homeless and hungry individuals in the Philadelphia area, to
provide to such persons job training and assistance, and to
provide such persons drug and alcohol rehabilitation and mental
health counseling. This Agreement shall be construed in light of
this mission.

Any reference in this Agreement to the residents of the
Employer shall mean all homeless or indigent people who rely or
may rely on the Employer for food, shelter, rehabilitation, etc.,
whether or not the individual resides at the Employer or is
homeless.

SECTION 4
UNION SECURITY - AGENCY SHOP

The Employer agrees to an Agency Shop.

For the purposes of this Agreement, an Agency Shop shall be
considered one in which all employees hired shall be liable for
union dues commensurate with union policy that are lawfully
imposed and withheld.

After completion of the Probationary Period, such employees
shall have the option of accepting or rejecting union membership.
It shall be the joint responsibility of both the employer's
Executive Director (or/his designee) as well as the Union shop
steward to make new employees aware of this employment condition.
The employer will provide the Union the name, address, social
security, position and salary of all new hires.

The Employer agrees to collect the appropriate amount of
union dues and/or agency fees from all employees in accordance
with the principles of the agency shop as stipulated in this
Section. The Employer will forward these monies to the Treasurer
of AFSCME Local 1739.

The Union may demand the discharge of any employee who fails
to comply with the provisions set forth above, by serving written
notice.

Nothing in this Section shall require the Employer to
violate any statute, ruling, regulation, applicable executive
order or other law.

The Union agrees that it will indemnify and hold the
Employer harmless from any and all claims, demands, actions,
proceedings, or other form of liability that may arise out of or