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H.E.R.E.I.U.
Constitution
CONSTITUTION
OF
THE
Hotel Employees & Restaurant Employees
International Union
Affiliated
with AFL-CIO
Canadian
Labour Congress
AMENDED
BY
The
43RD GENERAL CONVENTION
LOS
ANGELES, CALIFORNIA
JULY
15-19, 2001
EFFECTIVE SEPTEMBER 19,
2001
Headquarters
1219-28th
Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20007
TABLE OF CONTENTS
CONSTITUTION
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ARTICLE I—NAME AND OBJECT
Section 1. Name. This organization
shall be known as the Hotel Employees and Restaurant Employees
International Union.
Section 2. Object. The object of this
International Union shall be to organize all persons within its
jurisdiction for the economic, moral and social advancement of
their condition and status in life. It shall also be the purpose
of this International Union to promote efficient service to the
public, and the best interests of the industries in which its
members are engaged.
Section 3. Jurisdiction. The
International Union shall exercise jurisdiction over all persons
engaged in the preparation, handling or serving of food and
beverages, or otherwise engaged in the performance of public
housekeeping services, including all persons in related employment
within the hotel, food and beverage service industries, airports,
convention centers, sports facilities, and casino and gaming
industries, and theme parks, or other persons when the security of
the bargaining position requires the organization of such persons;
and shall include all other persons employed in any other
industries or establishments where, in the opinion of the
President, the organization of such persons would be beneficial to
and in the best interests of the International Union.
This shall embrace persons so engaged in
hotels, apartment hotels, motels, residential clubs, and summer or
winter resorts whether operated by private industry or public
authority; in restaurants, cafes, clubs, taverns, cafeterias, bars
and grills, and similar food and beverage service establishments
in industrial cafeterias, and other industrial feeding services in
institutional food and beverage establishments operated by
hospitals, universities, fraternal associations, and the like in
food and beverage establishments maintained by federal state, city
and county or other units of government; in casino and gaming
industries; in theme parks; in food and beverage service
establishments leased or owned in stadiums, baseball parks, race
tracks and at similar public functions; in food and beverage
establishments operated in or by department stores, drug stores
and variety stores; in railroad dining cars or buffet cars, inland
steamships, airline in-flight catering, and air, bus and railroad
terminals; in all other establishments providing food, beverages
and lodging to the public; and in all other establishments where,
in the opinion of the President, the organization of such persons
would be beneficial to and in the best interests of the
International Union.
Section 4. Dissolution. This
International Union may not be dissolved as long as three (3)
Local Unions or more oppose such dissolution.
Section 5. Short Titles. Official
titles of this International Union may be referred to throughout
this Constitution by shorter terms as indicated herein, and
wherever such terms are used, they shall have the same meaning as
the full official title.
Hotel Employees and Restaurant Employees
International Union may be referred to herein as
"International Union" or "International."
Local Union may be referred to as
"Local."
Joint Executive Board may be referred to as
"Joint Board."
General Executive Board may be referred to as
"Board."
References to a state of the United States
shall also pertain to a province of Canada or a territory of the
United States.
The General Convention of the International
Union may be referred to as "Convention" or
"General Convention."
The General Office of the
International Union may be referred to as "Headquarters"
or "General Headquarters."
The
use of the singular term in connection with a member or
subordinate body of the International shall not preclude the
application of the phrase wherein such term is used to apply to
more than one such person or subordinate.
Wherever
the terms "subordinate bodies,"
"subordinates," or "affiliates" are used, such
terms shall be deemed to include Local Unions, Joint Executive
Boards, District Councils and State Councils, and any other
organization established or chartered by the International Union.
ARTICLE II—INTERNATIONAL CONVENTIONS
Section 1. Convention Date. The next
Convention shall convene in June, 2006, and every five (5) years
thereafter. The General Executive Board may vary the Convention
date by not more than sixty (60) days.
Section 2. Convention to be Supreme Body.
The Convention of this International Union shall be the supreme
governing and legislative body of the Hotel Employees and
Restaurant Employees International Union, and shall have the power
to nominate and elect General Officers; to promulgate
administrative, organizational, economic and political policies;
to hear appeals; and to amend the Constitution of the
International Union.
Section 3. Choosing Convention City.
