as a condition of employment after the thirtieth day following employment or the execution date of this agreement, whichever is later, or in the case of newly organized buildings, after the thirtieth day following agreement or determination that a majority of the employees in such buildings are members of or have applied for membership in the Union, and requires that the Union shall not ask or require the Employer to discharge or otherwise discriminate against any employee except in compliance with law. In the event the Union security provision of this Agreement is held to be invalid, unenforceable or of no legal effect generally or with respect to any building because of interpretation or a change of federal or state statute, city ordinance or rule or decision of any government administrative body, agency or subdivision, the permissible Union security clause under such statute, decision or regulation shall be enforceable as a substitute for the Union security clause provided for herein. 4. Whenever the Union files with the RAB and the Employer a claim that a majority of the employees in a building are members of or have made application for membership in the Union, the Union Shop requirement shall be made effective within fifteen (15) days thereafter, unless the Employer or the RAB within ten (10) days, notifies the Union that it requires a determination of that claim. 5. Upon receipt by the Employer of a letter from the Union’s Secretary-Treasurer requesting any employee’s discharge because he/she has not met the requirements of this Article, unless the Employer questions the propriety of so doing, the employee shall be discharged within fifteen (15) days of said notice if prior thereto he/she does not take proper steps to meet said requirements. If the Employer questions the propriety of the discharge, he it shall immediately submit the matter to grievance, and if not thus settled, to the Arbitrator for final determination. If it is finally settled or determined that the employee has not met the said requirements, he he/she shall be discharged within ten (10) days after written notice of the final determination has been given to the RAB and the Employer. The Employer shall be responsible for unpaid dues after receipt of notice provided for in this section and exhaustion of contractual remedies. The Employer’s obligation shall begin fifteen (15) days after such notice or, if the Employer questions the discharge, after the final determination of the arbitrator. 6. The Union will hold the Employer harmless from any liability arising from a discharge asked by the Union pursuant to this Article provided the Employer has done nothing to cause or increase its own liability concerning removal of employees. 7. No building service employee may be employed in any building, except within a tenant’s apartment, save by the Employer, without the consent of the Union. 8. During any period in which it is not established that a majority of the employees in a building are members of, or have made application for membership in the Union, it is agreed that all employees who, upon the date this agreement is signed for their building, are members of the Union in good standing in accordance with the Constitution and By-Laws of the Union, and all employees who thereafter become members shall, as a condition of employment, remain Union members in good standing during the life of the agreementAgreement. 9. Upon execution of this Agreement the Employer shall furnish the Union and the RAB with a complete list of the names, social security numbers and home addresses and job location of all employees covered by this Agreement and shall notify the Union and the RAB of the names and social security numbers and home addresses and job location of each new employee thereafter employed. The Employer shall notify the Union and the RAB in writing, as soon as a cancellation of an account becomes effective where Union members are employed and the Employer shall notify the Union when he it acquires a new building service job. 10. The Union shall have the right to inspect the Employer’s Social Security reports and all payroll records (except the salary of the nonunion Supervisors) in order to determine if this agreement Agreement is being complied with. The Union shall have the right to expedited arbitration in the event an Employer fails to comply with this right of inspection. Inspections may also be made by the Union or the Arbitrator at the request of the RAB. The RAB may join the Union at all times, times when such examination is made. All Benefit Trust Funds established under this agreement Agreement shall have the same right to inspect as the Union but shall also have the right to inspect Supervisor’s payroll records where Supervisors are covered by such Funds. 