Constitution
                               of the 
                         International Union

                    UNITED AUTOMOBILE, AEROSPACE
                                AND
                       AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENT 
                              WORKERS
                             OF AMERICA
                                UAW

                        Adopted - June, 1998


PREAMBLE

We hold these truths to be self-evident; expressive of the ideals and 
hopes of the workers who come under the jurisdiction of this 
INTERNATIONAL UNION, UNITED AUTOMOBILE, AEROSPACE AND AGRICULTURAL 
IMPLEMENT WORKERS OF AMERICA (UAW): "that all men and women are created 
equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable 
rights, that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of 
happiness. That to secure these rights, governments are instituted 
among men and women, deriving their just powers from the consent of the 
governed." Within the orderly processes of such government lies the 
hope of the worker in advancing society toward the ultimate goal of 
social and economic justice. 

The precepts of democracy require that workers through their union 
participate meaningfully in making decisions affecting their welfare 
and that of the communities in which they live.

Managerial decisions have far reaching impact upon the quality of life 
enjoyed by the workers, the family, the community. Management must 
recognize that it has basic responsibilities to advance the welfare of 
the workers and the whole society and not alone to the stockholders. It 
is essential, therefore, that the concerns of workers and of society be 
taken into account when basic managerial decisions are made. 

The structure of work established by management is designed to make of 
the workers an adjunct to the tool rather than its master. This, 
coupled with the authoritarian climate of the workplace, robs the 
worker of her/his dignity as an adult human being. This belies the 
democratic heritage we cherish as citizens in a society rooted in 
democratic values.

Essential to the UAW's purpose is to afford the opportunity for workers 
to master their work environment; to achieve not only improvement in 
their economic status but, of equal importance, to gain from their 
labors a greater measure of dignity, of self-fulfillment Ad self-worth. 
Workers must also participate meaningfully in political and legislative 
action because government impacts importantly on their lives and on 
their communities. If government is to be the means by which people 
achieve a humanitarian and equitable society, it must be a responsible 
and accountable government.

Therefore, the UAW has the duty and responsibility to promote real and 
meaningful participatory democracy through its members and their 
families, so that free people and their institutions may be heard in 
the councils of government and so that officeholders are guided by 
principle alone.
To achieve these wholesome objectives:

- Management must accept union organization and collective bargaining 
as an essential and constructive force in our democratic society;

- The workers must be provided a meaningful voice in maintaining a safe 
and healthful workplace with decent working conditions, and must enjoy 
secured rights, together with a satisfactory standard of living and 
maximum job security;

- The workers must have a voice in their own destiny and the right to 
participate in making decisions that affect their lives before such 
decisions are made;

- The UAW must play an active role at all levels of government to 
protect the lives and rights of its members and their families. We must 
work constantly on the political and legislative problems facing the 
whole society;

- Union members must take seriously their responsibilities as citizens 
and work, through their union and individually, to realize the goals of 
participatory democracy and responsible and accountable government.


  

ARTICLE 1
Name

This Organization shall be known as the "International Union, UNITED 
AUTOMOBILE, AEROSPACE AND AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENT WORKERS OF AMERICA 
(UAW),"hereinafter referred to as the International Union. This 
document shall be officially known as the Constitution and Bylaws of 
said International Union, and it shall also be the Constitution of 
every affiliated subordinate body.


  

ARTICLE 2
Objects

Section 1. To improve working conditions, create a uniform system of 
shorter hours, higher wages, health care and pensions; to maintain and 
protect the interests of workers under the jurisdiction of this 
International Union.

Section 2. To unite in one organization, regardless of religion, race, 
creed, color, sex, political affiliation or nationality, age, 
disability, marital status or sexual orientation, all employees under 
the  jurisdiction of this International Union.

Section 3. To improve the sanitary and working conditions of employment 
within the workplace and in the accomplishment of these necessary 
reforms, we pledge ourselves to utilize the conference room and joint 
agreements; or if these fail to establish justice for the workers under 
the jurisdiction of this International Union, to advocate and support 
strike action.

Section 4. To educate our membership in the history of the Labor 
Movement and to develop and maintain an intelligent and dignified 
membership; to vote and work for the election of candidates and the 
passage of improved legislation in the interest of all labor. To 
enforce existing laws; to work for the repeal of those which are unjust 
to Labor; to work for legislation on a national scale, having as its 
object the establishment of real social and unemployment insurance, the 
expense of which to be born by the employer and the Government.

Section 5. To engage in legislative, political, educational, civic, 
welfare and other activities which further, directly or indirectly, the 
joint interests of the membership of this organization in the 
improvement of general economic and social conditions in the United 
States of America, Canada, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and 
generally in the nations of the world.

Section 6. (a) To work as an autonomous International Union affiliated 
with the Canadian Labour Congress (CLC) American Federation of Labor 
and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL CIO) together with other 
International Unions, for solidification of the entire Labor Movement; 
provided, however, that the International Executive Board may at any 
time alter the Union's relationship to such bodies in any way it deems 
appropriate. To provide assistance, financial and otherwise, to labor 
and other organizations in the United States, Canada and other parts of 
the world having purpose and objectives similar or related to those 
sought by this organization.

(b) The International Executive Board is authorized to take whatever 
action is required to enable the UAW to mobilize, assist and work with 
other organizations, alone or in combination, toward the objective of 
meeting the urgent problems which confront society and the Labor 
Movement in this 20th Century period of rapid and accelerating 
technological and social change.

(c) The International Union shall seek to affiliate groups of 
employees, whether by agreement or merger. To do so, and better 
accomplish this objective, the International Executive Board is 
authorized to allow necessary deviations from specific provisions of 
this Constitution, provided however, that any such affiliations must be 
ratified not later than the next regular convention.




ARTICLE 3
Constitution

This Constitution as amended at the Las Vegas, Nevada Convention 
convened on June 22, 1998 and as may hereafter be amended, shall be the 
supreme law of the International Union, UNITED AUTOMOBILE, AEROSPACE 
AND AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENT WORKERS OF AMERICA (UAW), and can be amended 
only by a majority vote of the delegates at succeeding regular 
Constitutional or Special Conventions.

 


ARTICLE 4
International Union Headquarters

The headquarters of the International Union shall be Solidarity House, 
8000 East Jefferson Avenue, in the City of Detroit, State of Michigan 
48214.

 
 

ARTICLE 5
Jurisdiction

The International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace and Agricultural 
Implement Workers of America (UAW), shall take in and hold jurisdiction 
over all employees in workplaces engaged in the manufacture of parts 
(including tools, dies, etc.), and the assembly of these parts into 
farm, automobile, automotive propelled products, aerospace and 
agricultural implements, including employees engaged in office work, 
sales, distribution and maintenance thereof. Its jurisdiction shall 
also encompass service, technical, office and/or professional 
workplaces, whether public or private, and others as the International 
Executive Board shall decide. The jurisdiction of this International 
Union shall be full and final. 
 



