NELSON HOUSE TEACHERS' ASSOCIATION

EFFECTIVE PERIOD: 2013/08/01 - 2018/07/31

ARTICLE 10 - PROFESSIONAL FEES

10.01 PAYMENT OF UNION DUES

a)  Compulsory check off of union dues, as provided by Section 70 of the Canada Labour Code shall apply.

b)  The Manitoba Teachers’ Society Membership fees shall be deducted from every teacher.

c)  The Provincial fees shall be deducted in twenty-six (26) equal bi-weekly payments, beginning in September of each year, according to the scale of fees established by the Manitoba Teachers’ Society, and shall be forwarded to the Society monthly.  Each monthly statement to the Society shall include the name of the teacher and the amount of the bi-weekly union dues deducted for each teacher during the month.

d) The Association (local) fees shall be deducted in two (2) payments at the end of October, and end of February, for all full and part-time teachers hired on contract, according to a scale of fees established by the Association, and remitted to the Association.  For teachers hired on contract during the school year their NHTA fees will be collected, prorated, at the end of their first month of employment.

e)  The Association shall indemnify and save harmless the Education Authority from any and all loses, costs, liabilities or expenses suffered or sustained by the Education Authority as a result of any claim or legal action arising from the deduction of local Association fees or Manitoba Teachers’ Society fees.

f)  The Association and the Society shall indicate to the Education Authority in August of each contract year, the amount of fees due to the Association and the Society and the Education Authority will make deductions in such amounts for each teacher employed under the terms of the Collective Agreement. 

The Education Authority will forward to the Society each monthly installment due, not later than fifteen (15) working days after the end of the month.