Local 73 Agreement

ARTICLE 6 - UNION MEMBERSHIP

Section 6.1 - Employees.

All employees shall, within thirty (30) days after the date of execution of this Agreement, or within thirty (30) days following the beginning of their employment, whichever is the later, either

1. join the Union of the University of Chicago Council; or
   
   
2. in the alternative, tender a monthly agency fee to the Union which shall not exceed the amount of initiation fees and monthly dues uniformly required for employees to acquire and retain membership in the Union.
   
   
3. All employees shall thereafter during the life of this Agreement remain in good standing as members of the Union or continue to pay the required agency fees, and in default thereof shall upon the written request of the Union be discharged by the University; provided, however, that the University shall not be required to discharge or discriminate against any employee for non-membership in the Union if such membership is not made available to the employee on the same terms and conditions generally applicable to other members or if membership is denied to the employee or terminated for any reason except non-payment of dues.

Section 6.2 – Membership.

1. The University agrees, subject to the provisions of Section 6.5 of this Article, that as a condition of employment, all employees who are or who become members of the Union of The University of Chicago Council, shall continue to pay regular Union dues for the life of this Agreement or any renewal thereof, subject, however, to the provisions of Section 6.3 of this Article.
   
   
2. The Union agrees that no eligible employee shall be prevented from joining the Union, nor shall any eligible employee who is a member of such Union be deprived of Union membership for any reason except non-payment of dues.
   
   
3. Any employee shall have the right to withdraw from Union membership by giving written notification to the Union by registered mail, with a copy by registered mail to the University’s Director of Labor Relations, postmarked between the tenth (10th) and the twenty-fifth (25th) days of June of any year of this Agreement, such withdrawal from Union membership to take effect as of the following August 31st. However, all employees who have taken advantage of this provision shall, upon execution of the renewed Agreement, be governed by Section 6.1 of this Article 6, provided that the Union has shown to the University that said Union represents a majority of those employees eligible for membership in the bargaining unit.

Section 6.3. - Deductions for Union Dues or Monthly Agency Fees.

1. Union Dues/Monthly Agency Fees. Upon receipt of proper written authorization from an employee who is a member of the Local 73 bargaining unit, the University agrees to deduct from the wages of an employee and to forward to Local # 73, Union dues and initiation fees in the amount authorized by the Union in accordance with the conditions set forth below.
   
   
2. Monthly Agency Fees. Employees who fail to join the Union, or who properly withdraws from Union shall be required to pay a monthly agency fee, which shall be deducted by the University from the employee’s paycheck and remitted to the Union in accordance with the conditions set forth below. The Union shall certify to the University and the bargaining unit employees, in writing, at least once per year, the agency fee calculation. Employees, who are subject to the agency fee payments shall have the right to appeal in accordance with, and the parties shall be governed by, applicable laws.
   
   
3. Deductions.
   1. Deductions will be made from the first payroll check received in the month, except that, if an employee is included in that payroll but his/her earnings are not sufficient to cover this deduction the dues deduction will be made from the next payroll check.
      
      
   2. Deduction authorization and revoking notices to be effective in any given month must be in the possession of the Comptroller one (1) week before the regular date for issuance of the first payroll check of the month. Authorizations received late will not be effective until the next month.
      
      
   3. Union dues deduction authorizations currently in effect are hereby renewed subject to the provisions of this Article 6, for the period of this Agreement or any extension thereof. Dues shall continue to be deducted in such amounts as may hereafter be certified by the Union as the appropriate monthly dues.
      
      
   4. An authorization is automatically revoked if an employee is terminated for any cause from employment in the bargaining unit, or if at any time, no contract is in effect with his/her Union providing for these dues deductions.
      
      
   5. Upon receipt of proper written notification from an employee, deduction authorizations shall be irrevocable for successive one (1) year periods or until the termination of this collective Agreement, whichever occurs first. An employee may revoke his/her deduction authorization by giving written notice to the University not more than twenty (20) days and not less than ten (10) days prior to the expiration of each successive period of one (1) year, or of each applicable collective agreement between the University and the Union, whichever occurs sooner. In the event of a renewal of this Agreement, an authorization shall automatically be renewed from year to year unless an employee notifies the University of his/her desire to terminate the said authorization as heretofore provided.
      
      
   6. It is understood and agreed that the Council and its member Unions will indemnify the University and save it harmless from any and all claims which may be made against it by an employee or employees for amounts deducted from wages as herein provided or because of the University’s compliance with the Union security provisions of this Article 6.

Section 6.4 – Bulletin Boards.

The University shall permit the Union to post notices of its meetings and other Union activities on bulletin boards normally used for posting notices to employees. Such notices will be delivered to the office of the Director for Employee/Labor Relations.

Section 6.5 – Union Activity.

The University agrees that it will not discriminate against, interfere with, restrain or coerce any employee because of membership in the Union. The union agrees that its officers, members and agents will not engage in Union activity on the University’s time (not including casual personal conversations between employees), or in such manner as to interfere with the efficient operation of the University.