I
recognize the need for a strong union and that all workers represented by UE
should pay their fair share to support our union financially. You are hereby
authorized and directed to deduct from my monthly pay, an amount equivalent to
dues, fees, assessments, and initiation fees, as shall be certified by the
United Electrical, Radio & Machine Workers of America (UE) Local 197 and
remit the same to UE. This authorization and assignment is voluntarily made as
an administrative convenience to facilitate payment of dues, fees, assessments,
and initiation fees that I have voluntarily agreed to make even in the absence
of membership in the UE and is not contingent upon my future membership in the
UE. This authorization and assignment shall be irrevocable for a period of (1)
year from the date I sign this card or until the end of the current collective
bargaining agreement between my Employer, its successors (including, but not
limited to, Burns successors) and assigns, and the Union, whichever occurs
sooner, and from year to year thereafter, unless I give the Employer and the
Union written notice to stop deducting payments under this agreement,
postmarked within seven (7) days before the end of the one year period or
postmarked within seven (7) days before the end of the collective bargaining
agreement. I understand that the Employer will stop deductions from my wages,
and the Union will stop receiving them, effective the month after the month in
which the written notice of revocation is given. Revocation shall be effective
only if I give the Employer and UE Local 197 written notice, and it is received
or postmarked during the period specified above. This authorization will remain
in effect in the event that I am laid off, leave work on a leave of absence, or
separate from employment with my present Employer. I authorize deductions to
resume upon the resumption of employment as a new hire or otherwise.