SWAN VALLEY TEACHERS' ASSOCIATION

EFFECTIVE PERIOD: 2018/07/01 - 2022/06/30

ARTICLE 15: MANITOBA TEACHERS' SOCIETY FEE DEDUCTIONS

15.01

The Manitoba Teachers’ Society professional membership fees shall be deducted in twelve (12) equal installments from the salaries of all teachers employed by the Swan Valley School Division and forwarded to the central office of the Manitoba Teachers’ Society in the month following the month of deduction. The onus is on the teachers to make the necessary arrangements with the Manitoba Teachers’ Society for nondeductions or rebate of deductions.

15.02

  1. The Division agrees to the compulsory check-off of Union dues for all teachers covered by this Agreement.

 

  1. The deductions will be made in equal monthly installments commencing with the September pay according to the scale of dues established by the Swan Valley Teachers’ Association. Each monthly installment will be forwarded to the Swan Valley Teachers’ Association normally not later than the fifteenth (15) day of the following calendar month. 

                                                                                                                                                

  1. The Association shall notify the Division, in writing, of any change in the amount of dues deducted at least thirty (30) days prior to the expected change.

15.03

The Association shall indemnify and save harmless the Board from any and all losses, costs, liabilities or expenses suffered or sustained by the Board as a result of legal action arising from the deductions of local Association and Manitoba Teachers’ Society fees made pursuant to this section; provided, however, that should the Association so require, the Association shall be permitted to take over and conduct such legal action and make such settlement thereof as it may see fit.