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ARTICLE 1 <br />PURPOSE <br />1.01 This Agreement is made between the City of Lakewood, Ohio, hereinafter referred to as <br />the "City," and Ohio Patrolmen's Benevolent Association (OPBA), hereinafter referred to as the <br />"Union." The "employee" or "employees" where used herein refers to all regular full-time <br />employees in the bargaining unit. The purpose of this Agreement is to provide a fair and <br />responsible method of enabling employees covered by this Agreement to participate, through <br />Union representation, in the establishment of terms and conditions of their employment and to <br />establish a peaceful procedure for the resolution of all differences between the parties. <br />ARTICLE 2 <br />RECOGNITION <br />2.01 The OPBA is recognized as the sole and exclusive representative for a bargaining unit of <br />all regular full-time Corrections Officer employees in the Department of Public Safety for the <br />purpose of establishing terms and conditions of employment. The City will not recognize any other <br />union, organization or person as the representative for any of the Corrections Officer employees. <br />ARTICLE 3 <br />NON-DISCRIMINATION <br />3.01 Both the City and the Union recognize their respective responsibilities under the Federal <br />and State Civil Rights Law, fair employment practice acts, and other similar constitutional and <br />statutory requirements. Therefore, both the City and the Union hereby reaffirm their commitments, <br />legal and moral, not to discriminate in any manner relating to employment on the basis of race, <br />color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, gender identity/expression, genetic <br />information, military status, veteran status, sexual orientation, union membership or activity, or <br />ancestry. <br />3.02 The City recognizes the right of all Corrections Officers to be free to join the Union. The <br />City agrees that there shall be no discrimination, interference, restraint, coercion or reprisal by the <br />City against any employee or any applicant for employment because of Union membership. <br />ARTICLE 4 <br />CHECK -OFF <br />4.01 The Employer agrees to deduct from the wages and salaries of bargaining unit members <br />dues required by the OPBA by payroll deduction starting with the sixty first (61st) day of <br />employment with the employer or the execution date of this Agreement, whichever comes first. <br />4.02 An employee shall have the right to revoke such authorization by giving written notice to <br />the City and the Local Union Treasurer at any time during the fifteen (15) day period preceding <br />