38.       Section 1. It shall be the established policy of
  39.   the International Union to recognize the spirit, the
  40.   intent and the terms of all concractual relations

1. developed and existing between Local Unions and
2. employers, conculded out of conferences between
3. the Local Unions and the employers, as binding
4. upon them. Each Local Union shall be required to
5. carry out the provisions of its contracts. No officer,
6. member, representative or agent of the International
7. Union or of any Local Union or of any subordi-
8. nate body of the International Union shall have the
9. power or authority to counsel, cause, initiate, par
10. ticipate in or ratify any action which constitutes a
11. breach of any contract entered into by a Local
12. Union or by the International Union or a subordi-
13. nate body thereof. Whenever a Local Union or a
14. unit of an Amalgamated Local Union becomes a
15. party to an agreement on wages, hours or working
16. conditions, it shall cause such agreement to be re-
17. duced to writing and properly signed by the autho-
18. rized representatives of all the parties to the agree-
19. ment.

20.     Section 2. When a grievance exists between a
21. Local Union and management and negotiations are
22. in progress and an International Union Officer or
23. representative is participating by request of the
24. Local Union involved, a committee selected by the
25. Local Union shall participate in all conferences and
26. negotiations. Copies of all contracts shall be filed
27. with the International Secretary-Treasurer.

28.     Section 3. No Local Union Officer, Interna-
29. tional Officer or International Representative shall
30. have the authority to negotiate the terms of a con-
31. tract or any supplemental thereof with any employer
32. without first obtaining the approval of the Local
33. Union. After negotiations have been concluded
34. with the employer, the proposed contract or supple-
35. ment shall be submitted to the vote of the Local
36. Union membership, or unit membership in the case
37. of an Amalgamated Local Union, at a meeting
38. called especially for such purpose, or through such
39. other procedure, approved by the Regional Direc-
40. tor, to encourage greater participation of members
41. in voting on the proposed contract or supplement.
42. Should the proposed contract or supplement be
43. approved by a majority vote of the Local Union or
44. unit members so participating, it shall be referred
45. to the Regional Director for her/his recommenda-
46. tion to the International Executive Board for its
47. approval or rejection. In case the Regional Board
48. Member recommends approval, the contract be-
49. comes operative until the final action is taken by
50. the International Executive Board.

1.     Upon application to and approval of the Inter-
2. national Executive Board, a ratification procedure
3. may be adopted wherein apprenticable skilled
4. trades and related worker, production workers, of-
5. fice workers, engineers, and technicians would vote
6. separately on contractual matters common to all
7. and, in the same vote on those matters which re-
8. late exclusively to their group.

9.     Before contract or supplemental demands af-
10. fecting skilled workers are submitted to the em-
11. ployer, they shall be submitted to the Skilled Trades
12. Department in order to effectuate an industry-wide
13. standardization of agreements on wages, hours,
14. apprenticeship programs, journeyman standards
15. and working conditions.

16.     Section 4. National agreements and supple-
17. ments thereof shall be ratified by the Local Unions
18. involved.

19.     Section 5. The general meeting of the Local
20. Union members of an established under the ju-
21. risdiction of an Amalgamated Local Union shall
22. be the highest authority for handling problems
23. within the establishment, in conformity with the
24. bylaws of the Local Union and this International
25. Constitution.

26.     Section 6. The International Executive Board
27. shall protect all Local Unions who have succeeded
28. in establishing higher wages and favorable condi-
29. tions and have superior agreements, so that no in-
30. fringement by Local Unions with inferior agree-
31. ments in workplaces doing similar work may be
32. committed against the Local Union with advanced
33. agreements.

34.     Section 7. Each Local Union or unit of an
35. Amalgamated Local Union shall be required to
36. maintain a complete and up-to-date schedule of job
37. classifications and wage rates; a copy of which
38. must be attached to each contract submitted to the
39. International Union.