Article 12

Duties of the International Executive Board

  1.     Section 1. The International Executive Board
  2. shall execute the instructions of the International
  3. Convention and shall be the highest authority of
  4. the International Union between Conventions, sub-
  5. ject to the provisions of this Constitution, and shall
  6. have the power to authorize strikes, issue charters,
  7. and punish all subordinate bodies for violation of
  8. this Constitution.

  9.     Section 2. In case of disputes or conditions
  10. within a subordinate body that might threaten its
  11. existence, the International Executive Board by
  12. majority vote, may reorganize the subordinate body
  13. by ordering a special election to be held within
  14. thirty (30) days afterthe members in good stand-
  15. ing are notified by mail. Under no circumstances
  16. shall more than one (1) such special election be
  17. held within a year's period in any one (1) subordi-
  18. nate body. Under this provision, the elected offic-
  19. ers of the subordinate body shall continue to hold
  20. office until the election and may run for re-elec-
  21. tion. The International Executive Board may have
  22. two (2) representatives to work with the elected
  23. Local Union Election Committee. The procedures
  24. of this Section shall be equally applicable to units
  25. of Amalgamated Local Unions.

  26.     Section 3. Where necessary to:

  27.   (a)prevent or correct corruption or financial
  28.       malpractice;

  29.   (b)assure the performance of collective bargain-
  30.       ing agreements or otjer duties as a bargaining
  31.       representative;
  32.   (c)restore democratic procedures within any
  33.       charters subordinate body; or,
  34.   (d)otherwise assure carrying out the legitimate
  35.       objectives of this International Union by such
  36.       subordinate body,

  37. the International Executive Board by a two-thirds
  38. (2/3) vote of the entire Executive Board may, after
  39. a hearing, reorganize or disband the chartered sub-
  40. ordinate body, revoke the charter, suspend any of-
  41. ficer or officers from office and/or take over su-
  42. pervision of the chartered subordinatebody until
  43. its affairs have been properly adjusted. In such
  44. event, the Board shall designate one of its mem-
  45. bers as administrator who shall have full authority

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  1. over and supervision of all functions of the Local
  2. Union and may suspend any or all officers and of-
  3. ficials of the Local Union and take over their func-
  4. tions either as directed by the Board or in her/his
  5. own discretion where s/he believes it necessary to
  6. accomplish the purposes of the administratorship.
  7. The Administrator may utilize such staff assistants
  8. as s/he deems advisable to assist in supervising the
  9. affairs of the Local Union.

  10.     In any case of suspension of officers, an elec-
  11. tion of new officers shall take place within sixty
  12. (60) days from date of order whereupon the subor-
  13. dinate body shall be returned its autonomy under
  14. this Constitution; unless circumstances which ne-
  15. cessitate an extension of time,, in which event the
  16. Executive Board during said administratorship may
  17. specifically extend this total of no more
  18. than one hundred twenty (120) additional days. The
  19. conduct of all elections during an administratorship
  20. shall be the responsibility of the administrator.

  21. In any case of suspension of officers, an alec-
  22. tion of new officers shall take place within sixty
  23.     The procedures of this Section shall be equally
  24. applicable to units of Amalgamated Local Unions
  25. insofar as appropriate.

  26.     Section 4. In case of vacancy, the Board shall
  27. cause such vacancy to be filled until the next Con-
  28. vention, in accordance with Article 10.

  29.     Section 5. It shall repeal any bylaws of any sub-
  30. ordinate body which do not conform to this Con-
  31. stitution.

  32.     Section 6. It shall review and decide, between
  33. Conventions, all questions involving interpretation
  34. of this Constitution when any member or subordi-
  35. nate body wishes to appeal, or the Board on its
  36. own initiative wishes to consider the decision on
  37. any such question made (pursuant to Article 13,
  38. Section 8) by the International President.

  39.     Section 8. It shall transmit a report of the ac-
  40. tivities of the International Union and a summary
  41. and explanation of the actions of the International
  42. Executive Board relating to International finances
  43. to each Local Union of this International Union.

  44.     Section 9. If any elective officer is found guilty
  45. and removed from office through trial procedure,

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  1. the vacancy shall be filled in accordance with this
  2. Constitution.

  3.     Section 10. Upon written request of three (3)
  4. members of the International Executive Board, the
  5. International Secretary-Treasurer, within forty-
  6. eight (48) hours of receipt of such a request shall
  7. poll the International Executive Board on the ques-
  8. tion of a Special Board Meeting. Upon a majority
  9. vote for such a meeting, the President shall con-
  10. vene the Board within five (5) days. In case the
  11. International President fails to convene the Board
  12. within the time allotted, the International Secre-
  13. tary-Treasureror a Board Member previously des-
  14. ignated by the Board shall convene the Board.

