Section 3 - Union Security & Dues

III. Union Security
IV. Check-Off of Union Dues and Initiation Fees 

Article III - Union Security

Section 1. The University agrees that all employees covered under this Agreement shall, as a condition of employment, remain members of the Union in good standing. 

Section 2. The University further agrees that all new employees hired subsequent to the effective date of this Agreement shall, as a condition of employment, thirty-one days from the date of employment, become and remain members of the Union in good standing. 

Section 3. The University agrees to supply the Union with the name, gender, age, address, salary, date of hiring, classification of employees covered by this Agreement within thirty days of the date of execution. At the time a new employee, to be covered by this Agreement, becomes a member of the Union, this information will be supplied to the Union. Thereafter, the Union shall be notified of all salary changes, changes of address, resignations, retirements, death, dismissals, leaves of absence and transfers from a union position to a non-union position as they occur. 

Section 4. The University may, from time to time, hire temporary employees for a period of forty-five days of actual work during periods of peak workloads in any department of the University. After such forty-five days of actual work, such temporary employees shall either be severed from the employ of the University, or shall become permanent employees and as a condition of such permanent employment within ten working days become and remain members of the Union in good standing. 

In the event a temporary employee is hired to replace a permanent employee who is granted a sick leave or leave of absence, and in the event the leave extends beyond forty-five work days, the temporary employee may be retained by the University and not become a member of the bargaining unit for as long as the permanent employee remains on leave. 

The University shall notify the Chief Shop Steward or designee, in writing, of any temporary employee performing a bargaining union position. The notification shall include the name, position, department, reason, start and end date. 

Section 5. The term “date of employment” as used in this article and elsewhere in this Agreement shall mean the date the employee actually commences work. 

Article IV - Check-off of Union Dues and Initiation Fees

Section 1. The University agrees to deduct Union dues, initiation fees, and voluntary V.O.T.E. contributions from the wages of each employee. These deductions will be taken in equal installments from each biweekly paycheck. These payments will become due according to the following schedule: For persons hired before the twenty-third of the month, dues shall become payable for the following month; for persons hired on or after the twenty-third of the month, dues shall become payable the second following month. 

The University agrees to remit such dues, initiation fees, and voluntary V.O.T.E. contributions thus collected to the Union each month, at a time that would insure receipt of said monies at the Union Office prior to the last day of the month, and will make supplemental remittances thereafter of amounts deducted from the salaries of employees then on vacation, on leave of absence or otherwise not on the current payroll. The University will deduct unpaid Union dues and initiation fees from the final paycheck of any eligible employee member. 

Any change in the rate of dues and/or initiation fees levied by the Union will be put into effect in the deductions made by the University in the month following the month in which the University receives written notice of the change from the Union, provided the notice is received prior to the twenty-third of the month preceding the month in which the changes become effective. 

Section 2. The Union agrees to file an initiation fee, dues deduction assignment form and voluntary V.O.T.E. contribution form with the University for each employee prior to such deductions. 

Section 3. The previously signed and unrevoked written authorizations shall continue to be effective as to employees reinstated within 6 months following layoff or leave of absence; previous authorization of other employees rehired or reinstated shall not be considered to be effective. 

Section 4. The Union hereby agrees to indemnify and hold the University harmless from any expense or liability that shall arise out of or in connection with the University’s action in complying with this Article.