ARTICLE 6
Membership

Section 1. The International Union shall be composed of workers 
eligible for membership in the International Union, UNITED AUTOMOBILE, 
AEROSPACE AND AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENT WORKERS OF AMERICA (UAW).

Section 2. (a) Any person eligible to become a member of the 
International Union who is not affiliated with any organization whose 
principles and philosophy are contrary to those of this International 
Union as outlined in the Preamble of this Constitution, may apply for 
membership to the Local Union having jurisdiction over the workplace in 
which s/he is employed. The applicant must, at the time of application, 
be an actual worker in and around the workplace. All applicants for 
membership in any Local Union of the International Union shall fill out 
an official application provided by the International Union, answering 
all questions contained in such application, and sign a promise to 
abide by all laws, rules and regulations and the Constitution of the 
International Union. All applications thus received shall be referred 
to the Local Union for consideration and shall be acted upon as soon as 
possible, but not later than sixty (60) days from the date the 
application is received by the Financial Secretary of the Local Union. 

(b) Notwithstanding any other provisions in this Constitution, 
applicants working for unorganized employers, or in those units not yet 
under the jurisdiction of a UAW Local Union may become members of the 
International Union directly by signing an application for membership 
in a form approved by the International Executive Board and by the 
payment of the sum of one dollar ($1.00)  (or such other amount 
determined by the International Executive Board), toward initiation 
fees and dues. Once a Local Union is chartered in, or awarded 
jurisdiction over the unit in which such member is working, s/he shall 
automatically be come a member of that Local Union.


Section 3. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Constitution, 
whenever an International Officer or International Representative is a 
member of a Local Union which is disbanded or goes out of existence, or 
whose charter is revoked, said Officer or International Representative 
may apply for membership in another Local Union in the same region. If 
accepted as a member by membership action of such Local Union, the 
International Officer or International Representative shall be 
considered to have remained in continuous good standing in the 
International Union during the period between the cessation of the 
existence of her/ his original Local Union and her/his acceptance by 
the membership of the new Local Union.


Section 4. Upon acceptance of the application, membership shall date 
from the first day of the month for which dues are paid or dues check-
off is authorized.

Section 5. Applications for membership rejected by the Local Union 
shall not be reconsidered until thirty (30) days have elapsed.

Section 6. Unless waived by the Local Union, or unit of an Amalgamated 
Local, any candidate failing to present her/himself for initiation 
within four (4) weeks after notification of her/his being accepted to 
membership without good and sufficient reason being given, shall 
forfeit all money paid by her/him.

Section 7. The original application signed by each member shall be 
retained by the Local Union for its record and official receipt shall 
be given to each new member for all monies paid. All receipts shall be 
made out in duplicate, the original to be given to the member, the 
duplicate to be retained by the Local Union and made available to the 
International Union upon request. These duplicate receipts may be 
destroyed after a Local Union audit upon written approval of the 
International Secretary-Treasurer.

Section 8. No new member will be recorded at the International Office 
nor will initiation fee or per capita tax he accepted for new members 
until a monthly report is received from the Financial Secretary of the 
Local Union.

Section 9. Any Local Union or International Union Trial Committee 
expelling any member for cause shall notify the International 
Secretary-Treasurer and the latter shall notify all Local Unions of 
this fact forthwith. A person who has been suspended or expelled by any 
Local Union or International Union Trial Committee shall not be 
eligible for membership in any other Local Union until all claims or 
charges against such person have been satisfactorily settled with the 
Local Union or International Union Trial Committee suspending or 
expelling and written notice to this effect furnished the Local Union 
to which such person seeks admission.

Section 10. No member shall be allowed to hold membership in more than 
one (1) Local Union of the International Union at the same time, except 
by permission of the International Executive Board. No member of the 
Union who is fully employed in one (1) workplace under the jurisdiction 
of the UAW shall accept work in any other workplace under the 
jurisdiction of the UAW. Any member violating this Section may be 
subjected to charges of conduct unbecoming a union member.

The above shall not apply in the case of members of a Local Union or 
unit of an Amalgamated Local Union who are conducting an authorized 
strike and have received written approval from the Local Union officers 
to obtain employment elsewhere.

Section 11. No application shall be accepted from the one designated as 
the head of a department, directing company policy or having the 
authority to hire and discharge workers. Members of the Union who are 
promoted to such positions shall be issued a withdrawal card 
immediately by the Local Union in conformity with Article 17 of this 
Constitution. Members promoted to minor positions where they work with 
their co-workers and do not have the power of discipline by hiring or 
discharging employees, may retain their membership in the Local Union 
at the discretion of the Local Union.

Section 12. The names of all applicants for admission about whose 
applications there is the least doubt may be published in the "official 
publication." No applicants whose names have been published shall be 
received into membership until thirty (30) days after the date of such 
publication. However, applications for membership from an unorganized 
or newly organized workplace shall be held in confidence.

Section 13. Any member in good standing who shall have become totally 
incapacitated by accident or illness may, at the discretion of her/his 
Local Union, be granted a gratuitous membership, continuing during 
incapacity. Appropriate cards denoting such membership shall be 
prepared by the International Union and furnished to Local Unions upon 
request and at cost.

Section 14. All members of the Local Union are also members of this 
International Union and subject to the orders, rulings and decisions of 
this International Union and the properly constituted authorities of 
the same.

Section 15. The International Union and the Local Union to which the 
member belongs shall be her/his exclusive representative for the 
purpose of collective bargaining in respect to rates of pay, wages, 
hours of employment or other conditions of employment; and for the 
negotiation and execution of contracts with employers covering all such 
matters, including contracts requiring membership or the continuance of 
membership in the Union as a condition of employment or continued 
employment; and contracts requiring the employer to deduct, collect, or 
assist in collecting from her/his wages any dues, initiation fees, 
reinstatement fees, payable to the International Union or her/his Local 
Union.

Section 16. The International Union and the Local Union to which the 
member belongs, and each of them, are by her/him irrevocably 
designated, authorized and empowered exclusively to appear and act for 
the member and in her/his behalf before any board, court, committee or 
other tribunal in any matter affecting her/his status as an employee or 
as a member of her/his Local Union or the International Union; and 
exclusively to act as the member's agent to represent and bind her/him 
in the presentation, prosecution, adjustment and settlement of all 
grievances, complaints or disputes of any kind or character arising out 
of the employer employee relationship, as fully and to all intents and 
purposes as s/he might or could do if personally present.

