1. The dues and assessments of members shall be paid in advance,
2. before the first day of the month in which they are due. Any member
3. who fails to pay his/her dues and assessments within the time provided
4. shall be suspended without notice or further action.
5. No member shall be considered in arrears for dues and
6. assessments when his/her employer has withheld from their pay money
7. for such dues and assessments, pursuant to a dues check-off
8. agreement, and the employer has delayed or defaulted payment to the
9. local.
10. A member who for any reason, including sickness and disability, is
11. not engaged in transportation service, other fields of employment,
12. trades, and industries, whether in public or private employment where
13. the United Transportation Union holds the contract, or in the service of
14. the United Transportation Union for a full calendar month (excluding
15. his/her vacation) shall, upon submitting to the General Secretary and
16. Treasurer and the local Treasurer written request on the prescribed
17. form, be relieved from the payment of all dues and assessments for
18. subsequent calendar months until he/she again returns to
19. transportation service, other fields of employment, trades, and
20. industries, whether in public or private employment where the United
21. Transportation Union holds the contract, or service with the United
22. Transportation Union. Such member will promptly report to the local
23. Treasurer his/her date of return to active service with the employer and
24. will be obligated to pay full dues and assessments beginning with the
25. first month thereafter.
26. During the period in which members request relief and are relieved
27. from the payment of dues and assessments in accordance with this
28. Article, they shall continue to enjoy all privileges of membership, except
29. they shall not be permitted to vote in elections or on any other subject
30. involving grievances, hours or mileage limitation, or other methods of
31. work distribution.
32. The local Treasurer, in cooperation with the local President and the
33. local Chairperson involved, will maintain a close check of the roster of
34. members who are relieved from the payment of full dues and
35. assessments under the provisions of this Article with a view towards
36. avoiding the abuse of this privilege. In addition, the local Treasurer
37. will, at each regular meeting of the local, read for the benefit of
38. members present the roster of members who have been excused from
39. the payment of full dues and assessments.
40. Where the reason for a member not being engaged in
41. transportation service, other fields of employment, trades, and
42. industries, whether in public or private employment where the United
43. Transportation Union holds the contract, or in the service of the United
44. Transportation Union is sickness or disability the local, upon receipt of
45. written request from the member, may by majority vote of the
46. members present at any regular meeting authorize the local Treasurer
47. to pay the member’s remaining dues and assessments for such period
48. as the local might determine. The written request shall be a condition
49. precedent to the member’s rights under this paragraph.
50. Dues and assessments advanced for the benefit of sick or disabled
51. members under the foregoing paragraph represent a loan to the
52. member. The local shall designate a date on or before which the
53. amount advanced should be repaid. If repayment is not made within
54. the time specified the member shall be suspended for non-payment of
55. dues.
56. It shall be the duty of the members to keep the Local Secretary
57. and Treasurer advised of their current home address.
