This is a
portion of the UTU Agreement Dated April 27, 1973 between
railroads represented by the National Carriers' Conference Committee
and employees of such railroads represented by the United Transportation
Union pertaining to:
ARTICLE II - COST-FREE UNION DUES DEDUCTION
AGREEMENT
Within 60 days following request by the organization, each railroad
party to this Agreement and the organization signatory to this Agreement will
reach an understanding or agreement to modify their union dues deduction agree-
ment (or, if there is no dues deduction agreement, the parties on the
individual
railroads will negotiate a union dues deduction agreement), effective with the
first calendar month following 60 days after the date of such agreement (unless
otherwise agreed to), which will conform to the following guidelines:
1. Deductions will be limited to periodic union dues,
initi-
ation fees, and assessments (not including fines and penalties) which are uni-
formly required as a condition of acquiring or retaining membership.
2. No costs
will be charged against the organization or the
affected employees in connection with the dues deduction agreement.
3. Appropriate
written assignment form executed by the indi-
vidual involved must be in the hands of the designated railroad officer at
least 30 days in advance of the first payroll deduction scheduled for that
indi-
vidual; provided, however, that dues deduction assignments currently in effect
need not be reexecuted and may be continued
in, effect subject to their terms
and conditions.
4. The dues
deduction amounts may not be changed more often
than once every three months.
5. The parties to the dues deduction agreement will mutually
agree on the payroll period on which the
deductions uniformly will be made.
6. The dues
deduction agreement will include appropriate
priorities of deductions
in cases where the individual's pay check is insuf-
ficient to permit deduction of the full
amounts specified on the deduction
lists. The following payroll deductions, as
a minimum, will have priority
over the deductions called for by the dues deduction
agreement:
Federal, State, and Municipal taxes; premi-
ums on any life insurance,
hospital-surgical
insurance, group accident or health
insurance,
or group annuities; other deductions
required
by law, such as garnishments and
attachments;
and amounts due the carrier by the individual.
7. In the event there is insufficient earnings to permit the
full amount of the union dues deduction, no
deduction will be made.
8. The carrier will furnish uniform alphabetical deduction
lists (in triplicate) for each local unit
each month. Such lists will in-
clude the employee's name, Social Security
number or pay roll identification
number, and the amount of union dues
deducted from the pay of each employee.
Any committee now
having a dues deduction agreement may retain
such agreement in its entirety unless and until the provisions of the intro-
ductory paragraph of this Article II are
implemented.