Subtitle 6 – Dues; Service Fees

Any employee organization certified as the exclusive representative of employees in a designated unit, upon the presentation of dues deduction authorization cards duly executed by individual employees in said unit, shall be entitled to have such employees’ membership dues deducted from their paychecks and remitted to the designated employee organization.

Such authorization shall be irrevocable for the period of 1 year, and automatically renewable from year to year thereafter, unless written notice of termination by the employee is given to the employer at least 30 days prior to the anniversary date.

An employee organization shall be entitled to such dues deductions:

A memorandum of understanding executed between the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore and any employee organization certified as the exclusive representative of employees in a designated unit may contain a provision whereby all employees who elect not to join, or remain members of, the employee organization certified in their respective bargaining unit, unless otherwise indicated in the Fiscal Year 1996 Memorandum of Understanding applicable to their bargaining unit, shall be required, as a condition of employment, to pay a service fee to the certified employee organization during the period that said employee organization retains its certification, in an amount not to exceed the then current employee organization dues in order to defray the costs incurred by the said certified employee organization in the negotiation, administration, and implementation of the terms of the memorandum of understanding, and all modifications and amendments thereto, including related proceedings before an Impasse Panel or arbitrators; in the processing of grievances; in the conduct of disciplinary proceedings and in the appeal thereof; in the protection and improvement of civil service rights; and in any and all other proceedings and matters for which the employee organization is the employees’ exclusive representative as a result of its certification.

The service fees authorized by this section shall be deducted from employees’ pay without their written authorization.