Section 17. A member of a Local Union may resign or terminate 
membership only by written communication, signed by the member, to the 
Financial Secretary of the Local Union, and such resignation or 
termination of membership shall be effective upon receipt by the 
Financial Secretary of the Local Union; provided that if the employer 
of such person has been authorized by such person individually or by 
the Collective Bargaining Agreement between the employer and the Local 
Union to check off any amounts from the wages of such person, such 
resignation or termination of membership shall not relieve such person 
from the obligations arising from such check off obligation. (See 
Special Note p. 168.)

Section 18. A member who resigns or terminates her/his membership shall 
have no right or interest in any property of the Local Union or of the 
International Union, including any dues or other financial obligations 
paid by the member in advance of the effective date of such resignation 
or termination.

Section 19. Any member in good standing who is retired, shall be 
entitled to a "retired membership status" which, without being required 
to pay membership dues during the period of such retirement, shall 
entitle her/him to all of the privileges of membership except the right 
to vote in elections conducted pursuant to Article 19, Section 3; 
Article 45, Section 2; and Article 50, Sections 1 and 5. Appropriate 
cards denoting such membership status shall be prepared by the 
International Union and furnished to Local Unions upon request and at 
cost. The regular withdrawal-transfer provisions of this Constitution 
shall be applicable if such retired member returns to active 
employment.

Section 20. Non-members covered by an agency shop clause in a UAW 
contract shall receive all the material benefits to which members are 
entitled but shall not be allowed other membership participation in the 
affairs of the Union. Membership in the Union shall be at all times 
available to such non-members on the same terms and conditions 
applicable to other members.


 

ARTICLE 7
Powers of Administration

Section 1. The International Union shall be governed by its membership 
in the following manner:
(a) The highest tribunal shall be the International Convention composed 
of delegates democratically elected by the membership of Local Unions.
(b) Between Conventions the highest authority shall be the 
International Executive Board. The Board shall hold regular quarterly 
meetings and such special meetings as are required.
(c) Between meetings of the International Executive Board the 
administrative authority of the International Union shall be vested in 
the International President. The International President shall be 
responsible to the International Executive Board for the administration 
of the Union between International Executive Board meetings, according 
to the Constitution, the actions of the International Convention and 
the decisions of the International Executive Board. On all matters of 
major importance s/he shall consult the other International Executive 
Officers. S/He shall report her/his actions to the International 
Executive Board for its approval or rejection.
(d) In the case of the incapacity of the International President, 
her/his powers and duties shall be assumed by an Officer of the 
International Union who shall be selected by the International 
Executive Board.

Section 2. To achieve the objectives and purposes of this organization 
as set forth in this Constitution, the funds of this organization are 
authorized to be managed, invested, expended or used under this Article 
and Constitution not only for the purposes and objectives expressly set 
forth in Article 2 and otherwise in this Constitution, but also for any 
additional purposes and objectives not in consistent therewith as may 
be contained at any time in the resolutions and programs adopted and/or 
ratified by any International Convention or which the International 
Executive Board believes will further the general interest and welfare 
of the membership of this organization or any substantial part thereof.




ARTICLE 8
Conventions

Section 1. The 33rd Constitutional Convention shall be held during the 
month of May, 2002, provided that the date of holding such Convention 
may be advanced or delayed two (2) months upon a resolution to that 
effect adopted by the International Executive Board.

Section 2. The business of the International Convention shall proceed 
in the following order unless otherwise ordered by the Convention:

(1) Call to Order.
(2) Report on Credentials.
(3) Reading of Convention Rules.
(4) Appointing Committees.
(5) Communications and Bills.
(6) Resolutions, etc.
(7) Reports of Committees.
(8) Report of Officers and International Executive Board.
(9) Nomination and Election of Officers and International Trustee.
(10) Unfinished Business.
(11) New Business.
(12) Adjournment.

Section 3. Twenty-five percent (25%) of all of the delegates seated at 
any International Convention shall constitute a quorum. No business 
shall come before or be considered by the Convention at any session 
unless a quorum is present. In the event the Chairperson of the 
Convention is unable to obtain a quorum on the last day of the 
Convention, all unfinished business of the Convention shall be referred 
to the International Executive Board.

Section 4. Special Conventions of the International Union shall be 
called by the International President: (1) When so instructed by a two-
thirds (2/3) vote of the International Executive Board or in the event 
of the failure of the International President to do so, by such other 
Board Members as the Board may designate; (2) by a referendum vote of 
the membership initiated upon the written request of at least fifteen 
(15) Local Unions from five (5) different states or provinces having an 
aggregate membership of not less than twenty per cent (20%) of the 
total membership as reported to the preceding Convention. The Local 
Unions demanding a Special Convention must state the reason or reasons 
why such Convention is desired, the place and date for the Convention 
and the dates for mailing out and returning the ballots. It shall be 
the duty of the International President, or the person designated by 
the International Executive Board, to send out the Call, to state such 
reason or reasons and the place and dates involved in transmitting the 
proposal to Local Unions for a referendum vote. The reasons for and 
against such Convention shall be published and forwarded to all Local 
Unions. Such Convention shall not have authority to consider any matter 
other than that which is specifically stated in the Call to the 
Convention. It shall be mandatory that all Local Unions hold a secret 
vote on the question of calling a Special Convention. All Local Unions 
shall vote their decision on the question involved, through Local Union 
procedure, by secret ballot. Local Union election boards shall tabulate 
the ballots and send the Local Union's vote to the International 
Secretary- Treasurer, who, within thirty (30) days after the setting of 
a deadline of a return date, shall publish the "yes" and "no" vote of 
each Local Union in the "official publication." If a majority of all 
the members voting in all Local Unions is in favor of a Special 
Convention, a Special Convention shall be mandatory. When the 
International Executive Board has directed the calling of a Special 
Convention pursuant to the provisions of (1) the first sentence of this 
Section, the delegates from each Local Union who had been elected to 
the preceding regular Constitutional Convention shall serve as 
delegates to the Special Convention. Each Local Union shall carry the 
same total vote as it carried at such previous regular Constitutional 
Convention. If the purpose, or one of the purposes, of a Special 
Convention is collective bargaining policies, the President (and 
Bargaining/Negotiating Committee Chairperson, if it is a different 
individual), if not delegates under this provision may, by Local Union 
membership action, be made special delegates at such Special Convention 
with the right to be present on the Convention floor with voice but 
without any vote. Under the same circumstances in units of Amalgamated 
Local Unions, with membership in excess of one thousand (1,000), the 
Unit Chairperson may, by unit membership action, be made such a special 
delegate. If there are vacancies in the voting delegation, they shall 
be filled in the following manner:

(a) By alternates where the same were elected to the preceding regular 
Constitutional Convention;

(b) If the number of delegates is insufficient after applying (a), by 
reapportioning the votes of the Local Union among the remaining 
delegates to the extent permitted by Section 7 of this Article;

(c) If the number of delegates is insufficient after applying (a) and 
(b) and the purpose or one of the purposes, of the Special Convention 
is collective bargaining policies, by including any special delegates 
which the Local Union or unit membership may have provided for in 
accordance with this paragraph, with the President of the Local Union 
to precede the Bargaining/Negotiating Committee Chairperson;

(d) If the number of delegates is insufficient after applying (a), (b) 
and (c), by electing additional delegates, these additional delegates 
to be nominated and elected by secret ballot at successive membership 
meetings; the required notices for such nomination and election being 
those set forth in Sections 22, 23 and 24 of this Article.

