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Agency Shop | Dues Withholding


Agency Shop

  1. Agency to deduct from the wages of all bargaining unit employees an amount equal to the union’s regular dues. SEIU, AFL–CIO, Local 556, 1 FLRA 563 [NN]

Dues Withholding

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  1. Agency to take whatever action is necessary to ensure that dues withheld will be forwarded to the union within fourteen calendar days of each pay period. OEA, 22 FLRA 351, Proposal 6 [N]
  2. Proposing to continue the employee’s voluntary authorization of dues withholding under title 5, United States Code, section 7115 after they have left the bargaining unit. IAMAW, Lodge 2424, 25 FLRA 194, Proposal 1 [NN]
  3. Continuation of dues withholding for employees temporarily promoted outside the bargaining unit. IAMAW, Lodge 2424, 25 FLRA 194, Proposal 2 (second sentence) [NN]
  4. Dues deductions to be resumed for employees returning to the bargaining unit after temporary promotions to supervisory positions. IAMAW, Lodge 2424, 25 FLRA 194, Proposal 2 (first sentence) [N]
  5. Employees are responsible for initiating action to cancel dues withholding when they move out of the bargaining unit, management is responsible for affecting dues revocation, and failure of management to do so will not result in any financial liability on the part of the local. NFFE, Local 284, 29 FLRA 958, Provision 2 [NN]
  6. Stating conditions under which dues can be terminated. AFGE, AFL–CIO, Local 1808, 30 FLRA 1236, Provision 13 [N]
  7. Employees who have dues withheld for at least 1 year may submit a request for termination of dues withholding through the union office and the withholding will be terminated as of the first pay period in March following the submission of the request. AFGE, AFL–CIO, Local 1931, 32 FLRA 1023, Provision 1 [NN]
  8. Basing the effective date of a dues revocation on the anniversary of the date when the deduction began. AFGE, AFL–CIO, Department of Education Council of AFGE Locals, 34 FLRA 1078, Proposal 1 [N]
  9. Check–off revocation is effective the first full pay period after September 1, provided dues allotment has been in effect for at least one full year. IFPTE, Local 4, 35 FLRA 31, Provision 6 [NN]
  10. Precluding the agency from pursuing claims against the union for erroneous overpayment of dues through other available remedies. NFFE, Local 1380, 36 FLRA 725, Provision 1 [NN]
  11. An employee may request to revoke his or her authorization for union dues allotment after the allotment has been in effect for 1 year. The request will take effect on the pay period following the next March 1 that occurs after the request is made. NAGE, SEIU, AFL–CIO, 40 FLRA 657, Provision 9 [NN]
  12. Prescribing the process that will be followed by the agency and the union in dealing with overpayment and underpayment of dues remittances to the union. NTEU, 52 FLRA 1265, Proposal 4 [N]
  13. Requiring the agency to deduct $2.00 from each biweekly paycheck of bargaining unit employees who have not joined the union and thus do not have dues voluntarily deducted. NAGE, Local R7–51, 56 FLRA 941 [NN, LAW]

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