11. Each Employer agrees to deduct the Union’s monthly dues, initiation fees, and all legal assessments from the pay of each employee from whom it receives written authorization and will continue to make such deductions while the authorization remains in effect. The parties acknowledge and agree that the term "written authorization" as provided in this Agreement includes authorizations or revocations created and maintained by use of electronic records and electronic signatures consistent with state and federal law. The Union, therefore, may use electronic records to verify Union membership, authorization for voluntary deduction of Union dues and fees, as well as voluntary contributions to the Union's American Dream Fund, from wages or payments for remittance to the Union, and authorization for voluntary deductions from wages or payments for remittance to the American Dream Fund. The Employer shall accept such electronic records from the Union as valid written authorizations for, or revocations of, deduction and remittance. Employers who are currently accepting such electronic records as valid written authorizations or revocations for deduction and remittance shall continue to do so. The parties recognize that Employers who are not currently accepting electronic records as valid written authorizations or revocations may need time and/or training to be able to do so. The Union shall provide any necessary training opportunity to the Employer to facilitate acceptance of electronic records as valid written authorizations or revocations for deduction and remittance. Those Employers who are not currently accepting electronic records as valid written authorizations or revocations shall commence acceptance no later than nine 9) months from the date an Employer becomes signatory to this Agreement the “Transition Period”), provided that any reasonably requested training has been provided by the Union. It is understood that the transition to electronic records and electronic signatures may cause some delays. During the Transition Period, Employers who deduct appropriately, but whose transmissions are delayed, shall not be subject to interest or penalties owing to such delays. The Employer hereby agrees to deduct voluntary political contribution deductions based upon authorizations signed by the employees in accordance with applicable law. Such deductions will be made from the pay for the first full pay period worked by each employee following the receipt of the authorization, and thereafter will be made the first pay day each month, and forwarded to the Union not later than the twentieth day in each and every current month. Such deductions shall constitute trust funds while in the possession of the Employer. If the Employer fails to remit to the Union the dues or other monies deducted in accordance with this section by the twentieth day, the Employer shall pay interest on such dues at the rate of one percent per month beginning on the twenty-first day, unless the Employer can demonstrate the delay was for good cause due to circumstances beyond its control. The interest shall not be assessed for an Employer’s initial failure to deduct voluntary political contributions until thirty (30) days after the Employer has received written notice from the Union of its failure to deduct. The Employer shall provide employee information in connection with the transmission of dues, initiation fees, all legal assessments and other deductions required to be transmitted to the Union collectively, "Deductions"). Deductions from employees' paychecks shall be transmitted to the Union electronically via ACH utilizing the 32BJ self-service portal, unless the Union directs, in writing, that Deductions be remitted by means other than electronic transmittals. The Union shall specify reasonable information to be recorded and/or transmitted by the Employer, as necessary and consistent with this Agreement. Employers who are currently transmitting Deductions by ACH shall continue to do so. The parties recognize that Employers who are not currently transmitting Deductions by ACH may need time and/or training to be able to do so. The Union shall provide any necessary training opportunity to the Employer to facilitate electronic transmissions. Those Employers who are not currently transmitting Deductions by ACH shall commence transmission by ACH no later than nine 9) months from the date an Employer becomes signatory to this Agreement the “Transition Period”), provided that any reasonably requested training has been provided by the Union. It is understood that the transition to ACH payment may cause some delays in effecting transmission. During the Transition Period, Employers who deduct appropriately, but whose transmissions are delayed, shall not be subject to interest or penalties owing to such delays. If a signatory does not revoke the authorization at the end of a year following the date of authorization, or at the end of the current contract, whichever is earlier, it shall be deemed a renewal of authorization, irrevocable for another year, or until the expiration of the next succeeding contract, whichever is earlier. The Union agrees to indemnify and save such Employer and the RAB harmless from any liability incurred by reason of such deductions. 12. Nothing in this Article shall be construed as an admission that the Employer or his employees in any particular building are engaged in interstate commerce, in an activity affecting interstate commerce, in the production of goods for interstate commerce, or that any particular building is covered by the provisions of the Labor-Management Relations Act, as amended. 13. In keeping with the extension of Article 1, Section 1, to include New Jersey, Connecticut, Nassau, Suffolk, Duchess, Sullivan, Putnam, Orange, Rockland and Westchester counties in New York and the geographic jurisdiction of the Union, the RAB and the Union will establish a joint industry committee comprised of at least 6 representatives from all sectors of the commercial and residential industry to meet on an ongoing basis, but not less than quarterly. The committee shall review and analyze prevailing market conditions, including wage and rental rates, and develop procedures for resolving union organizational and representation disputes to minimize disruption and conflict, and to promote stable and efficient labor relations and labor conditions.

