Termination for Failure to Comply.

An employee in the Bargaining Unit who fails to tender to the Union either periodic and uniformly required union dues, or in the alternative, service fees as certified by the Union, shall have their employment terminated by the University, provided the stipulations in paragraphs 15, 16, and 17 are met.
The Union shall notify the employee by certified or registered mail explaining that she/he is delinquent in not tendering the required union dues or service fees, specifying the current amount of the delinquency, and warning her/him that unless delinquent dues or service fees are paid and a properly executed authorization for checkoff of dues is tendered within ten (10) working days of such notice, she/he shall be reported to the University for termination of employment as provided for in this Article.
The Union shall give a copy of the letter sent to the employee and the following written notice to the University at the end of the ten-day period:

The Union certifies that___________________(name) has failed to tender either any periodic uniformly required union dues or service fees required as a condition of continued employment under the current collective bargaining agreement between UAW Clerical Local 5000 and Michigan Technological University and demands that, under the terms of this Agreement, the University terminate their employment.

The University shall within five (5) working days after receipt of the above letter give the employee ten (10) working day's notice of discharge citing in the notice the request for termination of employment by the Union.
The Union shall indemnify and hold harmless the University, its trustees, officers, and employees for any costs (including defense costs) resulting from claims, demands, suits, and other forms of liability by reasons of any action taken or not taken by the Union or by the University for the purpose of complying with this Article.

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