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ARTICLE 6 - GENERAL PROVISIONS <br /> Section 1: Employee Information and Dues/Fees Checkoff <br /> A. Employee Information <br /> 1. The City shall provide the Union with access to bargaining unit employees, including <br /> the name, address, telephone number, classification, date of hire, and rate of pay. <br /> 2. The City shall notify the Union of all new bargaining unit employees as soon as HR is <br /> notified of the hire. The City shall supply the following information to the Union <br /> regarding each newly hired bargaining unit member upon hire: name, address, <br /> telephone number, classification, date of hire, and rate of pay. <br /> B. Dues, Fees and Assessment Processing <br /> The City shall deduct the regular dues, fees, and assessments of the Union from the <br /> wages of any bargaining unit employee for whom the Union has submitted a written <br /> authorization to the City. Consistent with federal, state, and local law, the City shall <br /> honor and adhere to specific provisions of such authorization for the deduction of regular <br /> dues, fees, and assessments and all other provisions agreed to by the employee in the <br /> authorization, irrespective of the employee's membership status in the Union. The <br /> amount deducted shall be mailed each month to the Union. <br /> C. Revocation <br /> Consistent with federal, state, and local law, the City shall honor and adhere to the <br /> specific provisions of an employee's written authorization for the deduction of dues, fees, <br /> and assessments regarding the duration, renewal, and procedure for the revocation of <br /> such authorization. An employee who seeks to revoke such authorization must provide <br /> written notice to the City and the Union. Upon receipt of such a request from an <br /> employee, the City or Union will promptly transmit the employee's request for revocation <br /> to the other. When the employee is entitled to revoke his/her authorization, every effort <br /> will be made to end the deductions effective on the first payroll, but not later than the <br /> second payroll, after the City's receipt of the employee's written notice. <br /> Section 2: COPE <br /> The City shall deduct COPE contributions from the wages of any bargaining unit employee for <br /> whom the Union has submitted a written authorization to the City. The amount so deducted <br /> shall be mailed each month to the Union. When the employee is entitled to revoke his/her <br /> authorization, every effort will be made to end the deductions effective on the first payroll, but <br /> not later than the second payroll, after the City's receipt of the employee's written notice. <br /> Section 3: <br /> A. Three Union-Management meetings will be held annually to discuss various items of <br /> interest to both parties. <br /> B. The City, at its option, may schedule up to three (3) employee meetings per year at <br /> which employee attendance is mandatory. <br /> 6 <br />