NSF CHECK RETURNS
Effective September 01, 2004, there will be a $25.00 service fee for all checks returned as Non Sufficient Funds (NSF).

SUSPENSIONS
To avoid the possibility of paying back dues and/or re-initiation fees, PLEASE remit your Union dues on a monthly basis.  Upon being laid off, terminated, etc.  Please contact your local Union regarding a withdrawal card.

Please be advised that due to the continuing problems of members going suspended, International Constitution and Local Union By-law provision are following:

IBT CONSTITUTION
ARTICLE 10 SECTION 5(C)
All members paying dues to Local Unions must pay them on or before the last business day to the current month.  Membership dues to Local Unions are due on or before the first day of the month and must be paid on or before the last business day of that month.  Any member failing to pay his dues at such time shall not be in good standing for such month but may restore such good standing for such month for the purpose of attending meetings, nominating, voting and participating in affairs of the Local Union by the payment of his delinquent dues prior to said meeting.  Payment of such dues after their due date shall not restore good standing status for such month or months in computing the continuous good standing status required by Article II, Section 4 of the Constitution as a condition of eligibility for office.  However, a member on dues checkoff whose employer fails to make a proper deduction during any month in which the member has earnings from work performed during the month from which the dues could have been deducted, or has earnings from which the employer normally makes a dues deduction pursuant to the contract or established practice, shall not lose good standing status for that month.  In such an event, the Local Union shall notify the member of his employer's failure and payment shall be made by the member within thirty (30) days of said notice in order to retain good standing status.

Any member who shall be three (3) months in arrears in the payment of dues, fines, assessments, or other charges, shall automatically stand suspended at the end of the third (3rd) month, and shall not be entitled to any rights or privileges of membership.  Local Unions may provide suspension, expulsion, or other penalty for a lesser period of arrearage.  Any member who has been automatically suspended for failure to pay dues and other charges shall be under a continuing obligation to pay dues during the period of his suspension.  Payment of dues shall not restore good standing status if fines and other charges due are not paid.  In addition to requiring the payment of delinquent dues, the Local Union may adopt a Bylaw provision requiring the payment of a re-initiation fee for entitlement to the rights and privileges of membership.  The Local Union Executive Board shall have the power to waive, or reduce, on a non-discriminatory basis the payment of delinquent dues, assessments, and/or re-initiation fees collected.

LOCAL #26 BY-LAWS
SECTION 18 (D)
Any member who shall be three months in arrears in the payment of dues, fines, assessments, or other charges shall automatically stand suspended at the end of the third month and shall not be entitled to any rights or privileges of membership. Any member who has been automatically suspended for failure to pay dues and other charges shall be under a continuing obligation to pay dues during the period of this suspension.  Upon payment of the delinquent dues and re-initiation fees, the member shall be restored to good standing status.  However, payment of dues shall not restore good standing status if fines and other charges due are not paid. The Local Union Executive Board shall have the power to reduce or waive, on a non-discriminatory basis, the payment of delinquent dues and/or re-initiation fees.

WITHDRAWAL CARDS
Please be advised of the following IBT Constitution and Local Union By-Law Provisions:

IBT CONSTITUTION
ARTICLE 18 SECTION 6(A)
Local Unions shall have jurisdiction over the granting and acceptance of all honorable withdrawal cards and shall establish rules in their By-Laws not inconsistent with this Constitution to govern the issuance and acceptance of withdrawal cards with respect to members working within the various crafts and industries under their jurisdiction.

When a member becomes unemployed in the jurisdiction of the Local Union, he shall be issued an honorable withdrawal card upon his request.  If no request is made, a honorable withdrawal card must be issued six (6) months after the month in which the member first becomes unemployed, if he is still unemployed at that time.  A member is not considered to be unemployed if the member is on sick leave, Family Medical Leave, or worker's compensation and retains reemployment rights with an employer party to a collective bargaining agreement.

Provided, however, that the above paragraph shall not apply to seasonal employment or where a Local Union has adopted procedures requiring active membership to utilize a job referral list.  In such cases, the Local Union may adopt such uniform By-law provisions relating to the issuance and deposit of withdrawal cards as it deems appropriate, which shall become effective when approved as required by this Constitution.  The member shall continue to pay his monthly dues through the month in which the withdrawal card, if issued, is effective

ARTICLE 18 SECTION 6(B)
A withdrawal card shall be issued to any member, including a Local Union officer, who has retired, except that a member who continues to work at the craft, including employment with the International Union, or any affiliate, shall be required to retain active membership.

ARTICLE 18 SECTION 6(H)
To be eligible for a withdrawal card a member must have paid to the Local Union issuing the withdrawal card all dues and other financial obligations as a member, including dues for the month in which the withdrawal card is effective.  In no event shall the month in which the withdrawal card is effective be earlier than ninety (90) days prior to the date of issuance.  The date of issuance shall be the date on which the transaction is recorded on the member's ledger card.

ARTICLE 18 SECTION 6(I)
It shall be compulsory for any inactive member on withdrawal to deposit his withdrawal card immediately upon return to employment at the craft.  The Local Union shall collect a month's dues for the month in which the withdrawal card is deposited.  In no case shall the Local Union, when accepting the withdrawal card charge the member dues for the month in which it was effective.

THESE AND ALL OTHER PROVISIONS OF THE IBT CONSTITUTION AND LOCAL UNION BY-LAWS SHALL BE COMPLIED WITH.