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ARTICLE 6 UNION ACTIVITY 6.01 The Employer and the Union acknowledge that the right of employees to work shall not be deprived or abridged on account of membership, non -membership, participation, or non -participation in any Union or organization. 6.02 The Union and The County agree to create a Union business bank to be administered by the Union. The Union Business Bank shall be used at the discretion of the union president or his designee to conduct union business. The Union business bank shall be funded using 12 hours straight time for shift employees from the first holiday of the calendar year ( New Year's Day ) as identified in article 25.01, and no shift employees shall receive holiday overtime pay for working on New Year's day (as identified in 25.03). 7.5 hours of annual leave will be used for 40 Hr. employees unless the employee has less than 7.5 hours leave available, then no time shall be taken. Non Union employees may donate to this bank if they so wish. The account will be maintained by the County, and reported quarterly to the Union. Employees may voluntarily donate additional hours of unused annual leave to the account at their discretion. The unused hours in the Union business bank will be accumulative year to year. if union business is to be conducted, the time off shall be considered union time, and charged at straight time from the Union Business bank. If the time off creates overtime, the Union business bank shall be charged time and one half to offset the expense to the county. No request for Union business bank usage approved by the Union President shall be unreasonably denied. "r`�on 6.03 The Fair Chairman, and Fair Committee heads, and other personnel identified by the Union President or his designee shall be allowed to use standby arrangements for charitable purposes throughout the year. Events to be included are the Firefighter's Indian River County Fair, The Brian Nolan Tour de Vero, The