Common use of UNION SECURITY AND MEMBERSHIP Clause in Contracts

UNION SECURITY AND MEMBERSHIP. The Employer agrees that all employees covered under this Agreement except those who opt out as religious objectors, shall, as a condition of employment, thirty-one (31) calendar days from the effective date of this Agreement, become and remain members of the Union in good standing. A religious objector is an employee who asserts a right of non-association based on bona fide religious tenets of a religious body of which the employee is a member and will pay an amount of money equal to regular dues and initiation fees uniformly required of Union members, which the employee will pay to a non-religious charity mutually agreed upon by the employee and Union.