    This foregoing procedure shall be disregarded in the event of any 
Special Convention directed to be called by referendum vote pursuant to 
(2) of the first sentence of this Section, in which event the vote of 
each Local Union and the election of delegates from each Local Union 
shall be the same as provided for in this Article for regular 
Constitutional Conventions; except that in applying Section 9 of this 
Article to determine the average monthly per capita taxes paid by a 
Local Union, a twenty-four (24) month period concluding with the sixth 
(6th) month prior to the month in which the Special Convention is to 
convene shall be used.

Section 5. Each Local Union shall have one (1) delegate for two hundred 
(200) members or less and one (1) additional delegate for the next 
three hundred (300) members or major fraction thereof, and one (1) 
additional delegate for each additional eight hundred (800) members or 
major fraction thereof, except Amalgamated Local Unions which elect as 
many delegates as they have units who average two hundred (200) dues-
paying members  or more, and that those units who have two hundred 
(200) members or more may elect their own delegates to the Convention 
and those with less than two hundred (200) shall be grouped together 
and vote as a miscellaneous group. In the event the miscellaneous group 
within an Amalgamated 36 Local Union has less than two hundred (200), 
the International Secretary -Treasurer shall allocate such membership 
to some other unit of the Local Union in such a manner as will result 
in the maximum number of delegates.

Section 6. Each unit of an Amalgamated Local Union shall be allotted 
its share of the number of delegates in proportion to the amount of per 
capita tax paid by the unit through the Amalgamated Local Union. Any 
fractions remaining from the units following such allocations shall be 
allotted to the Local Union's Joint Council, where such body exists. 
Delegates representing the total of all fractions shall be elected on 
the basis of one (1) for each eight hundred (800) or major fraction 
thereof. Any member of the Local Union who has qualified may be 
nominated and elected by the Joint Council, provided s/he has not 
accepted nomination in her/his unit. In order to be eligible for 
nomination as a delegate representing a unit of an Amalgamated Local 
Union, s/he must be a member of such unit.

Section 7. Each Local Union shall have one (1) vote for the first one 
hundred (100) members or less and one (1) additional vote for each 
additional one hundred (100) members or major fraction thereof, but no 
delegate shall have more than eight (8) votes. The votes shall be 
equally apportioned among the elected delegates of each Local Union, 
except that an Amalgamated Local Union may apportion its votes in such 
manner as the Local Union decides with no delegate having more than 
eight (8) votes. The total number of votes of the units of an 
Amalgamated Local Union shall not exceed the total votes which the 
Local Union is entitled to under Section 9 of this Article of the 
Constitution.

Section 8. Local Unions may elect alternate delegates if they so 
desire. The number of alternates may be less but not more than the 
number of regular delegates. Local Unions shall determine the manner 
and order in which an alternate will replace a regular delegate and 
shall so advise the Credentials Committee. Regular delegates may be 
replaced only if recalled by their Local Union in the manner they were 
elected or if unable to serve.

Section 9. The number of members in each Local Union, for the purpose 
of this Article, shall be determined by the average number of monthly 
per capita taxes paid by the Local Union to the International Union for 
the period from and including the sixth month preceding that in which 
the last triennial Convention was held to not less than 40 six (6) 
months nor more than seven (7) months prior to the next Convention for 
which representation is to be determined. Per capita from Local Unions 
shall be accepted in the regular manner.

Local Unions or units of Amalgamated Local Unions which have engaged in 
authorized strikes or in lockouts shall have their representation to 
the International Convention determined by having subtracted from the 
base period the months of such authorized strikes or lockouts in which 
the membership of the Local Union or unit of an Amalgamated Local Union 
did not work in the work place forty (40) or more hours.

Section 10. Not less than sixty (60) days previous to the convening of 
the Regular Convention, the International Secretary-Treasurer shall 
issue the Call to the Convention and shall furnish all Local Unions 
with credentials and alternate credential forms in contrasting colors, 
in duplicate, which must be attested as required on the forms. The 
original of each credential and alternate credential shall be retained 
by the delegate or alternate delegate and the duplicate copies shall be 
forwarded to the International Secretary-Treasurer. No credentials 
shall be accepted later than twenty-one (21) days prior to the date for 
the convening of the Convention. In convening Special Conventions, not 
less than thirty (30) days shall be required to issue the Call.

Section 11. No member is eligible to serve as a delegate from her/his 
Local Union unless s/he has been in continuous good standing in this 
International Union for twelve (12) months immediately preceding the 
first day of the month in which the Convention is held and shall also 
have been a member of the Local Union electing her/him for three (3) 
months immediately preceding the first day of the month in which the 
Convention is held. For the purpose of this Section of the 
Constitution, members must pay their dues or secure out-of-work 
receipts in accordance with the provisions of this Constitution.

Section 12. Local Unions in order to be entitled to representation at 
the Convention shall have been affiliated with the International Union 
for at least three (3) months prior to the holding of the Convention. 
New Local Unions shall have paid at least two (2) months' full per 
capita tax prior to the month in which the Convention is to be held. If 
such newly chartered Local Union has been in existence since the 
preceding Convention, it shall be entitled to its full quota of 
delegates based upon the average number of months per capita tax paid 
to the International Union during the period of time since the 
preceding Convention. With respect to newly chartered Local Unions who 
received their charter subsequent to the last Convention, 
representation shall likewise be based upon the per capita tax paid to 
the International Union, averaged over the period of time from the 
preceding Convention. In the case of an Amalgamated Local Union where a 
workplace has been organized for over a year and secures a separate 
charter, it shall not be considered a new Local Union. Members 
representing Local Unions or unit organizations within Amalgamated 
Local Union which have not been in existence for twelve (12) months 
prior to the Convention, shall be exempt from the provisions of Section 
11 of this Article, provided they become members of their Local Union 
or unit organization not later than thirty (30) days after the issuance 
of or acceptance under the charter thereof.

Section 13. Each member of the International Retired Workers Advisory 
Council shall automatically be a delegate to the UAW Constitutional 
Convention with voice and one (1) vote, as provided in Article 55, 
Section 4(f) of this Constitution.

Section 14. International Officers and International Representatives of 
the International Union shall have a voice but no vote in the 
Convention of the International Union unless they are duly accredited 
delegates from Local Unions. Any member who is eligible may be elected 
to office whether or not s/he is a delegate to the International 
Convention.

