ARTICLE 54

Union Label

  38.       Section 1. The International Union shall have
  39.   a Union label and stamp.

  40.       Section 2. It shall be the duty of the Interna-

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  1. tional Secretary-Treasurer to copyright and protect
  2. said Union label and stamp.

  3.     Section 3. It shall be the policy of the Interna-
  4. tional Union and subordinate bodies to insist that
  5. all parts, stampings, tools, dies, machinry, fixtures,
  6. accessories and supplies used in the manufacture
  7. of articles under the jurisdiction of this Interna-
  8. tional Union, bear the Union label or Union stamp
  9. of the International Union, or any other bonafide
  10. labor union.

  11.     Section 4. It shall be the duty of all representa-
  12. tives, business agents and Union officials to insist
  13. that the above provisions be written into all con-
  14. tracts between employers and the International
  15. Union subject to approval of the International Ex-
  16. ecutive Board.

  17.     Section 5. No manufacturer of products pro-
  18. duced by workers under the jurisdiction of this In-
  19. ternational Union shall be permitted to use the
  20. Union label or Union stamp, unless the workplace
  21. is holding a contract approved by the International
  22. Executive Board with the International Union.

  23.     Section 6. It shall be the duty of the Local Union
  24. Label Committee to see that the International Union
  25. label shall be molded, stamped or affixed to all parts
  26. manufactured, assembled or finished products
  27. where provided.

  28.     Section 7. The above provisions shall in no case
  29. be used as a basis for the violation of existing agree-
  30. ments.

  31.     Section 8. All Local Unions shall have an ap-
  32. pointed or elected Union Label Committee that
  33. must function.

  34.     Section 9. At all Conventions of the Interna-
  35. tional Union, a necessary qualification of delegates
  36. shall be the possession and wearing of at least three
  37. (3) Union-made garments.

  38.     Section 10. The International Executive Board
  39. shall set up a Union Label Committee from mem-
  40. bers of the International Union to coordinate the
  41. activities of Local Union Label Committees
  42. throughout the International Union. It shall be the
  43. duty of this Committee to work in conjunction with
  44. the Education Department of the International
  45. Union.