Common use of UNION SECURITY AND DEDUCTION OF DUES Clause in Contracts

UNION SECURITY AND DEDUCTION OF DUES. 4.01 All employees covered by this Agreement who are members in good standing of the Union in accordance with its Constitution and By-laws and all employees who become members, shall as a condition of employment maintain their membership in the Union in good standing. The Company shall be free to hire new employees who are not members of the Union and such employees shall make application within ten (10) days after employment and become members within thirty (30) days. 4.02 The Company agrees to provide each new employee at the time of employment with a Union Membership Application form and a Dues Check-off Authorization form, both to be completed by the new employee. Once completed, said forms shall be forwarded by the Company to the Union office. The Union shall be responsible for furnishing the Company with an adequate supply of blank forms. 4.03 The Company agrees to provide each new employee at the time of employment with a form letter outlining to the employee their responsibility in regard to Union membership and to provide the Union in writing with the name and address of each employee to whom they have presented the form letter, along with the employee's date of hire. The Union shall bear the expense of printing the letter, the contents of the letter to be such that it is acceptable to the Company. The Company further agrees to provide the Union once a month with a list containing names of all employees who have terminated their employment during the previous month. The Company and the Union agree that the policy for determining an employee’s date of hire will be as follows: 1. Start date 2. Start time 4.04 The Company agrees to deduct from the wages of each employee, upon proper authorization from the employee affected, such initiation fees, union dues, fines and assessments as are authorized by regular and proper vote of the membership of the Union. The Company further agrees to automatically deduct union dues from the wages of all new employees. The employee shall, within ten (10) days after commencement of employment, provide the Company with a signed authorization for such deductions. 4.05 The Company agrees to make deductions in each calendar month per the regular scheduled payroll for the then current month and to remit the aggregate of the amounts so deducted to the Secretary-Treasurer of the Union prior to the last day for the month following the month in which the deductions are made and the Social Insurance Number of each employee for whom the deductions were made and the amount of each deduction. The Company agrees to include dues deducted during the year on the employee's T4 slip. 4.06 The Union agrees to indemnify the Company for any fines, dues, initiation fees or assessments improperly deducted and remitted to the Union on instructions to the Company from the Union if such fines, dues, initiation fees or assessments are found to have been improperly deducted by a court of law or the Labour Relations Board.

UNION SECURITY AND DEDUCTION OF DUES. 4.01 3.01 All employees covered by this Agreement who are members in good standing of the Union in accordance with its Constitution and By-laws and all employees who become members, shall as a condition of employment maintain their membership in the Union in good standing. The Company will notify the Chief Shop ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, or their designee, within one (1) week, in writing, when an associate quits or is terminated. The Company shall be free to hire new employees who are not members of the Union and such employees shall make application within ten (10) days after employment and become members within thirty (30) days. 4.02 3.02 The Company agrees to provide each new employee at the time of employment with a Union Membership Application form and a Dues Check-off Authorization form, both to be completed by the new employee. Once completed, said forms shall be forwarded by the Company to the Union office. The Union shall be responsible for furnishing the Company with an adequate supply of blank forms. 4.03 3.03 The Company agrees to provide each new employee at the time of employment with a form letter outlining to the employee their responsibility in regard to Union membership and to provide the Union in writing with the name and address of each employee to whom they have presented the form letter, along with the employee's date of hire. The Union shall bear the expense of printing the letter, the contents of the letter to be such that it is acceptable to the Company. The Company further agrees to provide the Union once a month with a list containing names of all employees who have terminated their employment during the previous month. The Company and the Union agree that the policy for determining an employee’s date of hire will be as follows: : 1. Start date 2. Start time 3. Hire date 4. Hire time 4.04 3.04 The Company agrees to deduct from the wages of each employee, upon proper authorization from the employee affected, such initiation fees, union dues, fines and assessments as are authorized by regular and proper vote of the membership of the Union. The Company further agrees to automatically deduct union dues from the wages of all new employees. The employee shall, within ten thirty (1030) days after commencement of employment, provide the Company with a signed authorization for such deductions. 4.05 3.05 The Company agrees to make deductions in each calendar month per the regular scheduled payroll for the then current month and to remit the aggregate of the amounts so deducted to the Secretary-Treasurer of the Union prior to the last day for the month following the month in which the deductions are made and the Social Insurance Number of each employee for whom the deductions were made and the amount of each deduction. The Company agrees to include dues deducted during the year on the employee's T4 slip. 4.06 3.06 The Union agrees to indemnify the Company for any fines, dues, initiation fees or assessments improperly deducted and remitted to the Union on instructions to the Company from the Union if such fines, dues, initiation fees or assessments are found to have been improperly deducted by a court of law or the Labour Relations Board.