  15.     Section 11. Two-thirds (2/3) of the number of
  16. members comprising the International Executive
  17. Board present in person shall constitute a quorum
  18. of the International Executive Board. Notwith-
  19. standing the foregoing, when the International
  20. President calls a special meeting of the Interna-
  21. tional Executive Board because s/he believes ac-
  22. tion under Sections 2 and 3 of this Article, or Sec-
  23. tions 9 and 10 of Article 36, to be essential with
  24. regard to a specific dispute in any area with the
  25. objective of protecting the interests of a subordi-
  26. nate body, or any part of the membership thereof,
  27. and less than the regular quorum answers such call,
  28. those members answering the call may act within
  29. the limited area described above provided they
  30. constitute a special quorum. Such special quorum
  31. shall in any event consist of not less than eight (8)
  32. members of said International Executive Board,
  33. present in person, which must include at least two
  34. (2) International Officers and at least four (4) Board
  35. Members. Any such Special Board meeting oper-
  36. ating on the basis of such a special quorum shall
  37. be empowered to conduct any hearing and by a
  38. seventy-five percent (75%) vote of its members,
  39. take any action, make any decision, or impose any
  40. penalty concerning said specific dispute which the
  41. full International Executive Board could take pur-
  42. suant to any of the above noted applicable provi-
  43. sions of this Constitution which shall be binding
  44. until the last day of the next succeeding regular
  45. meeting of the International Executive Board. All
  46. proceedings of such Special Board Meeting shall
  47. be reported to the next regular meeting of the In-
  48. ternational Executive Board, and any member or
  49. subordinate body feeling aggrieved by any such

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  1. action, decision or penalty of such Special Board
  2. Meeting may file a protest with the International
  3. Executive Board and shall have the right to be heard
  4. in person by such International Executive Board
  5. upon request. Whether or not any protest is taken,
  6. the International Execitive Board shall review the
  7. action, decision or penalty taken or imposed by
  8. the Special Board Meeting and shall, if satisfied as
  9. to its propriety, affirm such action, decision or pen-
  10. alty. Any member or subordinate body feeling ag-
  11. grieved by such decision of the full International
  12. Executive Board shall have the normal right of
  13. appeal therefrom pursuant to Article 33, Section
  14. 3, even though the member or subordinate body
  15. did not avail her/himself to the right hereinabove
  16. to file a protest from the action, decision, or pen-
  17. alty of the Special Board Meeting to the full Inter-
  18. national Executive Board.

  19.     Section 12. Only a majority of the International
  20. Exective Board can adjourn a Board Meeting.

  21.     Section 13. The International Executive Board
  22. shall set up such departments as provided for in
  23. this Constitution. It may, if voyed by a two-thirds
  24. (2/3) vote, create additional departments for pro-
  25. moting the business of this International Union or
  26. the welfare of its membership. It may hire profes-
  27. sional specialists not member of the International
  28. Union for such departments if they are not avail-
  29. able within the membership.

  30.     Section 14.If and when a strike has been ap-
  31. proved by the International Executive Board, it
  32. shall be the duty of the International Executive
  33. Board to render all financial assistance to the mem-
  34. bers on strike consistent with the resources and
  35. responsibilities of the International Union.

  36.     Section 15. Financial Officers (including Presi-
  37. dents) of the Local Unions of this International
  38. Union shall be bonded by such methods and agen-
  39. cies and in such amounts as the International Ex-
  40. ecutive Board may determine, but in no case shall
  41. the bond be for less than the amount required by
  42. law.

  43.     Section 16. The International Executive Board
  44. shall have power to adjust disputes between em-
  45. ployers and employees and to make contracts with
  46. employers in accordance with this Constitution. In
  47. addition, the International Executive Board shall
  48. have power to adjust jurisdictional disputes be-
  49. tween Local Unions.

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  1.     Section 17.Where the International Executive
  2. Board has established a satisfactoryadministrative
  3. arm for the handling of members' appeals relating
  4. to the processing of collective bargaining griev-
  5. ances, a decision by such administrative arm may
  6. be appealed to the International Executive Board
  7. by the procedures set forth in Article 33, Section
  8. 3

  9.     Section 18.The International Executive Board
  10. may rescind, reverse or repeal and action of any of
  11. the International Officers or Representatives.

  12.     Section 19.Verbatim minutes shall be taken at
  13. all meetings of the International Executive Board
  14. (except when the Board, by a seven-eights (7/8)
  15. vote of those present, decides that the best inter-
  16. ests of the Union would be served by an informal
  17. discussion of the membership of the Board in ses-
  18. sion as a committee of the whole, in which event
  19. the Board shall confine itself to discussion but shall
  20. take no formal action, and no minutes shall be
  21. taken). Such minutes shall be transcribed immedi-
  22. ately and copies thereof shall be distributed to all
  23. elected officers of the International Union as soon
  24. as completed. Such copies shall be made available
  25. to any interested member in good standing for in-
  26. spection at the offices of the International Secre-
  27. tary-Treasurer and of each International Executive
  28. Board Member. In addition, the secretary-Trea-
  29. surer shall prepare a summary of official Interna-
  30. tional Exective Board action after each Interna-
  31. tional Executive Board meeting, which shall be
  32. sent to each Local Union.

  33.     Section 20. The International Executive Board
  34. shall create and operate a political Action Com-
  35. mittee to be known as UAW Voluntary Commu-
  36. nity Action Program Committee (UAW V-CAP).
  37. This committee shall be authorized to make policy
  38. decisions concerning expenditures and contribu-
  39. tions involving federal electons and to make ex-
  40. penditures and contributions from a fund estab-
  41. lished by voluntary contributions from a fund estab-
  42. lished by voluntary contributions from UAW mem-
  43. bers, their families and friends. Once each year a
  44. summary report of income and disbursements in
  45. federal elections by category shall be made.