ARTICLE 3
Membership
Section 6:  Delinquent Members 

Members who fail to pay their monthly dues or assessments by the fifteenth (15th) day following the month such dues are payable shall be notified by the Local officer whose duty it is, that they are delinquent and will be automatically suspended and lose their good standing if payment is not made within sixty (60) days following such notification. 

At the completion of the sixty (60) days of such notification, the member will be considered delinquent and will be required to submit a reinstatement fee described below. Delinquent and suspended members are not entitled to a voice or to vote in the Local or in the affairs of the International.  Local I-96 will inform the employer of any delinquent member and request the provisions in the CBA be implemented if reinstatement is not made within five (5) days.

 

A reinstatement fee will be required of any union employee who fails to maintain good standing and is considered delinquent. A reinstatement fee of two hundred and fifty dollars ($250), plus all back dues and assessments.  Ten ($10.00) dollars of this amount shall be submitted to the IAFF.