Union Membership Dues
University of California employees may voluntarily pay union membership dues through payroll deduction. The University will then submit the collected deductions to the respective labor unions. University employees may complete a union's membership application and submit it to the union or the University Payroll Office in order to start the dues deduction process. All unions accept employees dues payments by payroll deduction if the employee's payroll title is a title represented by that union. Only UPTE and the UC-AFT will accept membership dues payments from employees who are not in payroll titles represented by UPTE or UC-AFT.
Employees who wish to cease the voluntary payroll deduction of membership dues will find information in their applicable labor agreement (contract) available at the following web links. Prior to canceling dues deductions, employees must read and understand the applicable contract language. Not all contracts read alike, some restrict cancellation to a 30-day period immediately before the contract expiration.
A reclassification, promotion, transfer, etc., will not automatically cease dues deduction. When a break in service does occur, the University will suspend the dues deduction for 61 months. When the employee begins to earn UCD wages, depending upon the applicable contract language, the University will deduct membership dues. In some instances, the deduction for state-mandated agency fee will begin when the dues deduction ends.
Please direct your questions to your Employee Relations Consultant.
Employees who wish to cease the voluntary payroll deduction of membership dues will find information in their applicable labor agreement (contract) available at the following web links. Prior to canceling dues deductions, employees must read and understand the applicable contract language. Not all contracts read alike, some restrict cancellation to a 30-day period immediately before the contract expiration.
- AFSCME Patient Care Technical Article 26
- AFSCME Service Unit Article 25
- AGSE/UAW Academic Student Employees Article 28
- CNA Nurse Article 30
- CUE Clerical Unit Article 25
- FUPOA Police Article 3
- AFT Lecturer Article 27
- AFT Librarian Article 11
- UPTE Health Care Professional Article 7
- UPTE Research Support Article 28
- UPTE Technical Unit Article 28
A reclassification, promotion, transfer, etc., will not automatically cease dues deduction. When a break in service does occur, the University will suspend the dues deduction for 61 months. When the employee begins to earn UCD wages, depending upon the applicable contract language, the University will deduct membership dues. In some instances, the deduction for state-mandated agency fee will begin when the dues deduction ends.
Please direct your questions to your Employee Relations Consultant.
Source: Supervisors Update 9/22/04, updated 7/21/05
