Bargaining and Strikes 7-24 (web).pdf - Valero

checkoff” clause. A checkoff clause allows the
union to receive dues money directly out of its
members’ paychecks without their members ever
seeing the money. It’s just like another tax
withholding. The members’ paystubs would show
an automatic deduction for federal taxes, a
deduction for state taxes, and another deduction
for union dues. Here’s a sample USW checkoff
clause:
ARTICLE 4
CHECK-OFF
4.1 The Company agrees to collect Union dues with a monthly payroll
deduction and remit promptly to the International
Secretary/Treasurer of the United Steelworkers of America, at a
place designated by the International Treasurer, dues and initiation
fees uniformly required of all Union members as designated
by the International Treasurer of the Union, for all employees
within the appropriate unit who voluntarily execute “an authorization
for check-off dues” and cause it to be placed in the hands of
the Company. The Company agrees to submit each month to the
Union a Union Dues Deduction Listing showing name, clock
number, and amount of monthly dues paid.
Importantly, a union does not have an automatic
right to get a dues checkoff clause included in a
negotiated contract. So, in order to get a company
to agree to dues checkoff, the union often must
give up something that workers already have.
8. Question:
Answer:
How long does it take to negotiate a contract if a
union wins an election?
Good-faith negotiations between a company and a
union can take months or even years, and there is
no guarantee that an agreement will ever be
reached through good-faith negotiations.
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