Section 15. Copies of all resolutions and constitutional amendments to 
be considered by the Convention must be sent to the International 
Secretary-Treasurer not later than three (3) weeks prior to the date 
set for the Convention. These will then be sorted and distributed by 
the International Secretary -Treasurer among the chairpersons of the 
various and proper committees. Protests of delegate elections must be 
received by the International Secretary-Treasurer by whichever of the 
following dates occurs first: (1) Not more than seven (7)days after the 
Local Union delegate election or (2) not less than ten (10) days prior 
to the convening of the Convention. These protests shall be referred to 
the Credentials Committee and the Credentials Committee may waive 
failure to comply with the foregoing time limitation where the 
interests of justice would require.

Section 16. The International Executive Board shall select from the 
credentials of the delegates presented, a Constitution Committee, which 
shall assemble at least two (2) weeks prior to the meeting of the 
Convention at the place designated. It shall be the duty of said 
Committee to take up all recommendations concerning changes or 
additions to the Constitution submitted by the International Officers, 
International Executive Board and Local Unions to act thereon. This 
Committee shall have authority to originate amendments to the 
Constitution.

Section 17. (a) The International Executive Board shall select from the 
credentials of delegates a Credentials Committee, which shall assemble 
at least ten (10) days prior to the meeting of the Convention. The 
Committee shall examine all credentials received at the International 
Office and investigate the standing of the delegates and the Local 
Unions they represent; they shall receive the original credentials of 
the delegates elected to attend the Convention, and be in a position to 
report at the opening of the Convention.

(b) All election protests regarding the election of any delegate to the 
Convention must be filed with the Credentials Committee not more than 7 
days after the Local Union delegate election or not less than 10 days 
prior to the convening of the Convention, whichever occurs first, 
absent a waiver of those limits by the Credentials Committee. The 
protest must be filed by a member of the Local in question, or may be 
raised by any member of the Credentials Committee itself. The protest 
may raise any subject related to the election of the Local's delegates, 
including the conduct of the campaign, or use of union or employer 
assets.

(c) All other election protests of elections held under Article 10 
(International Officers and Regional Director), even though not 
touching the election of an identifiable delegate(s), must also be 
filed with the Credentials Committee, which has exclusive jurisdiction. 
Thus, any protest of the conduct of the campaign for these offices, or 
the alleged use of union or employer funds in the campaign, or of any 
other matter said to affect the election, must be filed with the 
Credentials Committee. Any such protest must be made in writing, as 
soon as possible, even though the Credentials Committee is already in 
session. Such a protest may be made by any UAW member, or the issue may 
be raised directly by any member of the Credentials Committee itself.

(d) If, prior to the holding of an election of delegates, a clear 
violation of the International Constitution or the Local Union's Bylaws 
occurs in the pre-election procedures, the International President 
shall have the authority to order a correction of the violation prior 
to the holding of the election. Such action by the International 
President is subject to appeal to the Credentials Committee.

(e) While the Credentials Committee sits, it has full authority to 
receive such election protests, evaluate them, and report its findings 
and recommendation to the full Convention. The Convention itself is the 
final authority, and so makes the final disposition of all election 
protests, whether presented by the Credentials Committee, or directly 
entertained, by permission of delegates under the Convention Rules, on 
the floor.

(f) If the Credentials Committee should decide that an election in any 
Local Union has been improperly conducted and that delegates elected in 
such election should not be seated, the Credentials Committee may, 
jointly with the International President when s/he is satisfied that 
the necessary Constitutional interpretations have been reasonably 
applied, order the delegate election to be rerun in such Local Union 
prior to the opening of the Convention. This rerun of the initial 
election shall be supervised by a Sub-Committee of the Credentials 
Committee. All notices and other time limitations provided for in this 
Constitution shall be automatically waived for any such rerun election, 
provided that every effort shall be made to give the maximum notices 
permitted by the circumstances.

(g) If the Convention approves the Credentials Committee's report and 
recommendation on the initial election, the delegates elected in the 
rerun shall be seated if confirmed by the Credentials Committee and 
Convention. If the Convention should reverse the Credentials Committee 
and approve the initial election, the delegates elected in such initial 
election shall he seated and the International Union shall reimburse 
the Local Union for the cost of rerunning the election.

Section 18. The International Executive Board shall select from the 
credentials of delegates to each International Convention a Resolutions 
Committee of not less than seven (7) members, which shall assemble at 
least ten (10) days prior to the convening of the Convention. It shall 
be the duty of the said Committee to consider such resolutions as may 
be properly referred to it under this Constitution. This Committee 
shall have authority to originate resolutions to be presented at the 
Convention.

Section 19. The International Executive Board shall select from the 
credentials of delegates to each International Convention, the several 
other committees necessary to successfully promote and execute the 
efficient operation of the Convention. Such committees shall convene 
not later than two(2) days prior to the opening of the Convention.

Section 20. All Convention Committees shall have an odd number of, and 
not more than thirteen(13) members.

Section 21. Following the issuance of the Convention Call by the 
International Secretary-Treasurer, each Local Union shall issue a Call 
for the nomination of its delegates to the Convention. In the absence 
of a democratically elected standing Election Committee (Article 38, 
Section 10), an Election Committee shall be nominated and elected by 
the Local Union at a regular or a specially called meeting for that 
purpose of which at least seven(7) days' notice shall be given. The 
Election Committee shall handle all the details insofar as they relate 
to the procedure of the election, and adopt such safeguards as are 
necessary to insure a fair election.

Section 22. The nomination of delegates to the Convention may occur at 
the meeting at which the Election Committee is elected or at a later 
date, but in either case at least seven (7) days' notice shall be 
given. After the deadline on accepting nominations has expired, no 
election of so-called "sticker" or "write-in" candidates shall be 
considered legal. A list of nominees shall be available to the 
membership. Candidates shall not serve on the Election Committee or as 
challengers or observers.

Section 23. Delegates to the International Convention shall be elected 
by secret ballot of the Local Union of which they are members and in no 
case shall be appointed.

Section 24. At least seven (7) days shall elapse between the time of 
nomination of delegates and the date the election shall take place. All 
members shall be duly notified, at least fifteen (15) days in advance, 
of the time and place of said election and the hours the polls will be 
open. Polling places must be open a sufficient number of hours on one 
(1) or more days to allow all members of the Local Union an opportunity 
to cast their ballots. Each member shall personally cast her/his vote 
at the polls.

  Section 25. Local Union action to instruct a delegate does not serve 
to commit or bind the delegate on any issue s/he may vote on at the 
Convention.




ARTICLE 9
Political Requirements of Union Officials

International Officers, International Board Members, International 
Representatives and Local Union Officers shall, from the date of taking 
office, be required to register and vote in elections for civil 
officers in the area in which their homes are located, provided they 
are eligible under the laws of the area and that it is a physical 
possibility for them to do so. Violation of this Section shall subject 
the person charged to discipline, in pursuance of the procedure 
provided for in this Constitution.


