Participation in Professional Association. A. 1. a. Any registered nurse who is now or may hereafter become a member of Minnesota Nurses Association shall, during the life of this Agreement, remain a member of the Minnesota Nurses Association in good standing as a condition of employment. "In good standing," for the purpose of this Agreement, is defined to mean the payment of a standard initiation fee and standard regular monthly dues, uniformly required as a condition of acquiring or retaining membership in Minnesota Nurses Association.
Participation in Professional Association. The Hospital will advise all new nurses at the time of employment that the Association is their bargaining representative and will notify the Association in writing at the end of each month of the name, address and classification of each new registered nurse who is still in its employ. The Hospital recognizes the right of any nurse to become a member of the Association and will not discourage, discriminate or in any other way interfere with the right of any nurse to become a member of the Association and will not discourage, discriminate or in any other way interfere with the right of any nurse to become and remain a member of the Association. The Hospital agrees to deduct on a weekly basis the annual Association membership dues from the earnings of any registered nurse who has executed an authorized form. Such deductions shall be in the amount certified by the Association and shall be made in accordance with the terms of said authorization form. Withheld amount will be forwarded to the designated Association office by the 20th of the calendar month following the actual withholding, together with a record of the amount and the names of those for whom deductions have been made. During their orientation period, newly employed nurses shall be introduced to the bargaining unit, the chairperson, or designee, who shall be allowed a reasonable period of time to address them.
Participation in Professional Association. The Association Chairperson, or designee, will be allowed twenty (20) minutes to inform new nurses, at the time of their orientation, of the Association's status within the Hospital; such time will be compensated if the nurse was otherwise scheduled to work. The Hospital will provide the Association in writing, with an alphabetical listing of members of the bargaining unit, their dates of hire and addresses, and the names of any nurses who have terminated in the preceding month, as well as the names of any nurses who have been hired in the preceding month, their current unit, and base hourly rate of pay. The Hospital recognizes the right of any nurse to become a member of the Association and will not discourage, discriminate, or, in any other way, interfere with the right of any nurse to become and remain a member of the Association. The Association agrees that it will not discriminate against any nurse for failure to join or remain a member of the Association.