The President shall recommend to the General Executive
Board the location of the General or any Special Convention. The
Executive Board shall then accept or reject the recommendation of
the President.
Section 4. Quorum. One third (1/4) of
the delegates seated at the Convention shall constitute a quorum.
Section 5. Voting Procedure.
(a) Questions may be decided by division or a
show of hands. If a roll call is demanded by one fourth (1/4) of
the delegates present, each delegate's vote shall be cast in
accordance with Section 15 hereof.
(b) No proxies shall be allowed in the
Convention.
Section 6. Qualifications of Delegates.
Delegates to the Convention must possess certified credentials.
They must have been members of the International Union for two (2)
years immediately preceding the Convention and of the Local Union
they represent for sixty (60) days immediately preceding the
Convention; excepted from this rule shall be delegates whose
Locals have not been in existence for such length of time. No
member ineligible to hold a Local office by the terms of this
Constitution or the Local Union's bylaws shall be eligible to
serve as a Convention delegate.
Section 7. General Officers as Delegates.
Members of the General Executive Board who are not elected
delegates of any Local Union shall, by virtue of their office, be
dele-gates-at-large with voice and vote at all Conventions, except
that they may not vote in the election of officers of the
International Union.
Section 8. Requisites for Representation
of Locals. No Local Union shall be permitted representation in
a Convention unless it has been chartered at least sixty (60) days
and has paid at least one month's per capita tax. No delegate
shall be seated from any Local Union that is two (2) months or
more in arrears in payment of per capita to the International
Union.
Section 9. Election of Delegates.
(a) Each Local Union shall elect delegates by
secret ballot among the members in good standing of the Local
Union. All delegates must be elected within the three (3) year
period immediately preceding the Convention. With regard to
Canadian Locals, all delegates must be elected within the five (5)
year period immediately preceding the Convention. The Local Union
shall mail to each member in good standing at the member's last
known home address a notice or notices of the time, date and place
and the manner of submitting nominations for delegates, which
nomination shall be held not sooner than fifteen (15) days from
the giving of notice, and the time, date and place of the
election, which election shall be held not sooner than fifteen
(15) days from the giving of notice. Delegates may be elected at
the Local's regular election for officers, or at special
elections. The procedure for the election of delegates shall be
the same as the procedure for the election of officers of the
Local Union. Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the
contrary, if the Local Union's bylaws so provide, officers of
Local Unions shall be delegates to all Conventions by virtue of
their office, provided that such officers have been elected within
three (3) years immediately preceding the Convention (or five [5]
years for Canadian Locals), and provided that notices of
nominations and elections specify that the office in question
includes the position of delegate to the Convention and further
that the ballot for the election of said officer includes the
Convention delegate designation with the title of the office. The
Local Union shall send the names and addresses of the elected
delegates to the Secretary-Treasurer at least ninety (90) days
prior to the date of the Convention, unless the Local Union has
received a written waiver of this requirement from the President.
(b) In the event an elected delegate is
unable or unwilling to serve, a new delegate from that Local shall
be appointed pursuant to the bylaws of the Local Union with regard
to the " filling of vacancies of offices. Said appointed
delegates shall be counted for the purpose of minimum delegations
and shall have full voice and vote except that they may not vote
in the election for General Officers or Vice Presidents. The
Local's votes in the election shall be divided among the elected
delegates from the affected Local.
(c) With regard to a Special Convention
called due to a vacancy in the office of President or to consider
a merger, a Local Union will send a minimum of one (1) delegate
who may be elected by secret ballot at a regular meeting or
special membership meeting after notice to the membership of the
purpose of the meeting.
Section 10. Expenses of Delegates. The
expenses of delegates to the Convention shall be borne by the
Local Unions. Such expenses shall be determined in accordance with
the Local bylaws. The expenses of the General Executive Board
shall be borne by the International Union.
Section 11. Credentials of Delegates.
The credentials of delegates to the Convention shall be upon the
forms furnished by the Secretary-Treasurer, and shall bear the
seal of the Local and the signatures of its President and
Secretary. The Secretary-Treasurer shall preserve for one (1) year
the credentials of the delegates.
Section 12. Credentials Committee Rulings.
A Credentials Committee shall be appointed by the President for
each Convention; it shall judge the credentials and eligibility of
all delegates pursuant to this Constitution. Delegates approved by
the committee shall be seated unless a challenge from the floor is
sustained by the Convention as to any particular delegate.