 

ARTICLE 10
Officers and Elections

Section 1. The elective officers of the International Union shall be 
one (1) International President, one (1) International Secretary-
Treasurer, five(5) International Vice Presidents, who shall be elected 
by the Convention, and such International Executive Board Members as 
provided in Section 21 of this Article. The duties of the Vice 
Presidents shall be to assist the International President.

Section 2. Within the geographical districts as determined by the 
International Constitution, the International Executive Board Members 
shall be nominated and elected in the regions as established by the 
International Executive Board and existing on the actual day any such 
election commences. Only the delegates from the Local Unions in such 
regions shall nominate and vote for their International Board Members. 
Any member in continuous good standing for one (1) year, and who has 
worked at least ninety (90) working days in a workplace(s) located 
within the region, whose Local Union is located within the region can 
be nominated and elected. It shall require a two-thirds(2/3) vote of 
the International Executive Board to change the composition of any 
region within a geographical district.

Section 3. The term of office of all elective officers shall be for the 
period up to the next Convention and the term of office shall begin 
immediately upon installation. The term of office of the Trustees shall 
be as provided for in Article 51.

Section 4. Nomination and election of all elective officers and 
Trustees shall take place in the regular order of business of the 
Convention and election shall be determined by a majority vote of the 
delegates voting. Candidates shall be elected to various offices by one 
(1) roll-call vote. In the election of the Vice Presidents each 
delegate may vote for five (5) candidates. If there are eight(8) or 
more nominees for the rive (5) offices and less than five (5) 
candidates receive a majority vote, the candidate receiving the lowest 
number of votes shall be eliminated from the run-off election, and in 
each successive run-off election the candidate receiving the lowest 
number of votes shall be eliminated, unless such elimination would 
result in reducing the number of candidates in nomination to a figure 
equal to the remaining vacancy or vacancies.

Section 5. All elections of International Officers and International 
Executive Board Members shall be by roll-call vote. In any election for 
International President, International Secretary-Treasurer, 
International Executive Board Member, or International Trustee where 
there are three(3) or more candidates and, on the first ballot no such 
candidate receives a majority, there shall be a run off between the two 
(2) candidates who received the highest number of votes on the first 
ballot.

Section 6. No member shall be nominated or elected as an elective 
officer of the International Union, as set forth in Section I of this 
Article, who has not been in continuous good standing for a period of 
one (1) year preceding the date of nomination.

Section 7. No member of any Local Union shall be eligible to hold any 
elective or appointive position in this International Union or any 
Local Union in this International Union if s/he is a member of or 
subservient to any political organization, such as the Communist, 
Fascist or Nazi Organization which owes its allegiance to any 
government other than the United States or Canada, directly or 
indirectly.

Section 8. No member of any Local Union shall be eligible to hold any 
elective or appointive position in the International Union, or any 
Local Union, if s/he is affirmatively-natively engaged in the 
promotion, implementation, furtherance, or support of organized 
workplace rackets, such as numbers, book making, etc.

Section 9. The acceptance of an elective or appointive office or 
position or of nomination to an elective office or position by any 
member who is ineligible under Sections 7 or 8 of this Article, is an 
offense against the Union punishable by a penalty up to and including 
expulsion.

Section 10. When a charge is preferred that a member is violating 
Section 9 of this Article, it shall he made and the accused member 
shall be tried according to the appropriate provisions of Articles 30 
and 31. Resignation from an elective office or appointive position, or 
withdrawal of candidacy by any member charged with violation of Section 
9 shall not require the dismissal of such charges.

Section 11. Upon conviction of a member by a Trial Committee of a Local 
Union or by an International Union Trial Committee of violation of 
Section 9 of this Article, any elective or appointive office or 
position then held by such member shall be automatically vacated 
regardless of any other penalty imposed.

Section 12. No member of any Local Union shall be eligible to hold or 
seek any elective or appointive position in the International Union, or 
in any Local Union, if s/he affirmatively engaged in: the promotion, 
implementation, furtherance or support of any other union or collective 
bargaining group with the purpose or intent of supplanting the 
International Union, or any subordinate body thereof, as the recognized 
collective bargaining agent; in efforts to decertify the International 
Union or any subordinate body thereof as the recognized collective 
bargaining agent; or aiding or abetting an employer or another Union to 
thwart organizing efforts by the UAW to become the bargaining agent. 
If, upon investigation by the International Union, it should appear by 
convincing evidence that any member is in violation of this Section, 
the International President, or the Inter national Executive Board, may 
summarily suspend that member from any office or position, or the right 
to seek such office or position. Said suspended member shall be 
promptly notified and, within thirty (30) days of such notification, 
may appeal the suspension, in which case the member's appeal shall be 
processed in the same manner as appeals to the International Executive 
Board from decisions of subordinate bodies under Article 33 of this 
Constitution; provided that the suspension shall automatically be 
lifted unless the International Executive Board has rendered its 
decision within one hundred twenty (120) days of the day the appealing 
member commences an appeal.

If the suspended member fails to appeal from the suspension within the 
thirty (30) days allowed, or if the International Executive Board upon 
review upholds the suspension by a two-thirds(2/3) vote, the member 
shall be considered removed from any office or position s/he may have 
held, as well as from the privilege of seeking election or appointment 
to any office or position, and the member shall not thereafter be 
eligible to hold any office or position unless and until the removal 
has been lifted by a two-thirds (2/3) vote of the International 
Executive Board. Any member so suspended, who has taken an appeal to 
the International Executive Board without having the suspension lifted, 
may appeal the suspension either to the Public Review Board or the 
Convention Appeals Committee as provided for in Article 33 of this 
Constitution. The procedure provided in this Section shall be in 
addition to, and exclusive of any other action which may be taken 
against such member.

Section 13. No member removed from office or position by reason of a 
conviction of any offense enumerated in Section 17 of Article 31 by a 
Local Union Trial Committee, shall be restored to office or position by 
reason of a reversal of such conviction by the body, which elected the 
Trial Committee, until after the lapse of sixty (60) days following 
such reversal, without a review having been ordered by the 
International Executive Board.

Section 14. Whenever any member removed from elective office or 
position by reason of having been convicted of an offense shall have 
taken an appeal under Article 33, and whenever a review of any such 
conviction shall have been ordered by the International Executive Board 
under Section 18 of Article 31, the vacancy in office or position may 
be filled according to the applicable provisions of Section 14 of 
Article 38 or Section 15 of this Article, but any successor in such 
office or position shall hold the office or position subject to the 
right of restoration of the removed officer upon reversal of her/his 
conviction, subject to Section 13 of this Article.

Section 15. No member shall be entitled as a matter of right to 
restoration to any appointive position by reason of acquittal or 
reversal of a conviction.

