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ARTICLE 1 PURPOSE 1.01 This Agreement is made between the City of North Olmsted, hereinafter referred to as the "Employer", and Ohio Council 8 and Local No. 2681 of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, AFL-CIO, hereinafter referred to as the "Union". The purpose of this Agreement is to provide a fair and responsible method of enabling employees covered by the Contract to participate through Union representation in the establishment of terms and conditions and of their employment, including rates of pay, wages, hours and working conditions, and to establish a peaceful procedure for the resolution of all differences between the parties. ARTICLE 2 RECOGNITION 2.01 The Union is recognized as the sole and exclusive representative for a bargaining unit of all clerical and technical employees of the City of North Olmsted in the classifications contained in Article 28, with respect to wages, hours and other terms and conditions of employment, excluding all confidential, management and supervisory employees as defined in O.R.C. 4117 and all other employees of the Employer. ARTICLE 3 NON-DISCRIMINATION 3.01 Both the Employer and the Union recognize their respective responsibilities under the federal and state civil rights law, fair employment practice acts and other similar constitutional and statutory requirements. Therefore, both, the Employer and the Union hereby reaffirm their commitments, legal and moral, not to discriminate in any manner relating to employment on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, or disability. 3.02 The Employer recognizes the right of all employees and all applicants for employment to be free to join the Union and participate in lawful, concerted union activities. Therefore, the Employer agrees that there shall be no discrimination, interference, restraint, coercion, or reprisal by the Employer against any employee because of union membership or because of any lawful activity in an official capacity on behalf of the Union. The Union recognizes the right of all employees and all applicants for employment to be free to join or not to join the Union. 3.03 All of the employees of the Employer within the bargaining unit shall receive equitable treatment and share in any and all benefits provided herein. ARTICLE 4 CHECK-OFF/FAIR SHARE FEE 4.01 The Employer shall deduct the initiation fee and regular monthly dues from the pay of employees covered by this Agreement upon receipt from the Union of individual written authorization cards voluntarily executed by an employee for that purpose and bearing his signature, provided that any employee shall have the right to revoke such authorization. 4.02 Deductions under this Article 4 shall be made during the second pay period of each month, but if an employee's pay for that period is insufficient to cover Union dues, the Employer