22.       Section 1. The National Wage-Hour Councils
  23.   shall consist of duly elected representatives from
  24.   the Regional Wage-Hour Councils and workplaces
  25.   where there are no Regional Wage-Hour Councils
  26.   of a single industry. In the absence of a Regional
  27.   Wage-Hour Council of a single industry, represen-
  28.   tation to a National Wage-Hour Council from any
  29.   one Local Union (including Amalgamated Local
  30.   Unions) shall not exceed two (2) delegates.

  31.       Section 2. It shall be the duty of the National
  32.   Wage-Hour Council to assist and cooperate with
  33.   the Competitive Shop Department and the Inter-
  34.   national President in the organization of unorga-
  35.   nized workplaces.

  36.       Section 3. It shall be the duty of the National
  37.   Wage-Hour Council to work in conjunction with
  38.   the Competitive Shop Department and in coopera-
  39.   tion with the Research Department of the Interna-
  40.   tional Union to standardize wages, hours and gen-
  41.   eral working conditions of the organized work-
  42.   places in their industry, and to strive to get a single

1. agreement covering their industry, nationally.

2.     Section 4. In case competitive workplaces in a
3. given industry start negotiations on a national
4. agreement, they shall make use of the National
5. Bargaining Council provisions.
   Regional Wage-Hour Councils

6.     Regional Wage-Hour Councils shall be estab
7. lished by the International Executive Board only
8. in those cases where wage-hour conferences would
9. prove inadequate in meeting the problems of or-
10. ganizing the unorganized competitive workplaces,
11. and coordinating the work of establishing uniform
12. standards within a competitive group. Such Re-
13. gional Wage-Hour Councils shall be administra-
14. tive arms of the International Union and not sub-
15. ordinate bodies. In the event such Wage-Hour
16. Councils are established, they shall be governed
17. by the following provisions:

18.     Section 5. A regional Wage-Hour Council shall
19. consist of duly elected representatives from work-
20. places or departments in workplaces doing similar
21. work who can conveniently get together.

22.     Section 6. It shall be the duty of the Regional
23. Wage-Hour Council to gather and send to the Re-
24. search Department of the International Union and
25. the National Wage-Hour Council of which they are
26. a part, all data on wages, hours and other working
27. conditions of the workplaces of their industry in
28. their region.

29.     Section 7. It shall be the duty of the Regional
30. Wage-Hour Council to assist in the organization
31. of unorganized workplaces of their industry under
32. the direction of the Regional Director.

33.     Section 8. It shall be the duty of the Regional
34. Wage-Hour Council to work toward standardiza-
35. tion of improved wages, hours and general work-
36. ing conditions of the organized workplaces of their
37. industry in their region, and to strive to get a dingle
38. agreement covering their indurtry in theri region.

39.     Section 9. It shall be the duty of the Regional
40. Wage-Hour Council to send regular reports to the
41. National Wage-Hour Council in their industry and
42. to the Competitive Shop Department of the Inter-
43. national Union.

44.     Section 10. It shall be the duty of the Regional
45. Wage-Hour Council to send delegates to, and as-
46. sist in the formation of a National Wage-Hour

1. Council for their industry.

2.     Section 11. It shall be understood that such
3. Wage-Hour Councils are not legislative bodies of
4. the International Union and shall not deal with
5. policies of the International Union other than those
6. concerning competitive workplace problems.

7.     Section 12. Regional Wage-Hour Councils may
8. be formed by the Regional Director, acting at the
9. reguest of Local Unions in the Region, to discuss
10. special problems affecting the small independent
11. workplaces and the parts supplier industry. Local
12. Unions or units of Amalgamated Local Unions to
13. be included in the Council, and any financing of
14. the Council, shall be by agreement between the
15. Regional Director and psrticipating Local Unions.
16. Where such a Council has been formed and has
17. been in operation for a period of one year, affilia-
18. tion with the Council may be made mandatory upon
19. approval of the International Executive Board. Any
20. Local Union or unit of an Amalgamated Local
21. Union may appeal its inclusion or exclusion to the
22. International Executive Board under Article 33.