§7115 Allotments to Representatives

Summary

Agencies must honor a written request from an employee in a covered unit to have regular union dues taken from their pay. The agency must make the paycheck deduction and it must not charge the employee or the union for doing it. The employee’s permission cannot be canceled for 1 year, unless one of two things happens: the agency’s agreement with the union stops applying to that employee, or the employee is kicked out or suspended from union membership. If a union files a petition saying at least 10 percent of the unit are members, the Authority will check it. If the Authority certifies the petition is valid, the agency must only negotiate with that union about taking dues by voluntary paycheck allotment from those members. That rule does not apply if the unit already has an exclusive representative, and any such agreement ends if an exclusive representative is later certified.