ITEM C: Cost Free Union Dues Deduction From National Agreement of April 27, 1973

Item – C
 
This is a portion of the UTU Agreement Dated April 27, 1973 between railroads represented by the National Carriers' Conference Committee and employees of such railroads represented by the United Transportation
Union pertaining to:
 ARTICLE II - COST-FREE UNION DUES DEDUCTION AGREEMENT
Within 60 days following request by the organization, each railroad party to this Agreement and the organization signatory to this Agreement will reach an understanding or agreement to modify their union dues deduction agreement (or, if there is no dues deduction agreement, the parties on the individual railroads will negotiate a union dues deduction agreement), effective with the first calendar month following 60 days after the date of such agreement (unless otherwise agreed to), which will conform to the following guidelines:
1. Deductions will be limited to periodic union dues, initiation fees, and assessments (not including fines and penalties) which are uniformly required as a condition of acquiring or retaining membership.
2. No costs will be charged against the organization or the affected employees in connection with the dues deduction agreement.
3. Appropriate written assignment form executed by the individual involved must be in the hands of the designated railroad officer at least 30 days in advance of the first payroll deduction scheduled for that indi-
vidual; provided, however, that dues deduction assignments currently in effect need not be reexecuted and may be continued in, effect subject to their terms and conditions.
4. The dues deduction amounts may not be changed more often than once every three months.
5. The parties to the dues deduction agreement will mutually agree on the payroll period on which the deductions uniformly will be made.
 6. The dues deduction agreement will include appropriate priorities of deductions in cases where the individual's pay check is insufficient to permit deduction of the full amounts specified on the deduction
lists. The following payroll deductions, as a minimum, will have priority over the deductions called for by the dues deduction agreement:
Federal, State, and Municipal taxes; premiums on any life insurance, hospital-surgical insurance, group accident or health insurance, or group annuities; other deductions required by law, such as garnishments and attachments; and amounts due the carrier by the individual.
7. In the event there is insufficient earnings to permit the full amount of the union dues deduction, no deduction will be made.
8. The carrier will furnish uniform alphabetical deduction lists (in triplicate) for each local unit each month. Such lists will include the employee's name, Social Security number or pay roll identification number, and the amount of union dues deducted from the pay of each employee.
Any committee now having a dues deduction agreement may retain such agreement in its entirety unless and until the provisions of the introductory paragraph of this Article II are implemented.