ARTICLE 43
Initiation Ceremony
29. The President shall say to the Guide:
30. "You will now place the candidate before me
31. for the obligation." The Guide advances with the
32. candidate and places her/him in front of the
33. President's station. All newly elected members
34. before being admitted to full membership shall
35. subscribe to the following obligation:
36. "I ...............................................................
37. pledge my honor to faithfully observe the Consti-
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- tution and laws of this Union and the Constitution
- of the United States (or Canada, as the case may
- be); to comply with all the rules and regulations
- for the government thereof; not to divulge or make
- known any private proceedings of this Union; to
- faithfully perform all the duties assigned to me to
- the best of my ability and skill; to so conduct my-
- self at all times as not to bring reproach upon my
- Union, and at all times to bear true and faithful
- allegiance to the International Union, UNITED
- AUTOMOBILE, AEROSPACE AND AGRICUL-
- TURAL IMPLEMENT WORKERS OF
- AMERICA (UAW)."