Article 17

Honorable Withdrawal Transfer Cards

  30.       Section 1. All honorable withdrawal transfer
  31.   cards shall be supplied by the International Secre-
  32.   tary-Treasurer; they shall be available to the Local
  33.   Unions in duplicate form in pads and shall be sold
  34.   at cost.

  35.       Section 2.Any member laid off from her/his
  36.   workplace but regularly employed on jobs outside
  37.   the jurisdiction of the International Union shall take
  38.   an honorable withdrawal transfer card, or in order
  39.   to maintain her/himself in good standing in her/
  40.   his Local Union, shall pay dues in accordance with
  41.   Article 16 and Article 47.

  42.       Any member who has voluntarily separated
  43.   from the jurisdiction of the UAW shall be issued a
  44.   withdrawal card immediately by her/his Local
  45.   Union. The above shall not apply to those mem-

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  1. bers who are employed by or officially represent
  2. the UAW.

  3.     Section 3. Any member in good standing at the
  4. time of leaving the jurisdiction of her/his Local
  5. Union shall establish her/his membership in an-
  6. other UAW Local Union by either of the follow-
  7. ing:

  8.   (a)By Obtaining an honorable withdrawal trans-
  9.       fer card and depositing same immediately in
  10.       such other UAW Local Union. Failure to de-
  11.       posit the honorable withdrawal transfer card
  12.       within one (1) calendar month and to pay dues
  13.       which have accrued since coming within the
  14.       jurisdiction of such other UAW Local Union
  15.       will result in termination of the honorable
  16.       withdrawal transfer card.

  17.   (b) By payment of an initiation fee and dues to
  18.       such other UAW Local Union, in which case
  19.       such member's good standing will start as of
  20.       the date of such payment.

  21.     This shall not apply to members holding a Lo-
  22. cal Union constitutional office who involuntarily
  23. left the jurisdiction of their Local Union. However,
  24. while holding such office such member shall not
  25. be eligible to hold any constitutional office, in or
  26. be a delegate to hte International Convention from
  27. any Local Union other than one which s/he invol-
  28. untarily left.

  29.     Section 4. When a member in good standing is
  30. transferred to another workplace as the result of
  31. transfer of operations or pursuant to a collective
  32. bargaining agreement, which plant is under the
  33. jurisdiction of another Local Union, her/his con-
  34. tinuous good standing shall not be broken and shall
  35. be considered continuous good standing in the new
  36. Local Union.

  37.     Section 5. Any member who is laid off and sub-
  38. sequently transfers to another UAW Local Union
  39. and returns to her/his Local Union within
  40. the period of one year from the date of such layoff,
  41. shall be considered to have been in continuous good
  42. standing for the purpose of meeting the good stand-
  43. ing membership requirements of the International
  44. Constitution or Local Union Bylaws as it relates
  45. to election eligibility; provided, however, that such
  46. member maintains her/his continuous good stand-
  47. ing in accordance with the provisions of this Con-
  48. stitution while holding membership in such UAW

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  1. Local Union.

  2.     Section 6. A member shall be entitled to an
  3. honorable withdrawal transfer card provided s/he
  4. shall have her/his dues paid up to and including
  5. the current month, or out-of-work receipts, and
  6. there are no charges or debts owed to the Loacl
  7. Union.

  8.     Section 7. A member who is transferred to an-
  9. other Local Union and who has paid her/his cur-
  10. rent dues or dues in advance shall not be required
  11. to pay duplicate dues. The Local Union to which
  12. the advance dues payments have been made shall
  13. forward them to the Local Union to which the
  14. member is transferred or refund them to the mem-
  15. ber.

  16.     Section 8. When a holder of an honorable with-
  17. drawal transfer card loses the same, s/he can only
  18. receive a duplicate thereof by applying to the Lo-
  19. cal Union Financial Secretary who issued same.
  20. The Financial Secretary of the Local Union, after
  21. sufficient time has elapsed for an investigation to
  22. be made, will issue a duplicate honorable with-
  23. drawal transfer card upon receipt of the payment
  24. of one dollar ($1.00) from the applicant.

  25.     Section 9. Honorable withdrawal transfer cards
  26. may be terminated by the Local Union issuing them
  27. or by International officers for good and sufficient
  28. reasons.

  29.     Section 10. A person who has deposited her/
  30. his honorable withdrawal transfer card and thus
  31. resumed membership in the Union, shall thereupon
  32. be subject to changes and trial for acts or conduct
  33. detrimental to the interests of the Union or its mem-
  34. bers committed while s/he was out of the Union
  35. on honorable withdrawal transfer card. The provi-
  36. sions of Article 31 shall be applicable in such cases.

  37.     Section 11 Whenever the International Union
  38. has a reciprocal arrangement with any other union
  39. whereby each agrees to honor the other's trans-
  40. fers, any member transferring from such other
  41. union to the International Union upon showing
  42. evidence of good standing membership in such
  43. other union by depositing said evidence immedi-
  44. ately upon coming within the jurisdiction of the
  45. UAW Local Union, but in no case later than the
  46. end of the first month in which forth(40) hours
  47. are worked, shall be admitted into the International
  48. Union without payment of an initiation fee or any

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  1. other type of entry fee. Failure to deposit such evi-
  2. dence within one (1) month and to pay dues which
  3. have accrued since coming within the jurisdiction
  4. of the International Union will result in the termi-
  5. nation of transfer rights and the payment of an ini_
  6. tiation fee.

  7.     Section 12. Any Local Union Officer, Bargain-
  8. ing/Negotiations Committee member or Workplace
  9. Steward offered a position with management shall
  10. secure permission from her/his Local Union be-
  11. fore accepting such position in order to be entitled
  12. to an honorable withdrawal transfer card. Mem-
  13. bers violating this Section shall be subject to ex-
  14. pulsion from the Union.

  15.     Section 13. Any International Officer, Regional
  16. Director, International Representative or any other
  17. full-time employee of the International Union of-
  18. fered a personnel or labor relations position with
  19. management, shall secure permission from the In-
  20. ternational Executive Board before accepting such
  21. a position in order to be entitled to an honorable
  22. withdrawal transfer card. Members violating this
  23. Section shall be subject to expulsion from the
  24. Union.