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33. COLLECTION OF MEMBERSHIP FEES FOR TRADE UNION
Unless otherwise specified in the relevant Annexures in Part 2 of this Agreement—
33.1 any employee who is a member of the trade union may authorise the employer in writing to deduct subscriptions or levies of the trade union from the employee's wages;
33.2 an employer who receives authorisation in terms of clause 33.1 must begin making the authorised deductions from the beginning of the following month;
33.3 every employer must pay the amount deducted to the Council by the 15th of the following month, accompanied by the schedule detailing—
33.3.1 the name of the employer;
33.3.2 the name of the members in respect of whom the deductions have been made;
33.3.3 the amounts deducted; and
33.3.4 the names of the members in respect of whom deductions have not been made and the reasons why;
33.4 an employee may revoke an authorisation given in terms of clause 33.1 by giving the employer and the trade union one month's written notice and such written notice must be given to the head office of the union;
33.5 an employer who receives a notice in terms of clause 33.4 must continue to make the authorised deductions until the notice period has expired.
34. TRADE UNION REPRESENTATION ON THE COUNCIL
Unless otherwise specified in the relevant Annexures in Part 2 of this Agreement, every employer must give employee representatives participating on the Council every reasonable facility to attend to their duties arising from their work on the Council.
35. SHOP STEWARDS' RIGHTS AND FACILITIES
35.1 Shop stewards' rights and facilities shall be as specified in the relevant Annexures in Part 2 of this Agreement.
35.2 Notwithstanding clause 35.1 above, shop steward rights and facilities shall be no less favourable than those stipulated in employment law.
35.3 Where the provisions in the Annexures referred to in clause 35.1 above are silent on any shop steward right of facility, the relevant provisions stipulated in employment law shall be applicable.
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