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ARTICLE 7: DUES WITHHOLDING
A. PURPOSE: This Article addresses the process for Union dues withheld through payroll
deduction.
B. DUES WITHHOLDING:
1. A bargaining unit employee may have dues withheld through payroll deduction if the
bargaining unit employee voluntarily completes TSA Form 1158-1, Voluntary
Deduction/Cancellation of AFGE Union Dues, in accordance with the instructions in
Sections I, II, III, and IV, of the TSA Form 1158-1, dated 5/2022. The date of the form
may be revised as a result of a change described in Section B.8 below.
2. A bargaining unit employee may cancel payroll dues deductions by completing TSA
Form 1158-1, Voluntary Deduction/Cancellation of AFGE Union Dues, in accordance
with the instructions on the form.
3. For those bargaining unit employees who properly complete TSA Form 1158-1
requesting dues withholding, dues withholding will become effective the pay period
following receipt of TSA Form 1158-1 by the office designated on Form 1158-1 and
dues will be deducted each pay period.
4. TSA will timely remit the dues deduction to AFGE in accordance with its
arrangements with TSA. Each pay period at the national level, management will provide
to AFGE national a dues report in excel format developed from information received from
the National Finance Center (NFC), or successor entity, to include BUE name, airport
code, and amount deducted.
5. The Union will timely forward any completed TSA Form 1158-1 to the contact listed on
TSA Form 1158-1 when such forms are submitted to the Union.
6. Bargaining unit employees who have elected to have dues withheld and who are
reassigned or transfer from one airport to another will continue to have dues
withheld. If there is a difference in the dues withholding amount at the gaining local,
the change becomes effective the same pay period in which the transfer is processed.
7. AFGE has the right to change the amount to be deducted when certified by AFGE at any
time after the bargaining unit employee’s membership begins.
8. The TSA Payroll Office Processing Instructions contact listed on TSA Form 1158-
1 may be changed at TSA’s discretion. Management may only change the contact
information on the form, all other information will remain the same. TSA will notify the
AFGE Council 100 President and the designated point of contact at the AFGE National
Office at least ten (10) days in advance of change.