UNION SECURITY AND DEDUCTION OF DUES. 4.01 All employees covered by this Agreement who are members of the Union shall remain members of the Union in good standing. Any new employee, as a condition of employment, shall join the Union. The Company will notify the Local Chairperson of the name and work location of all new employees within fifteen days of hiring date. The Human Resources Office shall issue the application for membership cards to new employees at the time of hiring. Completed cards are to be placed in the Local Union Box. Upon written notice from the Union to the Company that an employee is not in good standing the Company shall immediately discontinue the employment of such employee. The Union shall indemnify the Company and hold it blameless against any and all law suits, claims, demands, and liabilities that may arise for the purposes of complying with the provisions of this clause. Subject to compliance with the Labour Relations Code, on the payroll for the pay period which includes the calendar day of each month, the Company shall deduct from wages due and payable to each employee coming within the scope of this Agreement, an amount equivalent to the regular uniform monthly Union dues of the Union. The Union shall inform the Company by notice in writing of the amount of such dues and of any changes made by the Union in the amount of such dues, provided that no changes in the amount of such dues shall be made during the term of this Agreement, except pursuant to changes made with proper compliance with the Constitution of the Union. Deductions for new employees shall commence on the payroll for their first pay period which contains the calendar day of the month following the first day of their service with the Company, provided that if the wages of such employees for that pay period are insufficient to permit the deduction of the full amount of dues, no deduction shall be made from their wages in that month and the first deduction shall be on the payroll for the next pay period which contains the calendar day of the month, and the Company shall not, because the employees did not have sufficient wages payable to them on the first payroll, carry forward and deduct from wages due on any subsequent payroll the dues not deducted in the first pay period. All deductions from the wages of employees now or hereafter required by law, deductions for monies due or owing to the Company and pension deductions shall be made by the Company from wages before deductions for Union dues. September August 4 Collective Agreement between THE EMPRESS and Local Pursuant to the Labour Relations Code, the Company will honour any written assignment of wages by an employee to the Union on approved form, such initiation fees as may be established by the Union in accordance with its Constitution and and/or By-laws and all employees who become members, Laws. Such deduction shall as a condition of employment maintain their membership be made from wages due to the employee in the Union in good standing. The Company shall be free to hire new employees who are not members pay period which contains the calendar day of the Union and such employees shall make application within ten (10) days month after employment and become members within thirty (30) days. 4.02 The Company agrees notice of the assignment is given to provide each new employee at the time of employment Company. All sums deducted as hereinafter provided, together with a Union Membership Application form statement showing the names of the employees from whom deductions have been made and a Dues Check-off Authorization formthe amount deducted from the wages of each of them, both to be completed by the new employee. Once completed, said forms shall be forwarded by the Company not later than fourteen days following the pay period from which such deductions were made, to the Financial Secretary-Treasurer of the Local Union. The Company shall not be liable in any way to the Union officeor to any employee for any failure by it to make deductions as herein before provided or for making improper or inaccurate deductions or remittances. However, in any instance in which an error occurs in the amount of any such deduction for any employee’s wages, the Company shall adjust it directly with the employee. In the event of a mistake by the Company in the amount of its remittance to the Union, the Company shall make the appropriate adjustment in the amount of a subsequent remittance. In the event any legal action is brought against the Company or the Union or both of them in respect of any deduction, deductions or proposed deductions under this Article, the Company and the Union shall co-operate as fully as possible (having regard to their respective rights and liabilities) in the defence of such action. Each party shall bear its own cost of such defence, except that if at the request of the Union counsel fees are incurred, these shall be borne by the Union. Save as aforesaid, the Union shall indemnify and save harmless the Company from any losses, damages, costs, liability or expenses incurred, suffered or sustained by it as the result of any deduction or deductions from wages under this Article. Membership in the Union shall be available to any employee eligible under the Constitution of the Union upon payment of the initiation or reinstatement fees uniformly required of all other such applicants by the Union and membership shall not be denied for any reasons of race, national origin, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation and political affiliation. Employees of the Company in Schedule supervisory positions shall not perform or assume the duties of any Schedule “A” or positions except on an occasional and necessary basis for the purpose of meeting the demands of the service and on no account with the purpose or effect of eliminating any Schedule “A” or position. September August 5 Collective Agreement between THE EMPRESS and Local Notwithstanding the aforementioned, a non-scheduled supervisory employee may continue work that they are presently performing but shall not assume additional duties of any scheduled position with the purpose or effect of eliminating any scheduled position. Following the signing of the Collective Agreement, the Local Chairperson will provide in writing to the Director of Human Resources a current listing of all Shop Stewards. Said listing will identify name, department, area of representation, Local office (if applicable), and designated alternate. A copy of this listing shall be posted on the Union bulletin board. Any modifications to the list of Shop Stewards will be forwarded in writing to the Director of Human Resources, as soon as the change becomes known to the Union. The Company agrees to only those Shop Stewards whose name appears on said list. The Company shall allow the Shop Stewards in a Department to be absent from their jobs without disturbing service and without loss of regular wages for a reasonable period in order to assist the employees in their Departments in discussion(s) pertaining to the interpretation and/or application of the Collective Agreement with their immediate Supervisor who is excluded from the bargaining unit. The Shop Stewards must first obtain permission to be absent from their immediate Supervisor who is excluded from the bargaining unit. The permission shall not be refused without valid reason. The Shop ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ shall advise their immediate Supervisor who is excluded from the bargaining unit as soon as they return to their jobs. Should a Shop ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ be absent or not in place in a Department, members of the Union Executive Committee may replace them under the same conditions. The Local Chairperson attending a meeting Mutually Agreed upon at which the parties to the present Agreement are present, shall be subject to no loss of regular wages. The Company shall establish a Joint Union/Management Committee with the Local Chairperson and three shop stewards. This committee shall have equal representation and chair status. This committee shall meet quarterly without loss of basic wage to those in attendance. An agenda shall be supplied by both parties two calendar days in advance. September August 6 Collective Agreement between THE EMPRESS and Local Local Executive officers and the National Representative of the Union shall be by the Company in discussing any and all matters affecting the relationship between the Company and its employees, and the Union and its members, who are affected by this Agreement. The Union shall be responsible for furnishing the Company furnished with an adequate supply updated mailing list, which shall include current phone numbers, of blank forms. 4.03 The Company agrees to provide each new employee at the time of employment with a form letter outlining to the employee their responsibility all Scheduled and employees, semi-annually in regard to Union membership and to provide the Union in writing conjunction with the name and address of each employee to whom they have presented the form letter, along with the employee's date of hire. The Union shall bear the expense of printing the letter, the contents of the letter to be such that it is acceptable to the Companyseniority list. The Company further agrees shall agree to provide any request by an employee for the Union once attendance of a month with departmental shop ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ during a list containing names discussion that could lead to some form of all employees who have terminated their employment during the previous monthdiscipline. No employee shall be required to cross a legal picket line arising from a strike or lockout. The Company and the Union agree that to share equally the policy for determining an employee’s date cost of hire will be as follows: 1printing the Collective Agreements. Start date 2. Start time 4.04 The Company agrees to deduct from the wages of each employee, upon proper authorization from the employee affected, such initiation fees, union dues, fines and assessments as are authorized by regular and proper vote of the membership of the Union. The Company further agrees to automatically deduct union dues from the wages of all new employees. The employee shall, within ten (10) days after commencement of employment, provide the Company with a signed authorization for such deductions. 4.05 The Company agrees to make deductions in each calendar month per the regular scheduled payroll for the then current month and to remit the aggregate of the amounts so deducted to the Secretary-Treasurer Representatives of the Union prior shall be permitted on Company property to conduct Union business. Should the last day for Representative wish to talk with an employee who is working, arrangements must be made with the month following the month in which the deductions are made Departmental Manager who will arrange a time that does not disrupt service. September August 7 Collective Agreement between THE EMPRESS and the Social Insurance Number of each employee for whom the deductions were made and the amount of each deduction. The Company agrees to include dues deducted during the year on the employee's T4 slip. 4.06 The Union agrees to indemnify the Company for any fines, dues, initiation fees or assessments improperly deducted and remitted to the Union on instructions to the Company from the Union if such fines, dues, initiation fees or assessments are found to have been improperly deducted by a court of law or the Labour Relations Board.Local