Section 16. Incoming elective officers of the International Union shall 
be obligated and installed immediately after being elected. The 
obligation shall be the same as that provided for Local Union 22 
officers.

Section 17. In the event of the death, removal or resignation of the 
International President, International Secretary-Treasurer, or any of 
the International Vice Presidents, the officer shall be replaced by 
majority vote of all members of the International Executive Board by a 
member eligible to be a candidate in accordance with Section 6 of this 
Article.

In the event of the death, removal or resignation of an International 
Trustee, the International Executive Board shall elect a replacement to 
serve until the next regular Constitutional Convention.

Section 18. In the event a vacancy occurs on the International 
Executive Board because of the death, removal, promotion of a member or 
other cause, the International Executive Board shall, within thirty 
(30) days, call a special regional convention for the region which the 
International Executive Board Member represented. Such vacancy shall be 
filled by a member elected by the delegates from the Local Unions in 
the region. In the event of such vacancy occurring within sixty (60) 
days before a regular Constitutional Convention, no election shall take 
place and the office shall remain vacant. In any such special regional 
convention, the delegates from each Local Union who had been elected to 
the preceding regular Constitutional Convention shall serve as 
delegates to the Special Convention. Each Local Union shall carry the 
same total vote as it carried at such previous regular Constitutional 
Convention.

If there are vacancies in the voting delegation, they shall be filled 
in the following manner:
(a) By alternates where the same were elected to the preceding 
Constitutional Convention;
(b) If the number of delegates is insufficient after applying (a), by 
reapportioning the votes of the Local Union among the remaining 
delegates to the extent permitted by Section 7 of Article 8;
(c) If the number of delegates is insufficient after applying (a) and 
(b), by electing additional delegates, these additional delegates to be 
nominated and elected by secret ballot at successive membership 
meetings; the required notices for such nomination and election being 
those set forth in Sections 22 and 24 of Article 8. 

Section 19. The International Executive Board shall consist of the 
International Executive Board Members elected from the regions together 
with the International President, International Secretary Treasurer and 
the International Vice Presidents.

Section 20. Voting strength of International Executive Board Members:

(a) Questions coming before the International Executive Board may be 
decided by unit vote of its members, but any member may demand a roll-
call vote on any question.

(b) Each member of the International Executive Board shall have one(1) 
vote for each one thousand (1,000) members or major fraction thereof 
represented by the member in her/his region.

(c) Voting strength of each region shall be computed on the basis of 
average monthly per capita tax payments from each respective region 
through the period of twelve(12) months commencing thirteen (13) months 
preceding each quarterly meeting of the International Executive Board. 
The voting strength of Executive Board Members at special Executive 
Board Meetings shall be on the basis as at the preceding regular 
Executive Board Meeting.

(d)The International President, International Secretary-Treasurer and 
the International Vice Presidents, shall each carry the same number of 
votes, which shall be equal to the average of the votes cast by the 
remaining members of the International Executive Board.

(e) Members of the International Executive Board may cast their votes 
by proxy.

Section 21. The geographical districts and the number of International 
Executive Board Members for each district of the International Union in 
the United States and Canada shall be as listed below.

1. Michigan, Canada 4
2. Ohio, West Virginia (excluding Berkeley County), and those parts of 
Pennsylvania west of and including the counties of McKean, Cameron, 
Cambria and Somerset 2
3. Indiana, Kentucky 1
4. Illinois, Iowa, Nebraska, Wisconsin, Minnesota, North Dakota, South 
Dakota,Wyoming and Montana 1
5. Missouri, Arkansas, Louisiana, Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, Colorado, 
New Mexico, Washington, Oregon, California, Idaho, Nevada, Utah, 
Arizona, Alaska and Hawaii 1
8. Tennessee, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Mississippi, 
Alabama, Georgia, Florida, the District of Columbia, Maryland, 
Delaware, the following counties of Pennsylvania: Franklin, Cumberland, 
Adams, York; and in West Virginia, Berkeley County 1
9. New York, New Jersey, Rhode Island, Connecticut, Massachusetts, 
Vermont, New Hampshire, Maine and those parts of Pennsylvania east of 
and including the counties of Potter, Clinton, Center, Blair, 
Clearfield and Bedford, but excluding the counties of Franklin, 
Cumberland, Adams and York 2

When an Executive Board Member vacancy occurs in any region, for any 
reason, and the International Executive Board determines that 
conditions and factors exist comparable to those which necessitated the 
decisions in 1984 to combine the regions in the Detroit Area and in 
1990 to combine the regions in the Ohio district (that is, Ohio, West 
Virginia, and those parts of Pennsylvania west of and including the 
counties of McKean, Cameron, Cambria and Somerset), and further, 
determines that it is in the overall best interest of the Union, then 
the region will be combined with one(1) of the other contiguous 
regions. The remaining Executive Board Member will have jurisdiction 
over the combined regions.




ARTICLE 11
Salaries

Section 1. The International President, International Secretary-
Treasurer, International Vice Presidents and International Executive 
Board Members, shall receive a further three percent(3%) increase in 
base salary effective February 1, 1999. In addition, the salaries may 
be adjusted quarterly in accordance with changes in the cost of living 
based on the current formula as developed by the International 
Executive Board.

Section 2. International Representatives shall receive a further three 
percent (3%) increase in 25 base salary effective February 1, 1999. In 
addition, the salaries may be adjusted quarterly in accordance with 
changes in the cost of living based on the current formula as developed 
by the International Executive Board.

Section 3. The salaries of the International President, International 
Secretary-Treasurer, International Vice Presidents and International 
Executive Board Members in full for services rendered by each of said 
officers shall be the following sums:

International President, one hundred and twelve thousand, four hundred 
twenty-eight dollars and ninety seven cents ($112,428.97) per annum.

International Secretary-Treasurer, one hundred and three thousand, two 
hundred fifty-nine dollars and eighty-two cents ($103,259.82) per 
annum.

International Vice Presidents, ninety-nine thousand, six hundred and 
seventy-eight dollars and ten cents ($99,678.10) per annum.

International Executive Board Members, ninety thousand, five hundred 
and eight dollars and ninety-three cents ($90,508.93) per annum.

Salaries shall be payable in biweekly installments.

Section 4. The International President, International Secretary-
Treasurer, International Vice Presidents and International Executive 
Board Members shall devote their full time to their duties and shall 
not serve as an officer of a Local Union, District Council or any other 
subordinate body, except UAW-CAP Councils, beyond ninety(90) days after 
being elected as an International Officer.

Section 5. An International Executive Board Member shall serve under 
the general direction of the International President, subject to the 
decisions of the International Executive Board.

Section 6. International Executive Board Members and International 
Representatives shall receive such expenses and allowances, including 
per them allowances, as the International Executive Board shall from 
time to time by resolution determine to be necessary and appropriate to 
the discharge of their obligations to the Union.

