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
Puget
Sound 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 Puget
Sound 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 Puget Sound 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 Puget Sound 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.
By:_____________________________ By:_________________________
Date: ___________________________ Date:_______________________