Dues Exoneration

Article XVII

SECTION 4. (a) Any member who is prevented by ill- ness, injury, or lay-off from earning any wages in a calendar month shall be excused from paying dues for such month and such nonpayment shall not affect his/her good standing. For the purposes of this paragraph, the word “wages” shall be construed to include any monetary compensation, totaling seventy-five (75%) percent or more of the member’s regular monthly income from his/her employment, payable to an ill or injured worker under applicable law, and/or pursuant to a collective bar- gaining agreement. In order to be excused, such member shall be required to file with his/her Local Financial Secretary-Treasurer a request for exoneration on the official form supplied by the International Secretary-Treasurer. The exoneration shall not be effective unless and until approved and countersigned by the Local Financial Sec- retary-Treasurer, and approved by the Local Executive Board. A substitute exoneration procedure may be adopted in any Local whose method of collecting and crediting dues payment makes a substitute procedure more practical or more efficient, provided that the substitute procedure is approved by the International Administrative Committee. (b) After three (3) consecutive months’ approved exoneration because of lay-off, a laid-off member shall be required to pay his/her dues to retain his/her good standing membership, or to accept an honorary withdrawal card. After twelve (12) consecutive months’ approved exoneration because of illness or injury, any such ill or injured member shall be required to pay his/ her dues to retain his/her good standing membership, or to accept an honorary withdrawal card. A member shall not be considered to be in good standing during any period for which he/she holds an honorary withdrawal card.

Exoneration Form

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