Section 4 ASSOCIATION SECURITY

1. Association Membership. As a condition of employment, each employee in the Bargaining Unit on or before the 30th day after the effective date of this Agreement or on or before the 30th day after employment in the Bargaining Unit, whichever is later, and monthly thereafter, shall tender to the Association either periodic and uniformly required association dues, or in the alternative, service fees as designated by the Association.

2. Negotiations. The Association President and Director of Human Resources will determine the amount of release time necessary for the Association President to negotiate. Officers, who are scheduled to work during the hours of negotiations, are welcome to attend but will be on-call. The University will make reasonable efforts to hold contract negotiations at times when the employee committee members are not scheduled on duty or to rearrange the work schedule so as to have them off duty during such negotiations to avoid short shifts.