Delegates not approved by the committee may appeal to the
Convention for a final ruling. All challenges of the committee's
decisions shall be made immediately after the committee has made
its report.
Section 13. Poll List to be Prepared.
The Secretary-Treasurer shall prepare, for the use of the
Convention, a printed poll list containing the number of votes the
delegates from Local Unions are entitled to, based on the average
membership for the twelve month period from October through
September preceding the Convention for which per capita tax has
been paid.
Section 14. Votes and Delegates.
(a) Each member of the General Executive
Board, who is a delegate-at-large by virtue of office, shall have
one vote, except that delegates-at-large may not vote in the
election of officers of the International Union.
(b) The number of votes and delegates to
which each Local shall be entitled shall be based upon its
membership in accordance with the following table:
Number of Delegates
Number of Members
Votes Minimum Maximum
1 to 75 .............
1
1
1
76 to 125 .............
2
1
2
126 to 175
.............
3
1
3
176 to 225
.............
4
1
3
226 to 275
.............
5
1
3
276 to 325
.............
6
1
3
326 to 375
.............
7
1
3
376 to 425
.............
8
1
3
426 to 475
.............
9
1
3
476 to 525
............
10
2
4
526 to 575
............
11
2
4
576 to 900
............
12
2
4
901 to 1,400
.............15
2
5
1,401 to 1,900
…....…...18
2
6
1,901 to 2,400 .............
21
3
7
2,401 to 2,900 .............
24
3
8
2,901 to 3,400 .............
27
3
9
3,401 to 3,900 .............
30
4
10
3,901 to 4,400 .............
33
4
11
4,401 to 4,900 .............
36
4
12
4,901 to 5,400 .............
39
5
13
5,401 to 5,900 .............
42
5
14
5,901 to 6,400 .............
45
5
15
6,401 to 6,900 .............
48
6
15
6,901 to 7,400 .............
51
6
15
7,401 to 7,900 .............
54
6
15
7,901 to 8,400 .............
57
7
15
8,401 to 8,900 .............
60
7
15
8,901 to 9,400 .............
63
7
15
9,401 to 9,900 .............
66
8
15
9,901 to 10,400 .............
69
8
15
10,401 to 10,900 .............
72
8
15
10,901 to 11,400 .............
75
9
15
11,401 to 11,900 .............
78
9
15
11,901 to 12,400 .............
81
9
15
12,401 to 12,900 .............
84
10
15
12,901 to 13,400 .............
87
10
15
13,401 to 13,900 .............
90
10
15
13,901 to 14,400 .............
93
11
15
14,401 to 14,900 .............
96
11
15
14,901 to 15,400 .............
99
11
15
For each additional 500 members,
the Local shall have three (3) additional votes. No Local shall be
entitled to more than 15 delegates.
(c) Local Unions in trusteeship shall not be
entitled to send delegates to the International Convention.
Section 15. Division of Votes Among
Delegates. The total number of votes to which a delegation is
entitled shall be divided equally among the members of the
delegation; excepting that where such division results in a
fraction, the total of such fractions may be allotted by the
Credentials Committee to some of the delegates in units of one
vote additional for each of such delegates. In no event may a
Local's vote be divided among less than the minimum number of
delegates required.
Section 16. Special Conventions. The
President may, with the approval of two-thirds of the Executive
Board, call a Special Convention. A Special Convention shall have
the same power and authority as a General Convention, except that
it may not nominate and elect General Officers other than the
filling of a vacancy in the office of President. Any action taken
by a Special Convention shall have the same force and effect as if
such action were taken by a General Convention. The
Secretary-Treasurer shall give at least thirty (30) days' notice
of a Special Convention to the Local Unions. Said notice shall
state that the Special Convention may act upon all matters upon
which a General Convention may act, except for the nomination and
election of General Officers other than the filling of a vacancy
in the office of President. Notwithstanding anything to the
contrary set forth hereinabove, the President, with the approval
of two-thirds of the Executive Board, may call a Special
Convention for a specific purpose or purposes, which purpose or
purposes shall be set forth in a notice of the
Special Convention. In such case, the Special Convention's
power and authority shall be limited to considering and acting
only upon matters within the scope of said notice.
