29.       Section 1. The International Union shall be
  30.   composed of workers eligible for membership in
  31.   the International Union, UNITED AUTOMOBILE,
  32.   AEROSPACE AND AGRICULTURAL IMPLE-
  33.   MENT WORKERS OF AMERICA (UAW).

1.       Section 2.(a) Any person eligible to become a
2. member of the International Union who is not af-
3. filiated with any organization whose principles and
4. philosophy are contrary to those of this Interna-
5. tional Union as outlined in the Preamble of this
6. Constitution, may apply for membership to the
7. Local Union having jurisdiction over the workplace
8. in which s/he is employed. The applicant must, at
9. the time of application, be an actual worker in and
10. around the workplace. All applicants for member-
11. ship in any Local Union of the International Union
12. shall fill out an official application provided by the
13. International Union, answering al questions con-
14. tained in such application, and sign a promise to
15. abide by all laws, rules and regulationsand the
16. Constitution of the International Union. All appli-
17. cations thus received shall be referred to the Local
18. Union for consideration and shall be acted upon as
19. soon as possible, but not later than sixty (60) days
20. from the date the application is received by the
21. Financial Secretary of the Local Union.

22.       (b) Notwithstanding any other provisions in this
23. Constitution, applicants working for unorganized
24. employers, or in those units not tey under the ju-
25. risdiction of a UAW Local Union may become
26. members of the International Union directly by
27. signing an application for membership in a form
28. approved by the International Executive Board and
29. by the payment of the sum of one dollar($1.00)
30. (or such other amount determined by the Interna-
31. tional Executive Board), toward initiation fees and
32. dues. Once a Local Union is chartered in, or
33. awarded jurisdiction over the unit in which such
34. member is working, s/he shall automatically be-
35. come a member of that Local Union.

36.       Section 3.[I] Notwithstanding any other provi-
37. sions of this Constitution, whenever an Interna-
38. tional Officer or International representative is a
39. member of a Local Union which is disbanded or
40. goes out of existance, or whose charter is revoked,
41. said Officer or International Representative may
42. apply for membership in another Local Union in
43. the same region. If accepted as a member by mem-
44. bership action of such Local Union, the Inter-
45. national Officer or International Representative shall
46. be considered to have remained in continuous good
47. standing in the International Union during the pe-
48. riod between the cessation of the existance of her/
49. his original Local Union and his/her acceptance
50. by the membership of the new Local Union.

1.       Section 4.Upon acceptance of the application,
2. membership shall date from the first day of the
3. month for which dues are paid or dues check-off is
4. authorized.

5.       Section 5. Application for membership re-
6. jected by the Local Union shall net be reconsid-
7. ered until thirty (30) days have elapsed.

8.       Section 6. Unless waived by the Local Union,
9. or unit of an Amalgamated Local, and candidate
10. failing to present her/himself for initiation within
11. four (4) weeks after notification of her/his being
12. accepted to membership without good and suffi-
13. cient reason being given, shall forfeit all money
14. paid by her/him.

15.       Section 7.The original application signed by
16. each member shall be retained by the Local Union
17. for its record and official receipt shall be given to
18. each new member for all monies paid. All receipts
19. shall be made out in duplicate, the original to be
20. given to the member, the duplicate to be retained
21. by the Local Union and made available to the In-
22. ternational Union upon request. These duplicate
23. receipts may be destroyed after a Local Union au-
24. dit upon written approval of the International Sec-
25. retary-Treasurer.

26.       Section 8. No new member will be recorded at
27. the International Office nor will initiation fee or
28. per capita tax be accepted for new members until a
29. monthly report is received from the Financial Sec-
30. retary on the Local Union.

31.       Section 9. Any Local Union or International
32. Union Trial committee expelling any member for
33. cause shall notify the International Secretary-Trea-
34. surer and the latter shall notify all Local Unions of
35. this fact forthwith. A person who has been sus-
36. pended or expelled by any Local Union or Inter-
37. national Union Trial Committee shall not be eli-
38. gible for membership in any other Local Union
39. until all claims or charges against such a person have
40. been staisfactorily settled with the Local Union or
41. International Union Trial Committee suspending
42. or expelling and written notice to this effect fur-
43. nished the Local Union to which such person seeks
44. admission.

45.       Section 10. No member shall be allowed to hold
46. membership in more than one (1) Local Union of
47. the International Union at the same time, except
48. by permission of the International Executive Board.

1. No member of the Union who is fully employed in
2. one (1) workplace under the jurisdiction of the
3. UAW shall accept work in any other workplace
4. under the jurisdiction of the UAW. Any member
5. violating this Section may be subjected to charges
6. of conduct unbecoming a union member.

