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2016 CBA Tentati ve Agreement Page 26 of 217 ARTICLE 11 DUES WITHHOLDING Section 1. Payroll Deductions a. Pursuant to 5 USC 7115, deductions for the payment of Union dues shall be made from the pay of members in t he unit who voluntarily request such dues deductions. b. The amount of national dues to be withheld under this Agreement shall be the regular dues of the member as specified on the member's Standard Form 1187 (SF - 1187), Request for Payroll Deductions for Lab or Organizations, or as certified by the Union if the amount of regular dues has been changed as provided in Section 3b of this Article. A deduction of regular national dues shall be made every pay period from the pay of an employee who has requested such allotment for dues. It is agreed that no deduction for dues shall be made in any pay period for which the employee's net earnings after other deductions are insufficient to cover the full amount of dues. c. Dues deductions for payment of local dues under the terms and conditions contained in this Agreement for the withholding of national dues are also authorized. Local Union dues to be deducted each regular pay period shall be determined by the Local. A separate SF - 1187 must be submitted to authorize such ded uction. If the amount of regular local Union dues is changed by the local Union under the terms contained in this Agreement, the local Union will notify the appropriate servicing payroll office in writing that the amount of local dues has changed and will certify as to the new amount of local dues to be deducted each regular pay period. The local Union shall be responsible for notifying the appropriate servicing payroll office of the address where checks for local Union dues should be sent. Local Union dues shall be automatically terminated upon permanent reassignment of an employee from the facility from which local dues were being deducted. Section 2. Employee Responsibilities a. A member who desires to have his/her dues deducted from his/her pay must compl ete the appropriate portion of SF - 1187 and have the appropriate section completed and signed by an authorized official of the Union who will forward it to the appropriate payroll processing center. The authorized official of the Union will include "594" fo r ATCSs, TMC/TMS, and NOTAMs and "674" for FSS on the SF - 1187 as the appropriate payroll identification for NATCA. The form must be received in the payroll office at least four (4) days prior to the beginning of the pay period in which the deduction is to begin. b. An employee who has authorized the withholding of Union dues may request revocation of such authorization after one (1) year by completion and submission of a Standard Form 1188 (SF - 1188), Cancellation of Payroll Deductions for Labor Organization D ues, to the appropriate payroll processing center in accordance with the procedures below: (1) First year members: An SF - 1188 may be filed anytime by an employee during the thirty (30) calendar - day period beginning forty - five (45) days prior to the anniversar y date of his/her first dues withholding and ending fifteen (15) days prior to the anniversary date. It is the employee's responsibility to ensure timely filing of

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