CUPE Health Care Workers' Council of Unions

ARTICLE 7 - UNION SECURITY/DUES CHECKOFF

7.01 Union Membership

Every Employee who is now or hereafter becomes a member of the Union shall maintain membership in the Union as a condition of employment and every new Employee whose employment commences hereafter shall, within thirty (30) days after the commencement of employment apply for and maintain membership in the Union as a condition of employment provided that any Employee in the appropriate bargaining unit who is not required to maintain membership or apply for and maintain membership in the Union shall as a condition of employment, tender to the Union the periodic dues uniformly required to be paid by the members of the Union.

7.02 Dues Checkoff

The Employer shall deduct initiation fees, assessments and periodic dues from the earnings of each Employee in accordance with the procedure designated by the Union. Such deductions shall be assessed from the date of employment and remitted to the person designated by the Local of the Union on or before the tenth (10th) of the month following the month in which deductions were made.

Information to be sent to the Local of the Union Secretary-Treasurer shall include:

List of Employee names
Quarterly address list
Total earnings for all Employees
Regular earnings for all Employees
Actual hours worked
Number of full time Employees
Number of part time Employees
Number of relief Employees
By Employer, the amount of dues deducted from each Employee
The amount of dues deducted for all Employees.
Phone Numbers

The Local of the Union shall notify the Employer in writing, of the amount of dues to be deducted from the Employee's regular earnings not less than twenty-eight (28) calendar days before the effective date of any change to the dues check off.

7.03 Statement of Staff Changes

The Employer shall provide a monthly statement listing appointments, promotions, demotions, and separations with the date of termination, hirings and appointments, sent to the Secretary Treasurer of the Union.

7.04 Dues Authorization

The Local of the Union shall furnish the Employer(s) with dues authorization cards. The Employer(s) agrees to have all new Employees sign the dues authorization cards within thirty (30) days of commencement of employment.

7.05 Dues Receipts

The Employer(s) agrees to record all Union dues paid in the previous year on the Employee's income tax (T4) slips.

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CUPE Health Care Workers' Council of Unions
3725E Eastgate Drive
Regina, Sask
S4X 1A5

Phone: 1-306-546-2185
Fax: 306-781-8177
Email: Gordon Campbell, President