Section 1

Eligible employees who are members of the Union may pay dues through the authorization of voluntary allotments from their compensation. To be eligible to make such voluntary allotments, an employee must:

1. Be an employee of the bargaining unit covered by this Agreement;

2. Be a member in good standing in the Union;

3. Have voluntarily completed Standard Form 1187 (SF-1187), ("Request and Authorization for Voluntary Allotment of Compensation for Payment of Employee Organization Dues"); and

4. Have a regular net salary, after other legal and required deductions, sufficient to cover the amount of the authorized allotment for dues.

Section 2

The Union will:

A. Inform and educate members of the voluntary nature of the system for the allotment of labor organization dues, including the conditions under which an employee may revoke the allotment;

B. Provide Standard Form 1187 (SF-1187) and Standard Form 1188 (SF-1188) ("Cancellation of Payroll Deductions for Labor Organization Dues") and make them available to employees;

C. Assure that each SF-1187 is properly completed and inform the designated official of the Employer of any changes;

D. Inform the designated official of the Employer of any employee who has been expelled or ceases to be in good standing with the Union;

E. Inform the designated official of the Employer of any changes in the dues amounts or the formula for membership dues (including tables by both dollar amount and percentage of salary being withdrawn for dues). Such changes may not be made more frequently than once every twelve months; and

F. Provide the designated official of the Employer with the names and complete mailing addresses and changes thereto of officials who are responsible for certifying SF-1187s and to whom dues withholding information should be submitted.

Section 3

The Employer will:

A. Deduct and process voluntary allotments of dues and changes in dues upon certification from the Union National President in accordance with this Article. Changes in the dues amounts will be made as soon as possible, but no later than three (3) full pay periods after notification by the Union;

B. Withhold authorized dues on a bi-weekly basis at no cost to the Union or the employee;

C. Start dues withholding no later than one (1) full pay period following receipt of a properly certified SF-1187;

D. Notify the Union when an employee, who has submitted an SF-1187, is not eligible to enroll in the automatic dues withholding program because they are not an employee of the bargaining unit covered by this Agreement; E. Prepare remittances and reports as follows:

1. Transmit to the Union the total amount deducted for all employees and total amount remitted to the Union;

2. Remittance will be made per pay period and directly to the Administrative Controller, National Treasury Employees Union, 800 K St., NW, Suite 1000, Washington, D.C. 20001-8022;

3. The Employer also will provide the following information, in CVS (Comma Delimited), via magnetic media or electronic file transfer:

• Employees’ names in alphabetical order by last name;

• The last four digits of each employee’s Social Security Numbers, if available (the Union has the responsibility for ensuring the confidentiality of this information);

• Each employee’s Unique Common Identifier Number;

• Grade & Step;

• Division/Office;

• Adjusted Base Pay (including locality pay);

• Pay Plan;

• Total amount of dues withheld;

• Pay period;

• Pay period ending date;

• Duty city (four digit # field);

• Duty state (two digit # field);

• Duty county (three digit # field);

• Occupational Series;

• Organization Description;

• Designation as ENFORCEMENT/EXAM/REGIONAL OPERATIONS for Regional Offices Only;

Union Dues Pay Code;

• Duty Location;

• Bargaining Unit Status; and

• Identification of the labor organization, including the Union Chapter number.

4. The Employer also will provide during each pay period a list of the employees who had dues withheld during that pay period who did not have dues withheld in the previous pay period along with a list of the employees who had dues withheld during the previous pay period who did not have dues withheld in the current pay period. With respect to each of the lists referred to above, the Employer will provide:

• Each employee's name in alphabetical order by last name;

• Each employee’s Unique Common Identifier Number;

• The prior pay period Union Code;

• The prior pay period amount of dues withheld;

• The prior pay period BUS Code;

• The current pay period Union Code;

• The current pay period amount of dues withheld;

• The current pay period BUS Code;

• The EOD;

• With respect to the employees who had dues withheld during the previous pay period who did not have dues withheld in the current pay period, an explanation of why dues were not withheld during the current pay period;

• Grade & Step;

• Division/Office;

• Pay Plan;

• Occupational Series;

• Organization Code;

• Organization Description;

• Position Title;

• Position Tenure; and

• Work Schedule.

Section 4

A. Allotments will be terminated no later than one (1) full pay period after the Employer learns that:

1. An employee ceases to be a member in good standing in the Union;

2. The Union loses exclusive recognition for the covered unit;

3. An employee is reassigned or promoted from the unit for which the Union has been accorded exclusive recognition; or

4. An employee is separated from employment with the Employer.

B. An employee cannot cancel a Union dues allotment until the dues allotment has been in effect for more than one (1) year. An employee submitting a properly executed SF-1188 during the first year will have their allotment terminated at the beginning of the pay period following the anniversary date. After the first year, revocations will become effective at the beginning of the pay period following the requesting employee’s submission of a properly executed SF- 1188.

When the Employer receives a properly executed SF-1188, the Employer will provide a copy to the President of Chapter 293 of the Union within one pay period.

C. Revocation notices for employees who have had dues allotments in effect for more than one (1) year and whose SF-1187 was submitted after August 10, 2020, will become effective as soon as administratively feasible.

D. If 5 CFR § 2429.19, the regulation upon which Sections 4.B and 4.C. are based, is amended or revoked so that federal unions and agencies may legally agree to restrict an employee’s revocation of dues allotments to one-year intervals, the Parties agree that, upon the effective date of the amendment or revocation, Sections 4(B) and 4(C) of this Article will be voided and will be replaced by the terms of Section 4.B of Article 42 of the 2018 Collective Bargaining Agreement between the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and the National Treasury Employees Union.