Association Membership

Association membership is defined in the Collective Bargaining Agreement between the
Kaiser Permanente Nurse Anesthetists Association of Southern California
and the
Southern California California Permanente Medical Group

Article II - Association Security
Section 1 - Association Membership

All present employees shall either become and remain members in good standing of this Association within thirty (30) days of execution of this Agreement as a condition of continued employment or pay a service fee to the Association equal to the Association's usual and customary dues and initiation fees.

All employees hired by the Employer subsequent to the ratification of this Agreement shall on the first (31st) calendar day following the beginning of their employment either become and remain members of the Association as a condition of employment or pay a service fee to the Association equal to the Association's usual and customary dues and initiation fees.

Association Membership, for the purposes of the two preceding paragraphs, shall be defined as payment of usual and customary dues and initiation fees to the Association or an amount equal thereto as a service fee.