185 Agreement

ARTICLE 3 - UNION SECURITY

Section 3.1 General

All present full-time bargaining unit employees and all full-time bargaining unit employees who are hired hereafter shall become and remain members in good standing of the Union as a condition of employment on and after the ninety-first (91 st) day following the beginning of their employment.

All present part-time bargaining unit employees and all part-time bargaining unit employees who are hired hereafter and who work the requisite number of hours per month as set forth in Article II, Section 2.2, Recognition, shall become and remain members in good standing of the Union as a condition of employment on or after the ninety-first (91 st) day following the beginning of the period in which they accrue the requisite number of hours to become part of the bargaining unit, as certified by the University in its bi-annual report to the Illinois Law Enforcement Training & Standards Board pursuant to the Police Training Act. If part-time bargaining unit employees do not work the requisite number of hours to become part of the bargaining unit during any bi-annual period reported by the University to the Illinois Enforcement Training & Standards Board, they will not be required to maintain good standing status membership in the Union as a condition of employment.

For the purposes of this Article, the obligation of any Police Officer to become or remain a member of the Union “in good standing” shall be met upon the payment, or tender of payment, of the initiation fee and dues uniformly required by the Union as a condition for membership. It is understood and agreed that Union membership obligations and/or activities shall in no way interfere with the effective performance of the Police Officer’s duties as a member of the University’s Police Department. It is further understood that all employees hired hereafter, who have not completed their Initial Evaluation Period (IEP) shall be considered initial evaluation period employees and “at-will” for termination/discharge purposes.

Section 3.2 Checkoff

On receipt of written authorization from any employee covered by this Agreement, the University agrees to deduct from his or her pay Union dues, in amounts designated from time to time by the Union in writing. Deductions shall be made from the pay of Police Officers for the first pay period in the calendar month unless the amount of such pay is insufficient, in which event deductions shall be made from subsequent paychecks within such calendar month. Unless expressly authorized by the Union in writing, such deductions shall be made payable and forwarded to: PB&PA – Labor, 435 W. Washington, Springfield, Illinois 62702.

Section 3.3 Indemnification

The Union shall indemnify and save the University harmless against any and all claims, demands or other forms of liability, including the cost of defense, which may arise out of, or by reason of, any action taken or not taken by the University for the purpose of complying with any of the provisions of this Article.