Section 3.1 Union Membership.
Subject to Section 3.3 below, all employees
within the bargaining unit defined in Section 1.1(a) (hereinafter referred to
as the Seattle-Renton Unit) or within the bargaining unit defined in Section 1.1(c)
(hereinafter referred to as the Portland Unit) shall become members of the Union within thirty-one (31)
days following the beginning of such employment in the Seattle-Renton Unit or
the Portland Unit, or within thirty-one (31) days following the execution of
this Agreement, whichever is later, and shall thereafter maintain their
membership in good standing in the Union during the life of this Agreement, as
a condition of continued employment.
Section 3.2 Maintenance of
Membership.
Subject to Section 3.3 below, employees of the
Company who are within the Seattle-Renton Unit or the Portland Unit and who are
or become members of the Union on or after the effective date of this Agreement
shall, as a condition of employment, thereafter maintain their membership in
good standing in the Union during the life of this Agreement.
Section 3.3 Satisfaction of
Obligation.
Employees who, under Sections 3.1 or 3.2 of this
Article 3, are required either to become members of the Union or maintain
membership in good standing in the Union may satisfy that obligation by
periodically tendering to the Union an amount equal to the Union's regular and
usual monthly dues.
Section 3.4 Failure to
Satisfy Obligation.
In the event an employee
who, as a condition of continued employment, is required under this Article 3
to become a member of the Union, or maintain his/her membership in good
standing therein, but in any such case does not do so, the Union will notify
the Company in writing, through the Corporate Union Relations Office, or
through such other office as may be designated by the Company, of such
employee's delinquency. The Company
agrees to advise such employee that his/her employment status with the Company
is in jeopardy and that his/her failure to meet his/her obligation under this
Article 3 within five (5) days will result in his/her termination of
employment.
Section 3.5 Explanation to
Employees.
Either the Company or the
Section 3.6 Remote Locations.
Where the application of
provisions such as those in Sections 3.1 and 3.2 of this Article 3 are
not permitted by state law at a Primary Location, it shall not apply to Remote
Locations identified with the Primary Location.
Section 3.7 Right to Work
States.
In regard to employees within those collective
bargaining units covered by this Agreement that are identified with Primary
Locations in states where application of union security provisions such as
those stated in Sections 3.1 and 3.2 of this Article 3 are not legally
permitted as of the effective date of this Agreement: In the event the application of such
provisions were to become permissible in such state during the effective period
of this Agreement, provisions such as those applicable to the Seattle-Renton
Unit and the Portland Unit under this Article 3 then would become applicable to
the collective bargaining unit identified with the Primary Location in that
state, and the date that such provision became permissible would be used
instead of the effective date of this Agreement.
Section 3.8 Payroll Deduction
for Union Dues and Initiation Fee.
The Company shall make payroll deductions for
the Union's initiation fee, and its regular and usual monthly dues, upon
receipt by the office designated by the Company of a voluntary written
assignment from the employee covering such deductions on a form mutually agreed
to by the
Section 3.9 Contributions to
Machinists' Nonpartisan Political League.
Upon receipt by the Company of a signed
voluntary authorization by an employee, on a form approved by the Company,
requesting that there be deductions made from his/her wages, in a monthly
amount designated by the employee, such deductions to be forwarded to the Union
for use by the Machinists' Nonpartisan Political League, the Company will
thereafter make such deductions and forward them to the Machinists' Nonpartisan
Political League, care of the Union.
Such authorization will remain in effect for the duration of this
Agreement, unless earlier canceled in writing by the employee.
Section 3.10 Contributions to
Guide Dogs of
Upon receipt by the Company of a signed
voluntary authorization by an employee, on a form approved by the Company,
requesting that there be deductions made from his/her wages, in a monthly
amount designated by the employee, such deductions to be forwarded to the Union
for use by Guide Dogs of America, the Company will thereafter make such
deductions and forward them to Guide Dogs of America, care of the Union. Such authorization will remain in effect for
the duration of this Agreement, unless earlier canceled in writing by the employee.
Section 3.11 Indemnity.
The Union will indemnify and hold the Company
harmless from and against any and all claims, demands, charges, complaints or
suits instituted against the Company which are based on or arise out of any
action taken by the Company in accordance with or arising out of the foregoing
provisions of this Article 3.