The term "Convention"
or "General Convention" as used in the sections of this
Article other than Section 1, and as used in each and every other
Article of this Constitution other than Article III and Article V,
Section 4 and Article VI, Section 5 shall be deemed to include the
term "Special Convention." The term "General
Convention" as used in Article III shall be deemed to refer
only to General Conventions at which all General Officers and Vice
Presidents may be elected.
Notwithstanding the provisions
of Article XXVI, Section 1(a), a Local Union may submit a
Constitutional amendment to a Special Convention by adopting such
proposal at the regular or special meeting and forwarding same to
the Secretary-Treasurer, which proposal must be received by the
Secretary-Treasurer not later than fifteen (15) days prior to the
opening of the Special Convention. Publication of such amendments
in the official Journal shall not be required.
No Special Convention shall be
held within one (1) year from the date of the last preceding
General or Special Convention, except for the filling of a vacancy
in the office of President, nor within one (1) year prior to the
earliest date at which the next General Convention may be held.
ARTICLE III—OFFICERS AND THEIR
ELECTION
Section 1. Definition of General Officers.
The General Officers shall be a President, a Secretary-Treasurer,
an Executive Vice President, six (6) General Vice Presidents, and
a Canadian Director.
Section 2.
General Executive Board. The
General Executive Board shall consist of the General Officers,
fourteen (14) District Vice Presidents (one [1] from each of the
fourteen [14] Districts established in this Article) and
twenty-six (26) Vice Presidents-at-Large.
In the event of a merger of any national or
international union(s) into this International Union, the
President, with the approval of the General Executive Board may
appoint additional Vice Presidents-at-Large, not to exceed four
(4) additional Vice Presidents-at-Large positions. Such Vice
Presidents, if appointed, shall become members of the General
Executive Board with all of the powers and authority of such
office. These positions, if created, shall be subject to election
at the next General Convention.
Section 3. District Vice Presidents.
Each District Vice President shall be a member of a Local Union
within the applicable district. The following districts are hereby
established:
District No. 1. Maine, New Hampshire,
Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island.
District No. 2. New York, Pennsylvania, New
Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, District of Columbia.
District No. 3. Ohio, Kentucky, West
Virginia, Michigan.
District No. 4. Tennessee, North Carolina,
South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana,
Virginia, Arkansas.
District No. 5. Indiana, Illinois, Missouri.
District No. 6. Colorado, Kansas, Utah,
Arizona, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas.
District No. 7. Minnesota, North Dakota,
South Dakota, Nebraska, Iowa, Wisconsin,
District No. 8. Washington, Oregon, Montana,
Idaho. Wyoming, Alaska.
District No. 9. California, Nevada.
District No. 10. Eastern Canada (Ontario,
Quebec, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Prince Edward
Island).
District No. 11. Western Canada (Manitoba,
Saskatchewan, British Columbia, Alberta, Northwest Territories,
Yukon Territory).
District No. 12. Hawaii and Pacific Ocean
Areas.
District No. 13. Commonwealth of Puerto Rico
and Virgin Islands.
District No. 14. Dining Car Employees.
Section 4. Terms of Officers.
(a) The General Officers and
Vice Presidents shall be elected at each Convention of this
International Union and shall serve until thirty (30) days after
the election of officers at the succeeding Convention.
(b) The terms of all the General
Officers and Vice Presidents elected at the Convention shall begin
thirty (30) days after their election.
(c) If a Vice President serves
as an officer of a Local Union at the time of election or
re-election as a Vice President, and subsequently is defeated for
election or re-election as a Local Union officer, or resigns, or
otherwise ceases to be a Local Union officer, that Vice President
shall promptly tender a resignation to the President. This shall
not apply if the Vice President is suspended from Local Union
office because the Local Union is put into trusteeship. The
President shall recommend to the General Executive Board that the
Vice President's resignation either be accepted or rejected, and
the General Executive Board shall make a final decision.
Section 5. Election Procedure.
(a) Any duly qualified delegate, including
delegates-at-large, may place in nomination in open Convention the
name of any person who has been a member in good standing of the
Union for at least the twenty-four (24) months immediately
preceding the Convention as a candidate for General Officer or
Vice President. If the nominee is not present at the time of
nomination, the nominee must have presented to the
Secretary-Treasurer, in advance, a written agreement to be
nominated.