UNION SECURITY AND DEDUCTION OF DUES. 4.01 All (a) The Employer agrees that all employees covered by this Agreement who are members in good standing shall, within fifteen (15) days of the Union in accordance with its Constitution and By-laws and all employees who become membersdate hereof or within fifteen (15) days of their employment by the Employer, whichever event shall later occur, as a condition of continued employment maintain their membership in by the Union in good standing. The Company shall be free to hire new employees who are not Employer become and remain members of the Union and that the Employer shall deduct from each such employees shall make application within ten (10) days after employment employee’s pay the amount of any Union dues and become members within thirty (30) days. 4.02 The Company agrees assessments and remit same to provide each new employee the Union monthly, together with information as to the persons from whose pay such deductions have been made. Dues authorization forms will be signed at the time of employment hire. (b) The Employer will provide the Union with a the following: (i) Employee Information: Listing of Union Membership Application form employees, including Employee number, name, job title, job group, job code, hire date, and a Dues Check-off Authorization formseniority date. This list will be in compliance with the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act, both to and will be completed by the new employee. Once completed, said forms shall be forwarded by the Company provided from Human Resources to the Union officeon a semi-annual basis (January and July of each year). (ii) Dues Deduction Information: Listing Employee name, department name and number, SIN, monthly dues on regular earnings, monthly actual regular earnings, monthly overtime dues, monthly overtime earnings, monthly regular and monthly overtime dues combined, initiation fees, assessment dues, calendar year-to-date total of regular and overtime dues combined; as well as a list of employees in the Union who did not pay dues and the reason why dues were not deducted; and a list of dues deduction information for employees in other jurisdictions who worked in the Union and therefore paid Union dues. This list will be in compliance with the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act, and will be provided from Payroll to the Union on a monthly basis. (c) The Employer will advise all new employees of the name of the appropriate Local Union Representative following commencement of employment. The Union Representative shall be responsible for furnishing the Company permitted to meet with an adequate supply of blank forms. 4.03 The Company agrees to provide each new employee during normal working hours at the time of employment with a form letter outlining employee’s workplace for up to the employee their responsibility in regard to Union membership and to provide the Union in writing with the name and address of each employee to whom they have presented the form letterone hour, along with the employee's date of hire. The Union shall bear the expense of printing the letter, the contents within fifteen (15) days of the letter to be such that it is acceptable to the Company. The Company further agrees to provide the Union once a month with a list containing names of all employees who have terminated their employment during the previous month. The Company and the Union agree that the policy for determining an employee’s date of hire will be as follows: 1. Start date 2. Start time 4.04 The Company agrees to deduct from the wages of each employee, upon proper authorization from the employee affected, such initiation fees, union dues, fines and assessments as are authorized by regular and proper vote of the membership of the Union. The Company further agrees to automatically deduct union dues from the wages of all new employees. The employee shall, within ten (10) days after commencement of employment, provide at a time mutually agreed to between the Company with a signed authorization for such deductions. 4.05 The Company agrees to make deductions in each calendar month per Union Representative and the regular scheduled payroll for the then current month and to remit the aggregate Supervisor of the amounts so deducted to the Secretary-Treasurer of the Union prior to the last day for the month following the month in which the deductions are made and the Social Insurance Number of each employee for whom the deductions were made and the amount of each deduction. The Company agrees to include dues deducted during the year on the new employee's T4 slip. 4.06 The Union agrees to indemnify the Company for any fines, dues, initiation fees or assessments improperly deducted and remitted to the Union on instructions to the Company from the Union if such fines, dues, initiation fees or assessments are found to have been improperly deducted by a court of law or the Labour Relations Board.