ASSOCIATION SERVICE (REPRESENTATION Sample Clauses

ASSOCIATION SERVICE (REPRESENTATION. FEE 1. The Employer shall deduct from the pay of members of the bargaining unit who elect not to become or to remain members of the Association, a service or agency fee for the Association's representation of such nonmembers during the term of this Contract. No nonmember filing a timely demand shall be required to subsidize partisan political or ideological causes not germane to the Association's work in the realm of collective bargaining. 2. On or before December 1 of each year, the Association shall provide the Board Treasurer with a list of names of the unit members who are to pay the service fee, along with the amount of the annual fee for that year (which shall not be more than one hundred percent (100%) of the unified dues of the Association), if changed from the previous year. Deduction of fees shall be made in ten (10) equal installments, beginning with the first pay after January 15 and continuing through the second pay in May. 3. For a new unit member (i.e., an employee who is not a unit member at the time of the initial dues or fee deduction of any year), whether that employee chooses to become an Association member or service fee payer, the Association shall notify the Board Treasurer's office of the amount of dues or fees to be deducted for the balance of that contract year. If notification is received within ten (10) days prior to the second pay of a month in which dues or fees are deducted, the deduction shall begin that pay. If not, the deduction will begin the following month. 4. All fees shall be submitted to the Association Treasurer within five (5) days of payroll dates. The Employer agrees to accompany each fee transmittal with a list of the names of the bargaining unit members for whom all such deductions were made and the amounts deducted for each member. 5. The Board Treasurer shall, upon notification from the Association that a member has terminated membership, commence the deduction of the service fee with respect to the former member, and the amount of the fee yet to be deducted shall be the annual service fee less the amount previously paid through payroll deduction.