26.       Section 1. It shall be mandatory for all Local
  27.   Unions of the International Union to affiliate with
  28.   UAW state Community Action Program (CAP) or
  29.   Provincial Industrial Union Councils, unless this
  30.   requirement is otherwise waived by the Executive
  31.   Board of the International Union.

  32.       Section 2. It shall be mandatory for all Local
  33.   Unions to affiliate with UAW city, county or area
  34.   Community Action Program (CAP) bodies and
  35.   Councils of the Canadian Labour Congress (CLC)
  36.   wherever such bodies are established, unless this
  37.   requirement is otherwise waived by the Executive
  38.   Board of the International Union.

  38.       Section 3. It shall be mandatory for all Local
  40.   Unions to establish bylaws and submit them to the
  41.   International Executive Board for ratification. By-
  42.   laws, although enacted by a subordinate body, are
  43.   not effective until submitted to the International
  44.   Executive Board except for those enacted pursu-
  45.   ant to Section 5 of this Article. Bylaws, once sub-
  46.   mitted remain effective unless repealed by the In-

1. ternational Executive Board, pursuant to Article 12,
2. Section 5 of this Constitution.

3.     Section 4. (a)Each Local Union, other than an
4. Amalgamated Local Union, and each unit of an
5. Amalgamated Local Union, shall hold a regular
6. general membership meeting at least once a month
7. unless the Local Union or unit or unit of an Amalgamated
8. Local Union provides in its bylaws for general
9. membership meetings as least once every three (3)
10. months. Where a Local Union or unit of an Amal-
11. gamated Local Union holds general membership
12. meetings every three (3) months, it shall be required
13. to establish a Workplace Council which shall meet
14. and serve as the membership body in each of the
15. intervening two months. The Workplace Council
16. shall be composed of all elected officers of the
17. Local Union or unit, plus additional elected, pro-
18. portional representation as approved by the Inter-
19. national Executive Board and as provided in the
20. bylaws of the Local Union or unit. Upon petition
21. of a Local Union with substantial membership, the
22. International Executive Board is authorized to es-
23. tablish in such Local Union a Representative Work-
24. place Council consisting of all elected officers of
25. the Local Union with additional elected, propor-
26. tional representation, which shall serve as the mem-
27. bership vody within the Local Union. Such Coun-
28. cil shall meet once each month, and a general mem-
29. bership meeting shall be held as least once each
30. year. The procedures and representation for such
31. Council must receive the prior approval of the In-
32. ternational Executive Board and must be set forth
33. in the bylaws of the Local Union.

34.     (b) An Amalgamated Local Union that has a
35. Joint Council established in accordance with Ar-
36. ticle 35, Section 2, shall have meetings of such Joint
37. Council at least once a month and shall hold a gen-
38. eral membership meeting at least once a year.
39. Amalgamated Local Unions without a Joint Coun-
40. cil shall hold a regular general membership meet-
41. ing at least once every three (3) months.

42.     (c) A Local Union or unit may by appropriate
43. action postpone meetings during the summer
44. months

45.     Section 5.A Local Union shall include in
46. their bylaws reasonable provisions for rules gov-
47. erning the attendance at meetings by members
48. holding any Local Union elective position. The

1. Local Union shall establish non-monetary penal-
2. ties that may include automatic removal from such
3. office or position upon their failure to attend a stipu-
4. lated number of meetings as required by their by-
5. laws. Local Union bylaws on this subject must be
6. submitted to and approved by the International
7. Executive Board before becoming effective.

8.     Section 6. Each subordinate body shall strive
9. to attain the objectives set forth in this Constitu-
10. tion; to maintain free relations with other organi-
11. zations; to do all in its power to strengthen and
12. promote the labor movement; to cooperate with
13. Regional Board Members, the International Rep-
14. resentatives and help promote organizational ac-
15. tivities.

16.     Section 7. No Local Union or other subordi-
17. nate body, and no officer, agent, representative or
18. member thereof shall have the power or authority
19. to represent, act for, commit or bind the Interna-
20. tional Union in any matter except upon express
21. authority having been granted therefore in writing
22. by the International Executive Board or the Inter-
23. national President.

24.     Section 8. A Local Union may organize a cor-
25. poration, provided it is a membership corporation,
26. if possible under state or provincial law, for the
27. purpose of holding title to real property for the
28. benefit of the Local Union. The membership of and
29. voting privileges in any such corporation shall be
30. the same and identical with the membership of and
31. voting privileges in the Local Union, anf the Board
32. of Directors of any such corporation shall be the
33. duly elected Executive Board Members of the Lo-
34. cal Union. All provisions of this Constitution in
35. any way relating to the relationship between the
36. International Union and Local Unions including,
37. but without limitation thereof, those provisions
38. found in Article 12, Sections 2, 3 and 5; Article 36,
39. Sections 9 and 10; Article 37, Section 3; and Ar-
40. ticle 48 shall apply with equal force and effect to
41. the relationship between the International Union
42. and any such corporation, insofar as such provi-
43. sions of the International Constitution may be ap-
44. plicable to Loacl Union building corporations.

45.     Section 9. A Local Union shall not make its
46. membership list available to anyone except for the
47. performance of official Union Business or to sat-
48. isfy the requirements of law.