ARTICLE 40
DUTIES OF LOCAL UNION OFFICERS
President
13. Section 1. It shall be the duty of the President
14. to preside at all meetings of the Local Union, sign
15. all orders on the treasury authorized by the Local
16. Union, countersign all checks issued by the Finan-
17. cial Secretary against accounts of the Local Union
18. when ordered by the Union, enforce the provisions
19. of the Constitution and appoint committees not
20. otherwise provided for. S/He shall be a member
21. exofficio of all committees.
Vice President
22. Section 2. The Vice President or Vice Presi-
23. dents shall assist the President in the discharge of
24. her/his duties and shall attend all sessions of the
25. Local Union. In case of the absence or incapacity
26. of the President, the President's duties shall be
27. performed by the Vice President, provided that
28. where there are two (2) or more Vice Presidents,
29. the Local Union shall determine which of them
30. shall perform such duties.
Recording Secretary
31. Section 3. It shall be the duty of the Recording
32. Secretary to keep a correct record of the proceed-
33. ings of the Local Union, sign all orders on the trea-
34. sury authorized by the Local Union, read all docu-
35. ments and conduct the general correspondence re-
36. ceived by the Local Union which does not pertain
37. directly to the duties of the other officers of the
38. Local Union and keep same on file for future ref-
39. erence. The Recording Secretary shall bring to the
40. attention of the membership of the Local Union
41. any correspondence upon which the membership
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- must take action. The Recording Secretary shall
- comply with the provisions of Article 50, Section
- 2. The Recording Secretary is obligated to keep on
- file with both the Research Department of the UAW
- and her/his Regional Director, the current version
- of each of the following: (1) Three (3) copies of
- the existing contract(s); (2) A complete revised list
- of all classifications and rates for the workplaces
- covered by the contract(s); (3) Any additional in-
- formation gained through negotiations with the
- respective workplace management that may be
- useful to other Local Unions in their collective
- bargaining. The Recording Secretary shall update
- this information as often as necessary, but must
- furnish a current, updated version no later than sixty
- (60) days after the ratification of any contract or
- supplement.
Recording Secretary
- Section 4. It shall be the duty of the Financial
- Secretary to receive all dues, initiation fees, read-
- mission fees, and all other income of the Local
- Union for any fund from any source and to give
- official receipts for same, as provided in this Con-
- stitution. Financial Secretaries of Local Unions
- having a check-off arrangement shall issue one (1)
- receipt for the check received from the company,
- and otherwise use the procedure outlined above
- for any other income. No receipt shall be issued to
- individual members unless the company does not
- show on the check stub or pay envelope the amount
- of the deduction and the reason therefor.
- Section 5. The Financial Secretary shall write
- all checks drawn on the Local Union funds and
- report in writing every month at a regular meeting
- of the Local Union giving the amount of monies
- received and paid out during the previous calen-
- dar month, divided as between the various income
- and expenditure classifications, and the remaining
- balances in the fund accounts of the Local Union.
- Section 6. The Financial Secretary shall deposit
- all collections either with the Treasurer, taking a
- receipt therefor, or in such banks as Local Union
- Trustees may direct, with advice to the Treasurer
- as to the amount so deposited.
- Section 7. The Financial Secretary shall by the
- 20th of each month, send a report to the Interna-
- tional Secretary-Treasurer on blanks furnished by
- the International Union, together with the correct
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- amount of money due the International Union for
- the preceding month which begins on the first and
- ends with the last day of the month. S/He shall re-
- ceive applications for membership and notify the
- candidates of their election or rejection. S/He shall
- assist the International Union in seeing that all
- members receive the official publication regularly
- when eligible, provided each member with an offi-
- cial receipt for all monies paid and make available
- to each member a copy of the International Con-
- stitution and bylaws of the Local Union. Union
- membership cards and/or dues buttons may be is-
- sued at the option of the Local Union.
- Section 8. The Financial Secretary shall fur-
- nish the International Secretary-Treasurer with the
- names and addresses of all the officers of the Lo-
- cal Union. S/He shall keep a record of all mem-
- bers initiated, suspended, expelled or deceased,
- transfers in and out and reinstatements, during her/
- his term of office and notify the International Sec-
- tary-Treasurer of same, and perform such other
- duties as the bylaws prescribe of the Local Union
- may direct. There shall be maintained by the Fi-
- nancial Secretary a complete record of all active
- members of the Local Union. This record shall have
- the date of initiation, the date and cause of suspen-
- sion or expulsion, the date of reinstatement, to-
- gether with the date of death, home address and
- such other matters as may be deemed necessary to
- keep a record of the continuous membership of a
- member of the Local Union.