(b) Elections for General Officers and Vice
Presidents shall be by roll call of all Convention delegates when
there is more than one candidate for any office. A plurality of
all votes cast shall be required for election. In the event of a
tie vote between the top two or more candidates, any remaining
candidates will be dropped and the election will be rerun.
(c) The Secretary-Treasurer shall preserve
for one (1) year all minutes and other records of the Convention
pertaining to the election of officers.
Section 6. Executive Committee. The
Executive Committee shall consist of the General Officers and such
others as are designated by the President. The Executive Committee
may make recommendations to the General Executive Board.
Section 7. Headquarters of International
Union. The headquarters of the International Union shall be
located at a place designated by the General Executive Board. The
President, the Secretary-Treasurer, and the Executive Vice
President shall have their office at the headquarters.
ARTICLE IV—GENERAL EXECUTIVE BOARD
Section 1. Members and Officers.
(a) The General Officers and the Vice
Presidents shall constitute the General Executive Board.
(b) The President and Secretary-Treasurer
shall act as the Chairman and Secretary, respectively, of the
General Executive Board.
Section 2. General Powers. The General
Executive Board shall act as Trustees for, shall have all
authority of the International Union, and shall exercise general
supervision over the International Union, its property and all its
subordinate bodies and members between Conventions.
Section 3. Reserved Powers. All powers
not specifically lodged in the Local Unions and other subordinate
bodies by this Constitution, are reserved to the General Executive
Board. Local Unions may exercise authority in matters not acted
upon by the Board, excepting when contrary to the terms of this
Constitution.
Section 4. Power to Fill Vacancies.
(a) A vacancy in the office of President
shall be filled by a General or Special Convention. In the case of
a Special Convention called for this purpose, the provisions of
Article II, International Conventions, shall apply, except that
the minimum number of delegates for each Local Union shall be one
(1) delegate. The Secretary-Treasurer shall perform the duties of
the office of President, and shall have the authority of that
office until a successor is elected. A Special Convention to fill
a vacancy in the office of President shall be held within six (6)
months of the effective date of the vacancy unless the next
General Convention is in twelve (12) months or less, in which case
the vacancy shall be filled at that General Convention. The
Secretary-Treasurer shall make arrangements for the Special
Convention, with the approval of the General Executive Board. The
President elected at the Special Convention shall take office
immediately upon election.
(b) A vacancy in any other General Officer
position, or a vacancy in a Vice President position, shall be
filled by the General Executive Board.
Section 5. Action When Not in Session.
In all matters requiring action by the General Executive Board
when such Board is not in session, the Board may, upon request of
the President, act by telegram, letter, long distance telephone,
fax, E-mail, or other form(s) of communication; such action to
have the same legal effect as when the Board acts in formal
session.
Section 6. Appointment of AFL-CIO
Delegates. The General Executive Board upon recommendation of
the President shall select the delegates to the convention of the
American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial
Organizations. The President, Secretary-Treasurer, and Executive
Vice President shall be delegates.
Section 7. Ownership Of Real Estate.
All real estate of the International Union shall be held in the
name of the International Union or any other entity designated by
the General Executive Board upon recommendation of the President,
which may purchase, lease, sell, assign or otherwise transfer or
encumber the same by resolution of the General Executive Board
authorizing the Secretary-Treasurer and President to execute the
necessary documents.
Section 8. Financial Transactions. The
General Executive Board shall have the authority to invest or
reinvest the funds of this International Union in such property,
real or personal, tangible or intangible, as it shall consider
desirable for the effectuation of the purposes and objectives of
this Inter-national Union, and the interests of its members, or
permit such funds to remain uninvested; such investment authority
shall include, but not be limited to, the purchase, sale,
assignment, exchange, transfer and delivery of any stocks, bonds
or investments of any nature whatsoever. The Board is further
empowered to make such loans either direct or indirect whether to
individuals, Local Unions or organizations as are lawful and not
inconsistent with this Constitution, with such security and with
such arrangement for repayment as the Board may deem appropriate,
and as the Board considers will effectuate the purposes and
objectives of this International Union and the interests of its
members. All such financial transactions shall be made or
registered in the name of the International Union. The Board shall
authorize the Secretary-Treasurer by specific resolution in each
transaction, and a copy of such resolution attested to by the
President shall be evidence of the Secretary-Treasurer's authority
to act pursuant to the same.
