Section 7

District Council 37 or any other certified union represented by D.C. 37 for the purposes of this Agreement which elects to participate in a separate segregated fund established pursuant to applicable law, including Title 2 USC, Section 441b, to receive contributions to be used for the support of candidates for federal office shall have the exclusive right in conformance with applicable law to the checkoff for such political purposes in a manner as described in a supplemental agreement hereby incorporated by reference into this Agreement.
Any eligible employee covered by this Agreement may voluntarily authorize in writing the deduction of such contributions from the employee's wages for such purpose in an authorization form acceptable to the employer which bears the signature of the employee.
A copy of the Summary Annual Report to the Federal Elections Commission ("FEC") of each fund shall be submitted by the appropriate participating union to the Comptroller and OLR at the time of its submission to the FEC.