PRIA, Government Policy, Made Personal

Summary

The Postal Service must take regular, recurring union dues out of the pay of employees when a labor group has exclusive representation or has consultation rights, but only if each employee has given a written authorization that cannot be canceled for more than one year. Any payroll-deduction deals that were already in place before the Postal Reorganization Act stay valid and the Postal Service will carry them out, with the same rule that deductions need a written authorization that is not cancelable for more than one year.

Title 39, §1205

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(a)When a labor organization holds exclusive recognition, or when an organization of personnel not subject to collective-bargaining agreements has consultation rights under section 1004 of this title, the Postal Service shall deduct the regular and periodic dues of the organization from the pay of all members of the organization in the unit of recognition if the Post Office Department or the Postal Service has received from each employee, on whose account such deductions are made, a written assignment which shall be irrevocable for a period of not more than one year.

(b)Any agreement in effect immediately prior to the date of enactment of the Postal Reorganization Act between the Post Office Department and any organization of postal employees which provides for deduction by the Department of the regular and periodic dues of the organization from the pay of its members, shall continue in full force and effect and the obligation for such deductions shall be assumed by the Postal Service. No such deduction shall be made from the pay of any employee except on his written assignment, which shall be irrevocable for a period of not more than one year.

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

References in Text

The date of enactment of the Postal Reorganization Act, referred to in subsec. (b), means the date of enactment of Pub. L. 91–375, which was approved Aug. 12, 1970.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

Section effective July 1, 1971, pursuant to Resolution No. 71–9 of the Board of Governors. See section 15(a) of Pub. L. 91–375, set out as a note preceding section 101 of this title.

§1205 Deductions of Dues