if membership changes...

If you leave a WPEA bargaining unit, either by promoting out of it or by taking a position elsewhere, YOU are responsible for giving the required written notice to both the payroll department and to WPEA for stopping union dues.

By the time WPEA gets the information from the agency that you are no longer in one of our bargaining units, up to 60 days could have passed by and you’re still paying union dues! WPEA’s policy is to not refund dues/fees paid by payroll deduction unless the employee has notified, in a reasonable timeframe,  BOTH their payroll department and WPEA in writing that such payments be stopped. The employee is then responsible for any follow-up with the payroll department. In addition, there is no retroactive notice or back-dating of cancellation requests.

The Collective Bargaining Agreements are very specific with regard to stopping union dues. Article 36.6 Dues Cancellation in the General Government CBA and Article 35.5 Dues Cancellation in the Higher Education CBAs state that, “An employee may cancel his or her payroll deduction of dues by written notice to the Employer and the Union. The cancellation will become effective on the second payroll after receipt of the notice.”