UNION RECOGNITION AND UNION SECURITY. 1. The Union is recognized as the exclusive collective bargaining representative of all classifications clas- sifications of service employees at each apartment building in New York City, Nassau, Suffolk, Duchess, Sullivan, Putnam, Rockland and Westchester counties in New York, Connecticut and New Jersey, build- ing which is committed to this Agreement. Work performed pursuant to Agreement with- in the terms geographical jurisdiction of this collective bargaining agreement shall not be performed by persons not covered by the bargaining agreement except as provided in Article II. 2Union and the RAB. This Agreement shall apply to all classifications of service employees employed by the Employer. Article II of this Agreement shall also apply to employees of cleaning and maintenance contractors who employ employees employ- ees in any building committed to this Agreement working in any job category covered by this Agreement. This Agreement shall include a classification for building Superintendent in buildings where the Superintendent has been covered by the RAB Commercial Building Agreement and those covered under the former Local 164/RAB Agreement. Work performed pursuant to the terms of this collective bargaining agreement shall not be per- formed by persons not covered by the bargaining agreement except as provided in Article II. 32. There shall be a Union Shop throughout the term of this Agreement in every building where there was a Union Shop under the 2010 Apartment 2005 Commercial Building Agreement and in other buildings whenever it is agreed or determined that a majority of the employees in such buildings build- ings are members of or have applied for membership mem- bership in the Union. The “Union Shop” requires membership in the Union by every employee in the building as a condition of employment after the thirtieth (30th) day following employment or the execution execu- tion date of this agreementAgreement, whichever is later, or in the case of newly organized buildings, after the thirtieth (30th) day following agreement agree- ment or determination that a majority of the employees in such buildings are members of or have applied for membership in the Union, and requires that the Union shall not ask or require the Employer to discharge or otherwise discriminate discrim- inate against any employee except in compliance compli- ance with law. The requirement of membership under this section or elsewhere in this Agreement is satisfied by the payment of ▇▇▇▇▇- cial obligations of the Union’s initiation fees and periodic dues uniformly imposed. In the event the Union security provision of this Agreement is held to be invalid, unenforceable unenforce- able or of no legal effect generally or with respect to any building because of interpretation or a change of federal or state statute, city ordinance ordi- ▇▇▇▇▇ or rule or decision of any government administrative body, agency or subdivision, the permissible Union security clause under such statute, decision or regulation shall be enforceable enforce- able as a substitute for the Union security clause provided for herein. 43. Whenever the Union files with the RAB and the Employer a claim that a majority of the employees in a building are members of or have made application for membership in the Union, the Union Shop requirement shall be made effective within fifteen (15) days thereafter, unless the Employer or the RAB RAB, within ten (10) days, notifies the Union that it requires a determination deter- mination of that claim. 54. Upon receipt by the Employer of a letter from the Union’s Secretary-Treasurer requesting request- ing any employee’s discharge because he/she has not met the requirements of this Article, unless the Employer questions the propriety of so doing, the such employee shall be discharged within fifteen (15) days of said notice if prior thereto he/she such employee does not take proper steps to meet said requirements. If the Employer questions the propriety of the discharge, he shall immediately submit the matter to grievance, and if not thus settled, to the Arbitrator for final determination. If it is finally settled or determined deter- mined that the employee has not met the said requirements, he he/she shall be discharged within ten (10) days after written notice of the final determination determi- nation has been given to the RAB and the Employer. The Employer shall be responsible for unpaid dues after receipt of notice provided for in this section and exhaustion of contractual remedies. The Employer’s obligation shall begin fifteen (15) days after such notice or, if the Employer questions the discharge, after the final determination determi- nation of the arbitrator. 65. The Union will hold the Employer harmless harm- less from any liability arising from a discharge asked by the Union pursuant to this Article provided pro- vided the Employer has done nothing to cause or increase its own liability concerning removal of employees. 