GUILD SECURITY. 2.1 It shall be a condition of employment that all Employees of the Police Department designated under this Agreement as Guild members shall continue to be members of the Guild and remain members in good standing. Those who are not members on the effective date of this Agreement shall on the 31st day following the beginning of such employment become and remain members in good standing of the Guild: PROVIDED THAT, if a public employee is a member of a church or religious body whose bona fide religious tenets or teachings forbid said public employee to be a member of a labor union, such public employee shall pay an amount of money equivalent to the regular Guild dues and initiation fees to a non-religious charity or to a another charitable organization mutually agreed upon by the City and the Guild. The City shall furnish written proof to the Guild that such payment has been made. If the City and the Guild do not reach an agreement on the choice of the non-religious charity to whom the Guild dues and initiation fees are to be paid or if the Guild does not agree that the employee has a bona fide basis for religious objection, the Washington State Public Employment Relations Commission shall designate the charitable organization; PROVIDED FURTHER THAT, if an employee for any reason does not wish to be a member of the Guild, that employee shall proportionally and fairly share in the cost of the collective bargaining unit to defray the cost of services rendered in negotiating and administering this Agreement. Payment of a maintenance fee in this amount shall be in lieu of any other obligation under this Article. 2.2 Any employee failing to comply with Article 2 will be terminated upon two weeks' notice to the City and the employee by the Guild. This section shall control over any conflicting Civil Service provision.
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Sources: Collective Bargaining Agreement
GUILD SECURITY. 2.1 A. All employees recognized in Section 1 who are members of the Guild in good standing on the effective date of this Agreement, shall remain members in good standing during the term of this Agreement, and those who are not members on the effective date of the Agreement shall, on the 31st day following the effective date of this Agreement, become and remain members in good standing in the Guild. It shall be a condition of employment that all Employees of the Police Department designated under employees covered by this Agreement as Guild members shall continue to be members of the Guild and remain members in good standing. Those who are not members hired on the or after its effective date of this Agreement shall shall, on the 31st day following the beginning of such employment employment, become and remain members in good standing of in the Guild: PROVIDED THAT; Provided that, if a public employee is a member of a church or religious body whose bona fide religious tenets or teachings forbid said such public employee to be a member of a labor unionGuild, such public employee shall pay an amount of money equivalent to the regular Guild dues dues, assessments and initiation fees of the Guild to a non-religious charity or to a another charitable organization mutually agreed upon by the City employee and the Guild. The City employee shall furnish written proof to the Guild that such payment has been made. If the City Employee and the Guild do not reach an agreement on the choice of the non-religious charity to whom which the Guild dues dues, assessments and initiation fees fee are to be paid or if the Guild does not agree that the employee has a bona fide basis for religious objectionpaid, the Washington State Public Employment Relations Commission shall designate the charitable organization; PROVIDED FURTHER THAT, if an . This shall apply only to public employees as introduced in RCW 41.56.030(2).
B. The Employer shall notify the Guild monthly of any new employee coming under the terms of this Agreement.
C. The Guild agrees that membership in the Guild will not be denied or terminated for any reason does other than failure of an employee covered by this Agreement to tender the periodic dues, assessments, and initiation fees uniformly required as a condition of acquiring or retaining membership in the Guild.
D. The Guild agrees that the Employer shall not wish terminate the employment of any employee under the security clause provisions of this Agreement until written notification is received from the Guild that an employee has failed to pay the required dues or fees, or provide proof of an alternative payment based on religious tenets as provided herein above.
E. The Guild shall provide thirty (30) days written notice to the employee with copy to Employer, that unless restitution for any dues or fees overdue are made, discharge action will be a member taken. Should the employee make total restitution for dues arrearages, the discharge request shall be withdrawn by the Guild.
F. Upon written authorization of an employee, the Employer shall deduct monthly dues and assessments or fees from the salary of such employee, and shall transmit such amount to the Guild.
G. The Guild shall hold the Employer harmless against any claims brought against the Employer by an employee arising out of the Guild, that employee shall proportionally and fairly share in the cost of the collective bargaining unit to defray the cost of services rendered in negotiating and administering this Agreement. Payment of Employer making a maintenance fee in this amount shall be in lieu of any other obligation under this Article.
2.2 Any employee failing good faith effort to comply with Article 2 will be terminated upon two weeks' notice to the City and the employee by the Guild. This section shall control over any conflicting Civil Service provisionthis Section.
SECTION 3 GUILD/EMPLOYER RELATIONS
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Sources: Collective Bargaining Agreement