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LETTER TO UNION:
CERTIFIED MAIL, RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED
_______________________ (Appropriate Union Officer)
_______________________ (Union Name)
_______________________ (Union Address)
Dear Sir or Madam:
I am employed by _______(employer)_______ in the Right to Work state of __________________. Effectively immediately, I resign from membership in the local union and all of its affiliated unions.
Since I have resigned my membership in the union, you must now immediately cease enforcing the dues check-off authorization agreement that I signed. That dues check-off authorization was signed solely in conjunction with, and in contemplation of, my becoming a member of the union and, as such, is no longer valid. See IBEW (Lockheed Space Operations Company), 302 NLRB 322 (1991); Washington Gas Light Co., 302 NLRB 425 (1991) (employer in RTW state must cease dues deduction upon receipt of resignation/revocation).
If you refuse to accept this letter as both an effective resignation and an immediately effective dues check-off revocation, I ask that you promptly inform me, in writing, of exactly what steps I must take to effectuate my revocation of the dues check-off authorization. More specifically, if you contend that I must meet a "window period" in order to revoke my dues check-off authorization, I ask that you promptly send me a copy of the actual dues deduction authorization form that I signed, and also tell me specifically what "window period" dates I must meet in order to revoke the dues check-off authorization.
Sincerely,
__________________________________ (Name printed)
__________________________________ (Signature)
__________________________________ (Street Address)
__________________________________ (City, State and Zip Code)
__________________________________ (Date)
cc: Employer's Payroll/Personnel Department
