Section 1. The Employer shall have the right to employ persons to work the classifications of work named in this Agreement with the understanding that such members and present employees, who are not members, must become members of the Local Union not later than thirty-one (31) days after the date of their employment.
Section 2. If an employee refrains from joining theUnion the Employee will be required to pay a fee which shall be their proportionate share of the costs of the collective bargaining process, contract administration, and the cost of pursuing matters effecting wages, hours, and other conditions of employment. In no event shall the employee’s fees exceed the amount of dues uniformly required of members.
Section 3. Providing further, that if the employee’s reason for not joining the Union is based on bona fide religious tenants or teachings of a church or religious body of which the employee is a member, the employee will be required to pay their proportionate share to a non-religious charitable organization agreed upon by the Employee and theUnion. If an agreement is not reached on which appropriate charitable organization, the choice of the charity to which such payments shall be made will be from the approved list of charitable organizations established by the Illinois State Labor Board.
Section 4. Dues Check Off – Administrative Dues. Upon receipt of an employee’s written authorization which shall be irrevocable for not more than one (1) year, or the termination of this Agreement, whichever occurs sooner, the employer shall deduct from each employee’s wages the sum of Five Cents ($0.05) per hour worked for administrative dues and the employer shall remit the amount so deducted monthly together with a list showing the names of the employees from whose pay the deductions were made and the amount deducted to: I.U.O.E. Local #318 3310 Water Tower Road, Marion, IL 62959, no later than the fifteenth (15th) day of the month following the last payroll period of the month in which deductions were made. Such written authorization may be revoked on a revocable date by the employee giving written notice by registered mail to the employer and the Union not less than thirty (30) days prior to the date set for revoking such authorization. In the event no revocation is received, the authorization shall be continued in affect for another year or until the end of the collected bargaining agreement.
Section 5. Union Dues. While this Agreement is in effect, the Employer will deduct from each employee’s paycheck once each pay period the uniform regular monthly Union dues and initiation fee, if any, for each employee in the bargaining unit who has filed with the employer a voluntary check off authorization form. Check off authorization forms shall be supplied by the Union. Upon receipt of an employee’s written authorization, which shall be irrevocable for not more than one (1) year, the Employer shall deduct from each employee’s wages the sum of Thirty Dollars Fifty Cents ($30.50) per month for Union dues (amount subject to change per union notification). The Employer shall remit the amount so deducted, monthly, together with
a list showing the names of the employees from whose pay the deductions were made and the amount deducted to: I.U.O.E. Local #318, 3310 Water Tower Road, Marion, IL 62959 no later than the fifteenth (15th) of the month following the last payroll period of the month in which the deductions were made. Such written authorization may be revoked on a revocable date by the employee giving written notice by registered mail to the Employer and the Union not less than thirty (30) days prior to the date set for revoking such authorization. In the event no revocation is received, the authorization shall continue in effect for another year or until the end of the bargaining agreement.
The County Highway Department will not be responsible for payment of Union Dues during the layoff period. The Employees will be responsible for mailing in Union Dues at that time.
This is a payroll deduction for each employee; there is no cost to the Highway Department.