7.       The above shall not apply in the case on mem-
8. bers of a Local Union or unit of an Amalgamated
9. Local Union who are conducting an authorized
10. strike and have received written approval from the
11. Local Union officers to obtain employment else-
12. where.

13.       Section 11. No application shall be accepted
14. from the one designated as the head of a depart-
15. ment , directing company policy or having the au-
16. thority to hire and discharge workers. Members of
17. the Union who are promoted to such positions shall
18. be isued a withdrawal card immediately by the
19. Local Union in conformity with Article 17 of this
20. Constitution. Members promoted to minor posi-
21. tions where they work with their co-workers and
22. do not have the power of discipline by hiring or
23. discharging employees, may retain their member-
24. ship in the Local Union at the discretion of the Lo-
25. cal Union>

26.       Section 12. The names of all applicants for ad-
27. mission about whose applications there is the least
28. doubt may be published in the "official publica-
29. tion." No applicants whose names have been pub-
30. lished shall be received into membership until thirty
31. (30) days after the date of such publication. How-
32. ever, applications for membership from an unor-
33. ganized or newly organized workplace shall be held
34. in confidence.

35.       Section 13. Any member in good standing who
36. shall have become totally incapacitated by acci-
37. dent or illness may, at the discretion of her/his Local
38. Union, be granted a gratuitous membership, con-
39. tinuing during incapacity. Appropriate cards denot-
40. ing such membership shall be provided by the In-
41. ternational Union and furnished to Local Unions
42. upon request and at cost.

43.       Section 14. All members of the Local Union
44. are also members of this International Union and
45. subject to the orders, rulings and decisions of this
46. International Union and the properly constituted
47. authorities of the same.

48.       Section 15. The International Union and the

1. Local Union to which the member belongs shall
2. be her/his exclusive representative for the purpose
3. of collective bargaining in respect to rates of pay,
4. wages, hours of employment or other conditions
5. of employment; and for the negotiation and execu-
6. tion of contracts with employers covering all such
7. matters, including contracts requiring membership
8. or the continuance of membership in the Union as
9. a condition of employment or continued employ-
10. ment; and contracts requiring the employer to de-
11. duct, collect, or assist in collecting from her/his
12. wages any dues, initiation fees, reinstatement fees,
13. payable to the International Union or her/his Lo-
14. cal Union.

15.       Section 16. The International Union and the
16. Local Union to which the member belongs, and
17. each of them, are by her/him irrevocably desig-
18. nated, authorized and empowered exclusively to
19. appear and act for the member and in her/his be-
20. half before any board, court, committee or other
21. tribunal in any matter affecting her/his status as an
22. employee or as a member of her/his Local Union or
23. the International Union; and exclusively to act as
24. the member's agent to represent and bind her/him
25. in the presentation, prosecution, adjustment and
26. settlement of all grievances, complaints or disputes
27. of any kind or character arising out of the employer-
28. employee relationship, as fully and to all intents and
29. purposes as s/he might or could do if personally
30. present.

31.       Section 17. A member of a Local Union may
32. resign or terminate membership only by wtitten
33. communication, signed by the member, to the Fi-
34. nancial Secretary of the Local Union, and such res-
35. ignation or ternimation of membership shall be
36. effective upon receipt by the Financial Secretary
37. of the Local Union; provided that if the employer
38. of such person has been authorized by such person
39. individually or by the Collective Bargaining Agree-
40. ment between the employer and the Local Union
41. to check off any amounts from the wagws of such
42. person, such resignation or termination of mem-
43. bership shall not relieve such person from the ob-
44. ligations arising from such check off obligation.
45. (See Special Note p.168.)

46.       Section 18. A member who resigns or termi-
47. nates her/his membership shall have no right or
48. interest in any property of the Local Union or of
49. the International union, including any dues or other

1. financial obligations paid by the member in ad-
2. vance of the effective date of such resignation or
3. ternimation.

4.       Section 19. Any member in good standing who
5. is retired, shall be entitled to a "retired member-
6. ship status" which, without being required to pay
7. membership dues during the period of such retire-
8. ment, shall entitle her/him to all the privileges
9. of membership except the right to vote on elections
10. conducted pursuant to Article 19, Section 3; Ar-
11. ticle 45, Section 2; and Article 50, Sections 1 and
12. 5. Appropriate cards denoting such membership
13. status shall be prepared by the International Union
14. and furnished to Local Unions upon request and at
15. cost. The regular withdrawal-transfer provisions of
16. this Constitution shall be applicable if such retired
17. member returns to active employment.

18.       Section 20. Non-members covered by an
19. agency shop clause in a UAW contract shall re-
20. ceive all the material benefits to which members
21. are entitled but shall not be allowed other mem-
22. bership participation in the affairs of the Union.

23.       Membership in the Union shall be at all times
24. available to such non-members on the same terms
25. and conditions applicable to other members.