7. No building service employee may be employed in any building, except within a tenant’s apartment, save by the Employer, without the consent of the Union. 86. During any period in which it is not established estab- lished that a majority of the employees in a building are members of, or have made application applica- tion for membership in the Union, it is agreed that all employees who, upon the date this agreement Agreement is signed for their building, are members of the Union in good standing in accordance with the Constitution and By-Laws of the Union, and all employees who thereafter become members shall, as a condition of employment, remain Union members in good standing during the life of the agreementAgreement. 97. Upon execution of this Agreement the Agreement, each Employer shall furnish the Union and the RAB with a complete list of the names, social security numbers and Social Security numbers, home addresses and job location loca- tions of all employees covered by this Agreement and shall notify the Union and the RAB of the names and social security names, Social Security numbers and home addresses and job location of each new employee thereafter employed. The Employer shall notify the Union and the RAB in writing, as soon as a cancellation of an account becomes effective where Union members mem- bers are employed and the Employer shall notify noti- fy the Union when he he/she acquires a new building build- ing service job. 108. The Union shall have the right to inspect the Employer’s Social Security reports and all payroll records (except the salary of the nonunion Supervisors) in order to determine if this agreement Agreement is being complied with. The Union shall have the right to expedited arbitration arbitra- tion in the event an Employer fails to comply with this right of inspection. Inspections may also be made by the Union or the Arbitrator at the request of the RAB. The RAB may join the Union at all times, when such examination is made. All Benefit Trust Funds established under this agreement Agreement shall have the same right to inspect as the Union but shall also have the right to inspect Supervisor’s Supervisors’ payroll records where Supervisors are covered by such Funds. 119. Each Employer agrees to deduct the Union’s monthly dues, initiation fees, and all legal assessments from the pay of each employee employ- ee from whom it receives written authorization and will continue to make such deductions while the authorization remains in effect. The Employer hereby agrees to deduct voluntary political contribution deductions contributions based upon authorizations authoriza- tions signed by the employees in accordance with applicable law. Such deductions will be made from the pay for the first full pay period worked by each employee following the receipt of the authorizationauthoriza- tion, and thereafter will be made the first pay day payday each month, and forwarded to the Union not later than the twentieth day in each and every current month. Such deductions shall constitute trust funds while in the possession of the Employer. If the Employer fails to remit to the Union the dues or other monies deducted in accordance with this section by the twentieth day, the Employer shall pay interest on such dues or other monies at the rate of one percent per month beginning on the twenty-first day, unless the Employer can demonstrate the delay was for good cause due to circumstances beyond its control. The interest shall not be assessed for an Employer’s 's initial failure to deduct voluntary political contributions until thirty (30) days after the Employer has received written notice from the Union of its failure to deduct. If a signatory does not revoke the dues authorization at the end of a year following the date of authorization, or at the end of the current contract, whichever is earlier, it shall be deemed a renewal of authorization, irrevocable for another year, or until the expiration of the next succeeding contract, whichever is earlier. The Union agrees to indemnify and save such Employer and the RAB harmless from any liability lia- bility incurred by reason of such deductions. 12. Nothing in this Article shall be construed as an admission that the Employer or his employees in any particular building are engaged in interstate commerce, in an activity affecting interstate commerce, in the production of goods for interstate commerce, or that any particular building is covered by the provisions of the Labor-Management Relations Act, as amended. 13. In keeping with the extension of Article 1I, Section 1, to include New Jersey, Connecticut, Nassau, Suffolk, Duchess, Sullivan, Putnam, Orange, Rockland and Westchester counties in New York and all areas within the geographic geo- graphical jurisdiction of the UnionUnion and the RAB, the RAB and the Union will establish a joint industry committee comprised of at least 6 six (6) representatives from all sectors of the commercial and residential industry to meet on an ongoing basis, but not less than quarterly. The committee shall review and analyze prevailing pre- vailing market conditions, including wage and rental rates, and develop procedures for resolving union resolv- ing Union organizational and representation disputes dis- putes to minimize disruption and conflict, conflict and to promote stable and efficient labor relations and labor conditions.