Organizing Victories - International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers

and will be effective for a single calendar
year (January I-December 31 J. An
annual notice of Ih h plan will be pub­
I"hed in the 18£11' Jou,.",,1 in Oclober
of each year.l?ach fec payer who wishe.
to file an objection must do )0 10 writing.
addre»ed 10 the International Secretary
(IS) al the Imernatlonal Office of
the IB EW. 1115-15th Street. .W..
Washinglon. D.C. 10005. In reS!> lering
their obJccliun!>l. objectors musl ineludeliteirllamc
and address. lhe LU to
whic h Ihey pay fec~. their l1ol1 l1i \,; l11bcr
irlc:nli fir.nt ion numher. if knm·vn. ,md
their Social SecurilY number. Objeclions
mU:-,1 be po::,l-marked du rillg the
month of Nuvember prcl:cdi ng the calendar
year for which Ihe objeClion will
be in effeci. or dur11lg the 1i"1 30 day,
aflcr the ubjector c{)Inmencc\ paying
fcc< to an IB EW LU as requ Ired b} a
collective bargaining agreement. Objection,
nlll"l be renewed annually. dur-
111£ the month of November.
J. Reduction in Agency Fees
The nl\clIey rcc, of e11lployee, who
fil e lime ly o hj ec li o ll ~ will be reduced
for the 12-month perioll beginningJi.t1luary
I or Ihe year ror which Ihey are
't:gi~te l illg their objection!;.. :lnd ending
December 31 01 Ihat calendor yea r.
(Timely objecl iOIl' mcd hy ind,vidual,
who enter ~1 ttargaiOlng unit durms lhe
cour,. of Ihe year will be effeclive
through December 1 1 of thai year).
nless (Idv"ed other\\ i,e by Iheir re­
>JX:c ti,c LU,. objector will ~c'pee led
10 rcmillhe f,,11 (Imount of fee, charged
by thcir re~pec l ivc L :'. 0 later than
January 31, both Ihe 100em ai i lIal and
IheLU to which Ihe objector pay' agellcy
fcc:, will mai l to cHcll objector who
perfec t' .. hi, ur her ObJccllon under Ih i:,
phm ...\ \,;h...:...: \.. I\:;fl ecting 'he reduction
in payment ... to which he or -:hc is cn ~
IiI led, o r will otherwi'e advi,. Ihe objectors
how their payment!'! will be reduced.
Agency fee are composed of a portion
for",ardcd 10 the In t em~lIional a'
pt:r cap ita laxc~. 3nd:l ponlOn rel~Hncd
by the L . When the IS receive, timel)
objectioll'. he will forward the names
of Ihe objeelo" 10 Ihe LU, 10 which
Ihey pay tl,elf agency fee. A, ,et fonh
ttl greater uctai l below. the rnt erna~
tional will dClcnnine the percentage
reduction 10 be appiled 10 the percapilu
portion of the ohJcctor', fcc,. and will
Is~ue checks rcilccli ng the reduction in
percapun pnymcn" 10 which objecl",",
are entitled. In allduion. each IBEW
I.lJ will establish II own plan for determining
the redu lion in i \ ~ p011ion of
lhe agency fcc~ to ,,, hich ubJectors arc
entitl ed and for reducing the obJector",'
paymem, by the approprimc amount!'!.
-t. ClIlcullltion of Reduction In
Pcr Capita l'ayl1lenl~
Before Ihe hcg1lln1llg of Ihe calendlll
year. the IS will cal lIlutc the reduction
in the IntcfIl i.ll iolllll·", per capita to which
objector"' will be entitled a" follow..,,:
TIle IS will determine the 1ntemmiunid'.."
lotal cJl>cnlli ng e\ ~nditurc, for all purpo'c",
during Ihe pre~ed1l1g li",c;:l1 year.
and die tOlal c')lenditl1r~' made for
actintie, \\ hlch are not chargeable to
objector,. The IS \\ ill thell elliculale
the rn tioofnol1C'hargcablc expenditure ...
to total ex.pen di lu l c~. Thc"e c the objector hi,
or her per capita r~dll c ll on check.
The appeal ;hould expillin Ihe ba,is
of Ihe challenge.
b. The impan ial nrbitMor will be appoinled
by Ihe American Arbitmlion
A,,,,,,ialion( AA) Ihrough ils Rules
forlmp..·utial Detemlinnti on of nion
Fee,. i sued on June I. 1986.
c. uch appeah will be con,olidated 10
Ihe extent practicable and heard a,
sOon a, Ihe AAA can " hedule the
arbimttion. The prc\cntatioll to the
arbit rmor \V'ill he ei ther in writing or
at a hearing il' reque'led by any
objeclOr(,). II a hearing i~ he ld. lilly
ohjc\!tor who docs I1 l1t wish 10 attend
may submit his Or her views in wril~
1I1g by I h~ dale of Ihe hearing. If ~
hearing i"i not req uc"ilcd. the arbi trator
will ~e t a date by which ull wri t­
ten ",ubmi\Ii,jtlI1, Wi ll be rece ived and
will decide Ihe C"'" ba