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Any voluntary dues checkoff authorization shall be irrevocable, regardless of whether an employee <br />has revoked Union membership, for a period of one (1) year from the date of the execution of the <br />dues checkoff authorization and for year to year thereafter, unless the employee gives employer <br />and the Union written notice of revocation not less than ten (10) days and not more than twenty- <br />five (25) days before the end of any yearly period. Copies of employees' dues checkoff <br />authorization cards are available from the Union upon request. <br />4.04 The City's obligation to make deduction shall terminate automatically upon termination of <br />employment or transfer to ajob classification outside the bargaining unit. <br />4.05 The parties agree that the employer assumes no obligation, financial or otherwise, arising <br />out of the provisions of this Article regarding the deduction of union dues or fair share fees (agency <br />fees). The Union hereby agrees that it will indemnify and hold the employer harmless from any <br />claims, actions or proceedings by any employee arising from deductions made by the employer <br />pursuant to the Article, unless specifically excepted above. <br />4.06 The City shall provide the Union with a list of employees who enter or exit the bargaining <br />unit promptly after the employees enter or exit the bargaining unit. The parties agree that should <br />fair -share fees become valid through a ruling by a court of competent jurisdiction of legislative <br />action, the prior language and procedures in Section 4.06, 4.07, 4.08 and 4.09 of the originally <br />approved 2017-2019 collective bargaining agreement between the parties shall be reinserted into <br />this agreement, and fair -share fees shall be deducted, per the previously established procedure, at <br />a prorated rate beginning with the effective date of the court order or law. <br />4.07 Employees may authorize the City to deduct voluntary contributions to Public Employees <br />Organized to Promote Legislative Equality (PEOPLE) by payroll deductions (check -off). Upon <br />receipt of the employee's PEOPLE deduction authorization, the City shall make the deduction and <br />remit monthly to PEOPLE all such deducted contributions. PEOPLE contributions shall be <br />deducted and processed separately from dues or fair share deductions. <br />4.08 The City authorizes ACH transfer payment of Union dues. <br />Section 1. Upon the presentation of a written deduction authorization signed by the <br />employee, the employer shall deduct Union dues, initiation fees, and assessments from the <br />pay of bargaining unit employees in accordance with the terms of this executed <br />authorization. The Union shall notify the Employer of the amounts to be deducted. <br />Deductions shall be made from the pay of employees (monthly/biweekly). <br />Section 2. Previously signed and un-revoked authorization cards shall continue to <br />be effective for current and reinstated employees. <br />Section 3. All dues deductions shall be deposited via electronic ACH transfer <br />payment into the commercial bank account of Ohio Council 8, AFSCME, AFL-CIO no later <br />than fifteen (15) days following the end of the pay period in which the deduction is made. <br />r The Union shall provide the Employer with authorization to make deposits into the financial <br />