- The Financial Secretary shall not make said
- record of all active members (membership list)
- available to anyone except pursuant to the provi-
- sions of Article 37, Section 9 of this Constitution.
- Section 9. The Financial Secretary shall keep
- an inventory of all records and property of the Lo-
- cal Union, the same to contain, when possible, date
of purchase and amount paid for each article. S/He
- shall notify all members in arrears of the amount
- of their indebtedness and turn over her/his books
- to the Trustees for audit and approval when called
- to do so. S/He shall, on the demand of the Interna-
- tional Secretary-Treasurer, produce her/his books
- for examination and audit and shall comply with
- the provisions of this Constitution.
- Section 10. Should it be proven that any Local
- Union inancial Secretary has willfully and inten-
- tionally failed to report monthly the full member-
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- ship of her/his Local Union to the International
- Secretary-Treasurer; or should it be proven that any
- Local Union President, Treasurer and/or Financial
- Secretary willfully and intentionally refuses to sign
- a check to send in the full amount of per capita tax
- on the same number of members who have paid
- dues to the Local Union, the Local Union may be
- suspended from all privileges and benefits until the
- deficiency is made good and the officer or officers
- responsible for such failure shall not be allowed to
- again hold office in the organization for a period
- of two (2) years.
Treasurer
- Section 11. The Treasurer shall give a receipt
- for all monies received from the Financial Secre-
- tary. The monies received must be deposited in such
- bank as the Local Union Trustees may direct for
- the several funds provided for in this Constitution
- and such other funds as the Local Union may set
- up in the name and number of the Local Union.
- S/He shall sign all checks, which must be counter-
- signed by the Preseident. S/He shall report in writ-
- ing every month at a regular meeting of the Local
- Union the total receipts and total expenditures for
- the Local Union for the previous calendar month
- and the amount of money still on deposit. The Trea-
- surer shall deliver to her/his successor all monies
- and other property of the Local Union. S/He shall,
- on demand of the International Union or Trustees
- of the Local Union, produce her/his books for ex-
- amination and audit.
Trustees
- Section 12. The Trustees shall have general su-
- pervision over all funds and property of hte Local
- Union. They shall audit or cause to be audited by a
- Certified Public Accountant selected by the Local
- Union Executive Board, the records of the Finan-
- cial Officers of the Local Union semiannually as
- provided herein, using duplicate forms provided
- by the International Union, a copy of which shall
- be forwarded to the international Secretary-Trea-
- surer immediately thereafter. It shall also be their
- duty to see that the Financial Officers of the Local
- Union are bonded in conformity with the laws of
- the International Union. The Trustees shall see that
- all funds be deposited in a bank subject to an
- order signed by the President and Treasurer and/or
- Financial Secretary. In Local Unions where safety
- deposit boxes are used, Trustees shall see that
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- the signature of the President, Treasurer and one
- (1) of the Trustees are required before admittance
- to the safety deposit box are permitted. In the event
- the books are not received for audit within fifteen
- (15) days after the end of each six-month period,
- the Chairperson of the Trustees shall make a re-
- port to the next meeting of the Local Union for
- action.
Sergeant-at-Arms
- Section 13. It shall be the duty of the Sergeant-
- at-Arms to introduce all new members and visi-
- tors and assist the President in preserving order
- when called upon to do so. S/He shall also take
- charge of all property of the Local Union not oth-
- erwise provided for and perform such other duties
- as may be assigned to her/him from time to time.
Guide
- Section 14. It shall be the duty of the Guide to
- maintain order, inspect the membership receipts,
- satisfy her/himself that all present are entitled to
- remain in the meeting of the Local Union and per-
- form such other duties as are usual to the office.
- Section 15. All Local Union officers, commit-
- tees, stewards and other members handling funds
- or other property of the Local Union shall, at the
- completion of their duties, turn over all papers,
- documents, funds, and/or other Local Union prop-
- erty to the properly constituted Local Union offic-
- ers.