Article 26

Civil Rights Department

  40.       Section 1. There is hereby created a department
  40.   to be known as the Civil Rights Department of the
  40.   International Union.

  40.       Section 2. The International President shall

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  1. appoint a committee composed of International
  2. Executive Board Members to handle the functions
  3. of this department. S/He shall also appoint a direc-
  4. tor who shall be a member of the Union and ap-
  5. proved by the International Executive Board.
  6. S/He shall also appoint a staff which shall be quali-
  7. fied by previous experience and training in the field
  8. of inter-racial, inter-faith and inter-cultural rela-
  9. tions, to assist in the implementation of the poli-
  10. cies of the International Union dealing with dis-
  11. crimination based on race, sex, religion, national
  12. origin, age and disability.

  13.     Section 3. One cent (.01) per month per dues-
  14. paying member of the per capita forwarded to the
  15. International Union by Local Unions shall be used
  16. as the Civil Rights Fund of the International Union
  17. as provided in this Constitution.

  18.     Section 4. The Department shall be charged
  19. with the duty of implementing the policies of the
  20. International Union dealing with discrimination,
  21. as these policies are set forth in the International
  22. Constitution and as they may be evidenced by ac-
  23. tion of the International Executive Board and of
  24. International Conventions, and to give all possible
  25. assistance and guidance to Local Unions in the
  26. furtherance of their duties as set forth in this Ar-
  27. ticle, and to carry out such further duties as may
  28. be assigned to it from time to time by the Interna-
  29. tional President or the International Executive
  30. Board.

  31.     Section 5. It shall be mandatory that each Lo-
  32. cal Union set up a Civil Rights Committee. The
  33. specific duties of this Committee shall be to pro-
  34. mote fair employment practices and endeavor to
  35. eliminate discrimination affecting the welfare of
  36. the individual members of the Local Union, the
  37. International Union, the labor movement and the
  38. nation.