Section 9: Legal Expenses.
(a) When allowed by applicable law, the
International Union is authorized to pay all the expenses for
investigating services, employment of all counsel and other
necessary expenditures in any cause, matter, case or cases where
an officer, representative, employee, agent or one charged with
acting in behalf of the International Union and/or its affiliates
is charged with any violation or violations of any law or is sued
in any civil actions (1) if a majority of the General Executive
Board in its sole discretion determines that said charges or
lawsuits are (a) unfounded, or (b) are politically motivated, or
(c) were filed in bad faith in an attempt to embarrass or destroy
the Union or the Union officer or representative, or (2) if a
majority of the General Executive Board in its sole discretion
determines that the expenditures should be made.
(b) The provisions set forth in subsection
(a) above shall also apply to such expenditures made by all
affiliates other than Local Unions if the appropriate governing
body of the affiliate in its sole discretion determines that the
expenditures should be made.
(c) When allowed by applicable law, a Local
Union is authorized to pay any and all the above expenditures in
any cause, matter, case or cases where an officer, representative,
employee, agent, or one charged with acting in behalf of the Local
Union is charged with any violation or violations of any law or is
sued in any civil action or actions (1) if a majority of the Local
Executive Board in its sole discretion, subject to the approval of
a majority of the members present and voting at a regular or a
special meeting, determines that said charges or law suits are (a)
unfounded, or (b) are politically motivated, or (c) were filed in
bad faith in an attempt to embarrass or destroy the Union or the
Union officer or representative, or (2) if a majority of the Local
Executive Board in its sole discretion subject to the approval of
a majority of the members present and voting at a regular or
special meeting, determines that the expenditure should be made.
Section 10. Mergers. The General
Executive Board shall have the authority to enter into agreements
and arrangements with any other labor organization in behalf of
the International Union for the purpose of effecting the
absorption, amalgamation, merger or affiliation of or coordination
with other labor organizations. However, an agreement with any
other labor organization for absorption, amalgamation, or merger
must be approved by majority vote of the delegates to a General or
Special Convention. In the case of a Special Convention called for
this purpose, the provisions of Article II, International
Conventions, shall apply, except that the minimum number of
delegates for each Local Union shall be =one (1) delegate. The
General Executive Board shall have authority to take any and all
action, without limitation, including the formation of District
Councils, as it deems necessary to effectuate agreements entered
into by the International Union in accordance with this Section.
ARTICLE V—PRESIDENT
Section 1. To Preside at Conventions.
The President shall preside at all meetings of the International
Union's Conventions. The President shall appoint all committees of
the Conventions.
Section 2. Chief Executive Officer.
The President shall function as the chief executive officer of the
International Union.
Section 3. To Preside Over General
Executive Board and Executive Committee.
The President shall preside at all meetings
of the General Executive Board and the Executive Committee. The
President may call a meeting of the Board or the Executive
Committee whenever in the judgment of the President such meeting
is necessary.
Section 4. Report to the Convention.
The President shall make a report to the General Convention on
administration of the office and the general standing of the
International Union.
Section 5. To Interpret Constitution.
The President shall decide all questions of law and shall
interpret this Constitution whenever it becomes necessary to do
so.
Section 6. To Decide Controversies.
The President shall decide controversies arising among subordinate
bodies of the International, or the members or delegates of such
subordinate bodies, even when such controversies are with the
International Union. Unless otherwise provided in this
Constitution, the decision of the President on such controversies
shall be final and not further appealable.
Section 7. To Enforce Discipline and
Render Judgments. The President shall have authority to
enforce discipline upon Local Unions and other subordinate bodies
or members thereof, and to render judgment in cases appealed to
the President, and to determine limits of jurisdiction of
subordinate bodies other than as provided in Article XXI.
Section 8. Suspension of Charters. The
President shall have the power to suspend or revoke the charter of
any Local Union, subject to appeal to the General Executive Board.
Section 9.
Cancellation of Membership. The President shall have
authority, if protest is filed by a Local Union, to cancel the
membership of a member who has secured membership in violation of
this Constitution. A copy of such protest shall be served upon the
member. Within ten (10) days after such service, the member may
submit any evidence in writing. Upon the basis of the evidence
rece |