Article 6: Union Membership and Check-Off

Section 6.1: Union Membership

All employees covered by this Agreement shall as a condition of continued employment on or before the thirty (30) calendar days following the beginning of their employment or the effective date of this Agreement, whichever is later, acquire and maintain membership in the Union.

A. The Company will deduct from the wages of each employee covered by this Agreement who has worked 40 hours or more during the preceding month, upon written authorization of the employee, an amount equal to the regular monthly dues of the Union. Such deduction will be made from the first paycheck of each month and transmitted monthly to the International Treasurer of the Union.

B. The Company will also deduct from the wages of those employees who so authorize, and transmit to the International Treasurer of the Union in the same manner as dues withheld, the initiation fee of the Union and such assessments as may be designated to the Company by the International Treasurer of the Union.

C. The authorization for the deductions set forth in Sections 6.1(A) and 6.1(B) above shall be in the following form:

UNITED STEEL, PAPER AND FORESTRY, RUBBER, MANUFACTURING, ENERGY, ALLIED INDUSTRIAL AND SERVICE WORKERS INTERNATIONAL UNION, AFL-CIO

Local Union No. 8378

I hereby request and accept membership in the UNITED STEEL, PAPER AND FORESTRY, RUBBER, MANUFACTURING, ENERGY, ALLIED INDUSTRIAL AND SERVICE WORKERS INTERNATIONAL UNION, AFL-CIO, and of my own free will authorize the United Steelworkers of America, its agents or representatives to act for me as a collective bargaining agency in all matters pertaining to rates of pay, wages, hours of employment, or other conditions of employment, and to enter into contracts with my employer covering all such matters, including contracts which may require the continuance of my membership in the United Steelworkers of America as a condition of my continued employment.

Date:
Signature:

(reverse side as follows:)

CHECK-OFF AUTHORIZATION FOR UNITED STEEL, PAPER AND FORESTRY, RUBBER, MANUFACTURING, ENERGY, ALLIED INDUSTRIAL AND SERVICE WORKERS INTERNATIONAL UNION, AFL-CIO

Local Union No. 8378

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Company Date

Pursuant to this authorization and assignment, please deduct from my pay each month, while I am in employment within the collective bargaining unit in the Company, monthly dues, assessments and (if owing by me) an initiation fee each as designated by the International Treasurer of the Union, as my membership dues in said Union.

The aforesaid membership dues shall be remitted promptly by the Company to the International Treasurer of the United Steel, Paper And Forestry, Rubber, Manufacturing, Energy, Allied Industrial And Service Workers International Union, AFL-CIO, or its successor, Five Gateway Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15222.

This assignment and authorization shall be effective and cannot be cancelled for a period of one (1) year from the date appearing above or until the termination date of the current collective bargaining agreement between the Company and the Union, whichever occurs sooner.

I hereby voluntarily authorize you to continue the above authorization and assignment in effect after the expiration of the shorter of the periods above specified, for further successive periods of one (1) year from such date. I agree that the authorization and assignment shall become effective and cannot be cancelled by me during any of such years, but that I may cancel and revoke by giving to the appropriate management representative of the plant in which I am then employed, an individual written notice signed by me and which shall be postmarked or received by the Company within fifteen (15) days following the expiration of any such year or within fifteen (15) days following the termination date of any collective bargaining agreement between the Company and the Union covering my employment if such date shall occur within one of such annual periods. Such notice of revocation shall become effective, respecting dues for the month following the month in which such written notice is given; a copy of such notice will be given by me to the Financial Secretary of the Local Union.

Local Union No. 8378
United Steelworkers

Signature

D. The sole authorized representative of the Union for the purpose of certifying the amount of any change in monthly dues or initiation fees to be deducted by the Company, shall be the International Treasurer of the Union.

E. The Company agrees to notify the Union, in writing, within seven (7) days from the date of the first employment of employee subject to this Agreement, of the name of such employee, his Social Security number, the position for which employed, and the date of first employment.

Section 6.2: Indemnity Clause

The Union shall indemnify and save the Company harmless against any and all claims, demands, suits or other forms of liability that shall arise out of or by reason of action taken or not taken by the Company for the purpose of complying with any of the provisions of this Article or in reliance on any list, notice or assignment furnished under any such provisions.