§7115 Allotments to representatives

Summary

An agency must follow a worker’s written request to take union dues out of that worker’s pay and send the money to the union. The agency must do this at no cost to the worker or the union. Once a worker signs that request, it cannot be canceled for 1 year unless one of the endings below happens. Deductions stop if the agreement between the agency and the union no longer covers the worker, or if the worker is kicked out or suspended from the union. If a union says at least 10 percent of the workers in a unit belong to it, the Authority will check the claim. If the claim is valid, the agency must talk with that union only about taking dues from members who choose to have dues deducted. Those rules do not apply if the unit already has a certified exclusive representative (the union officially representing the unit), and any dues agreement made under the 10 percent rule ends when an exclusive representative is certified.