20         Section 1.To Improve working conditions, cre-
  21   ate a uniforn system of shorter hours, higher
  22   wages, health care and pensions; to maintain and
  23   protect the interests of workers under the jurisdic-
  24   tion of this International Union.

  25         Section 2. To unite in one organization, regard-
  26   less of religion, race, creed, color, sex, political
  27   affiliation or nationality, age, disability, marital sta-
  28   tus or sexual orientation, all employees under the
  29   jurisdiction of this International Union.

  30         Section 3. To improve the sanitary and work-
  31   ing conditions of employment within the workplace
  32   and in the accomplishment of these necessary re-
  33   forms, we pledge ourselves to utilize the confer-
  34   ence room and joint agreements; or if these fail to
  35   establish justice for the workers, under the juris-
  36   diction of this International Union, to advocate and
  37   support strike action.

  38         Section 4. To educate our membership in the
  39   history of the Labor Movement and to develop and
  40   maintain an intelligent and dignified membership;

1. to vote and work for the election of candidates and
2. the passage of improved legislation in the unterest
3. of all labor. To enforce existing laws; to work for
4. the repeal of those laws are unjust to Labor; to
5. work for legislation on a national scale, having as
6. its object the establishment of real social and un-
7. employment insurance, the expense of which to
8. be borne by the employer and the Government.

9.   Section 5. To engage in legislative, political,
10. educational, civic, welfare and other activities
11. which further, directly or indirectly, the joint inter-
12. ests of the membership of this organization in the
13. improvement of general economic and social con-
14. ditions in the United States of America, Canada,
15. the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and gener-
16. ally in the nations of the world.

17.       Section 6. (a) To work as an autonomous Inter-
18. national Union affiliated with the Canadian Labour
19. Congress (CLC), American Federation of Labor
20. and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-
21. CIO) together with other International Unions, for
22. solidification of the entire Labor Movement; pro-
23. vided, however, that the International Executive
24. Board may at any time alter the Union's relation-
25. ship to such bodies in any way it deems appropri-
26. ate. To provide assistance, financial and otherwise,
27. to labor and other organizations in the United
28. States, Canada and other parts of the world having
29. purpose and objectives similar or related to those
30. sought by this organization.

31.       (b) The International Executive Board is au-
32. thorized to take whatever action is required to en-
33. able the UAW to mobilize, assist and work with
34. other organizations, alone or in combination, to-
35. ward the objective of meeting the urgent problems
36. which confront society and the Labor Movement
37. in this 20th Century period of rapid and accelerat-
38. ing technology and social change.

39.       (c)The International Union shall seek to affili-
40. ate groups of employees, whether by agreement or
41. merger. To do so, and better accomplish this ob-
42. jective, the International Executive Board is au-
43. thorized to allow necessary deviations from spe-
44. cific provisions of this Constitution, provided how-
45. ever, that any such affiliations must be ratified not
46. later than the next regular convention.