Article 6: Union Dues and Service Feees

1. General Provisions

a. The parties recognize that the proper negotiation and administration

of this Collective Bargaining Agreement and the fulfillment by the

Union of its statutory duty of representation entail expenses which are

appropriately shared by all Employees who are the beneficiaries of the

Agreement.

b. All Employees shall, within thirty-one (31) calendar days after the ef4

fective date of appointment, tender payment to the Union of either

the dues assessed on members, or the service fees assessed on nonmembers,

or sign an authorized form for payroll deduction of dues

or service fees, or make written application to the Union for religious

objector status (see Section 2).

c. Payment of dues or fees: The Administration c. shall deduct from the

salaries of Employees, in installments for each pay period, service fees

or dues levied by the Union, provided the Employee has voluntarily

executed a standard form, prepared by the Administration and acceptable

to both parties, authorizing such deductions. Deductions shall

begin in the pay period following the Administration’s receipt of the

authorization.

d. An Employee who has authorized dues or service fees deductions may

cancel such authorization by submitting to the Payroll Office and to

the Union written notice of cancellation, provided that s/he has made

alternate arrangements for payment to the Union.

e. The Administration shall furnish to the Union each pay period a listing

of all dues and service fees deducted from the salaries of Employees.

The Administration shall transfer all dues and service fees deductions

to the Union each pay period.

f. Western shall not be liable to the Union, by reason of the requirements

of this article, for the remittance or payment of any sum other than

actual deductions made from the pay earned by the Employee.

g. No earlier than thirty (30) calendar days and no later than forty-five

(45) calendar days after an Employee comes into noncompliance with

the provisions of this article, and following at least fourteen (14) calendar

days written notice to the Employee, the Union may notify the

Employer that said Employee has not complied with this article. Upon

receipt of such written notification from the Union, Western shall notify

the Employee that failure to comply with the terms of this article

within fourteen (14) calendar days will result in the automatic deduction

of a representation fee in an amount equal to the service-fee obligation

of an Employee at the applicable rate of pay during his/her term

of employment. The representation fee shall be remitted to the Union

by the Employer.

h. Indemnification: The Union shall indemnify and hold the University

harmless from any liability resulting from any and all claims, demands,

suits, or other actions arising from compliance with this article. Indemnification

shall include costs of litigation and the fees of an attorney

at the Union attorney’s customary rate.

2. Religious Objector Status

a. The Union shall make available to Employees, upon request, a written

explanation of the process by which an Employee may apply to the

Union for religious objector status. Upon application for that status,

the Union shall provide a written decision on religious objector status

to the Employee applying no later than twenty (20) calendar days after

the date of receipt of the application, with a copy of the decision to the

Employer.

b. Any person granted religious objector status by the Union shall, within

ten calendar (10) days after receipt of written notification from the

Union of the granting of such status, pay to the Union an amount

of money equal to the service fees assessed on non-members. Such

amounts shall be forwarded intact to the Rollie Hopgood Scholarship

Fund of AFT-Michigan.

c. Any person not granted religious objector status shall, within ten (10)

calendar days after receipt of written notification from the Union, tender

payment to the Union of either the dues assessed on members or

the service fees assessed on non-members, or sign an authorized form

for payroll deduction of dues or service fees.