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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  1. tution and laws of this Union and the Constitution
  2. of the United States (or Canada, as the case may
  3. be); to comply with all the rules and regulations
  4. for the government thereof; not to divulge or make
  5. known any private proceedings of this Union; to
  6. faithfully perform all the duties assigned to me to
  7. the best of my ability and skill; to so conduct my-
  8. self at all times as not to bring reproach upon my
  9. Union, and at all times to bear true and faithful
  10. allegiance to the International Union, UNITED
  11. AUTOMOBILE, AEROSPACE AND AGRICUL-
  12. TURAL IMPLEMENT WORKERS OF
  13. AMERICA (UAW)."