AGREEMENT Between SERVICE EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL UNION (SEIU), Local 32BJ and NEW YORK UNIVERSITY
July 1, 2005 - June 30, 2005

In order to more effectively apply the principles of collective bargaining, to stabilize trade and labor practices in the window cleaning industry and to maintain fair wages, hours and working conditions for members of the Union and in consideration of the mutual covenants hereinafter set forth, the parties hereto agree as follows:

Section 1 Union shop and Check Off

1. Union Shop: It shall be a condition of employment that all employees of the employer covered by this Agreement who are members of the Union in good standing on the effective date of this Agreement shall remain members in good standing, and those who are not members on the effective date of this Agreement shall, not later than the thirty first day following the effective date of this Agreement, become and remain members in good standing of the Union. It shall also be a condition of employment that all employees covered by this Agreement, and hired on or after its effective date shall, not later than the thirty first day following the beginning of such employment, become and remain members in good standing of the Union.

   In the event of a vacancy or need for additional employees, the Employer agrees to notify the Union of same.

2. Where the employer has given to the Union the notice of hire in accordance with Section 2, of this Agreement, the Union will make a reasonable effort to notify the employer of the failure of the employee to become a member of the Union pursuant to this Section. For purposes of this Article, an employee shall be considered a member of the Union in good standing if he tenders the periodic dues and initiation fees uniformly required as a condition of membership by the Union.
3. Check Off: The employer agrees to deduct the Union's monthly dues and all assessments from the pay of each employee from whom it receives written authorization and will continue to make such deductions while the authorization remains in effect.

   Such deductions will be made from the first full period worked by each employee following receipt of the employee's dues deduction authorization, and thereafter will be made the first pay day each month, and forwarded to the Union not later than the second Friday in each and every current month. The dues deduction shall constitute trust funds while in the possession of the Employer.

   If a signatory does not revoke the authorization at the end of the year following the date of authorization, or at the end of the current contract, whichever is earlier, it shall be deemed a renewal of authorization, irrevocable for another year, or until the expiration of the next succeeding contract, whichever is earlier.

   The Union agrees to indemnify and save the Employer harmless from any liability incurred by reason of such deductions.

   The Employer shall be responsible for the cost of arbitration and attorney fees and any other damages suffered by the Union for willful failure to deduct and remit to the Union, union dues from employee(s) wages.

   The Employer agrees to deduct from the employee, COPE contributions, when it receives written authorization, and will continue to make such deduction while the authorization remains in effect.

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