ARTICLE II

Membership, Security, and Check-off

SECTION 1. It shall be a condition of employment that all employees of the Employer covered by this Agreement, who are members of the Union in good standing on the effective or execution date of this Agreement, shall remain in good standing.

It also shall be a condition of employment that all employees hired on or after its effective or execution date, whichever is later, shall on the sixth (6) month following the beginning of such employment become and remain members in good standing in the Union.

Good standing for the purpose of this Agreement shall be interpreted to mean the payment or tender of Union initiation fees and monthly dues uniformly required as a condition of acquiring or retaining membership in the Union.

Individuals hired as temporary under Article VI, Section 1 who after working six (6) cumulative months over a five (5) year period will be required to pay monthly Union dues, will be moved to the bottom of the classification to which they were hired, and will progress through the classification as described in Article III, Section 3b. Such temporary employees will not become eligible for the benefits afforded under this Agreement and will not be required to begin payment of the initiation fees, until such time as the Company, in its discretion, hires him/her as a regular employee. In the event of hiring, seniority would commence as of the date he/she was moved to the bottom of the classification to which they were hired. Summer temporary help working between June through August and temporary employees working to hold jobs open for sick employees are not included.

SECTION 2. The Employer agrees to deduct from the pay of all members covered by this Agreement where written authorization is furnished by the Local Union, the dues, initiation fees, and/or uniform assessments of the Local Union having jurisdiction over such employees and agrees to remit to said Local Union all such deductions prior to the end of the month for which the deduction is made. Where laws require written authorization by the employee, the same is to be furnished in the form required.

Where an employee who is on check-off is not on the payroll during the week in which the deduction is to be made or has no earnings or insufficient earnings during that week or is on leave of absence, the employee must make arrangements with the Local Union to pay such dues in advance.

The Employer will recognize authorization for deductions from wages, if in compliance with state law, to be transmitted to the Local Union or to such other organizations as the Union may request if mutually agreed to. No such authorization shall be recognized if in violation of State or Federal law. No deduction shall be made which is prohibited by applicable law.

The Union shall indemnify and save the Company harmless against any claims, demands, suits or other forms of liability that may arise out of or by reason of action taken with the above provisions of this Article of the Agreement or in reliance on any authorization furnished to the Company in connection therewith.

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