Section 7. The International Executive Board shall from time to time by 
resolution determine the salary, expenses and allowances to be paid any 
member, including a temporary organizer, performing services for the 
International Union at its request; provided that such salary, expenses 
and allowances shall not exceed those prevailing for International 
Representatives except to the extent that such member's lost time would 
exceed the salary of an International Representative.

Section 8. The full salary for International Representatives shall be 
seventy-two thousand, eight hundred and seventy-seven dollars and 
twenty-seven cents ($72,877.27) per annum. The initial salary for a 
newly appointed International Representative shall be fifteen hundred 
dollars ($1,500.00) less than the classification rate for her/his 
assignment and shall be increased in six(6) equal increments, so that 
at the end of forty-eight (48) weeks s/he shall be receiving the full 
salary for her/his classification. The International Executive Board 
shall determine the salaries of International Representatives acting as 
professional specialists, key personnel and major and minor department 
heads. Salaries shall be payable in biweekly installments.

Section 9. The International President, International Secretary-
Treasurer, International Vice Presidents and International Executive 
Board Members shall, on their first election, be entitled to traveling 
expenses for themselves and families and the moving of household goods 
from their home to their assigned location and also on return at the 
close of their official terms.

Section 10. International Officers, International Executive Board 
Members and International Representatives shall receive, in addition to 
their salaries, such fringe benefits as pensions, severance pay, 
medical-surgical health insurance, sickness and accident insurance, 
life insurance, vacations, Supplemental Unemployment Benefits, etc., in 
such amounts any under such conditions as the International Executive 
Board shall from time to time by resolution determine to be necessary 
and appropriate.

Section 11. No person in the International Union who holds a paid full-
time job in the Union shall hold any other paid position in the Union 
at the same time.

Section 12. The International Executive Board shall from time to time 
by resolution establish salaries, expenses, allowances and fringe 
benefits for clerical, custodial, maintenance and similar employees of 
the International Union.

Section 13. Upon completion of contract negotiations with the Staff 
Council of UAW International Representatives, the International 
Executive Board, by resolution, shall make appropriate wage adjustments 
for members of that bargaining unit. Further, the International 
Executive Board shall make wage adjustments for other employees not 
represented by the Staff Council (for example, Officers, International 
Executive Board Members, technical and other employees) consistent with 
the changes made in the UAW-Staff Council Agreement.




Article 12
Duties of the International Executive Board 

Section 1. The International Executive Board shall execute the 
instructions of the International Convention and shall be the highest 
authority of the International Union between Conventions, subject to 
the provisions of this Constitution, and shall have the power to 
authorize strikes, issue charters, and punish all subordinate bodies 
for violation of this Constitution.

Section 2. In case of disputes or conditions within a subordinate body 
that might threaten its existence, the International Executive Board by 
majority vote, may reorganize the subordinate body by ordering a 
special election to be held within thirty (30) days after the members 
in good standing are notified by mail. Under no circumstances shall 
more than one (1) such special election be held within a year's period 
in any one (1) subordinate body. Under this provision, the elected 
officers of the subordinate body shall continue to hold office until 
the election and may run for re-election. The International Executive 
Board may have two (2) representatives to work with the elected Local 
Union Election Committee. The procedures of this Section shall be 
equally applicable to units of Amalgamated Local Unions.

Section 3. Where necessary to:
(a) prevent or correct corruption or financial malpractice;
(b) assure the performance of collective bargaining agreements or other 
duties as a bargaining representative;
(c) restore democratic procedures within any chartered subordinate 
body; or,
(d) otherwise assure carrying out the legitimate objectives of this 
International Union by such subordinate body,
the International Executive Board by a two-thirds (2/3) vote of the 
entire Executive Board may, after a hearing, reorganize or disband the 
chartered subordinate body, revoke the charter, suspend any officer or 
officers from office and/or take over supervision of the chartered 
subordinate body until its affairs have been properly adjusted. In such 
event, the Board shall designate one of its members as administrator 
who shall have full authority over and supervision of all functions of 
the Local Union and may suspend any or all officers and officials of 
the Local Union and take over their functions either as directed by the 
Board or in her/his own discretion where s/he believes it necessary to 
accomplish the purposes of the administratorship. The administrator may 
utilize such staff assistants as s/he deems advisable to assist in 
supervising the affairs of the Local Union.

In any case of suspension of officers, an election of new officers 
shall take place within sixty (60) days from date of order whereupon 
the subordinate body shall be returned its autonomy under this 
Constitution; unless circumstances which necessitate an extension of 
time, in which event the Executive Board during said administratorship 
may specifically extend this period for a total of no more than one 
hundred twenty (120) additional days. The conduct of all elections 
during an administratorship shall be the responsibility of the 
administrator.

The procedures of this Section shall be equally applicable to units of 
Amalgamated Local Unions insofar as appropriate.

Section 4. In case of vacancy, the Board shall cause such vacancy to be 
filled until the next Convention, in accordance with Article 10.

Section 5. It shall repeal any bylaws of any subordinate body which do 
not conform to this Constitution.

Section 6. It shall review and decide, between Conventions, all 
questions involving interpretation of this Constitution when any member 
or subordinate body wishes to appeal, or the Board on its own 
initiative wishes to consider the decision on any such question made 
(pursuant to Article 13, Section 8) by the International President.

Section 7. It shall pass upon all claims, grievances and appeals from 
the decisions of subordinate bodies of the International Union, in the 
manner provided by this Constitution.

Section 8. It shall transmit a report of the activities of the 
International Union and a summary and explanation of the actions of the 
International  Executive Board relating to International finances to 
each Local Union of this International Union.

Section 9. If any elective officer is found guilty and removed from 
office through trial procedure, the vacancy shall be filled in 
accordance with this Constitution.

Section 10. Upon written request of three (3) members of the 
International Executive Board, the International Secretary-Treasurer, 
within forty eight (48) hours of receipt of such a request shall poll 
the International Executive Board on the question of a Special Board 
Meeting. Upon a majority vote for such a meeting, the President shall 
convene the Board within five (5) days. In case the International 
President fails to convene the Board within the time allotted, the 
International Secretary-Treasurer or a Board Member previously 
designated by the Board shall convene the Board.

Section 11. Two-thirds (2/3) of the number of members comprising the 
International Executive Board present in person shall constitute a 
quorum of the International Executive Board. Notwithstanding the 
foregoing, when the International President calls a special meeting of 
the International Executive Board because s/he believes action under 
Sections 2 and 3 of this Article, or Sections 9 and 10 of Article 36, 
to be essential with regard to a specific dispute in any area with the 
objective of protecting the interests of a subordinate body, or any 
part of the membership thereof, and less than the regular quorum 
answers such call, those members answering the call may act within the 
limited area described above provided they constitute a special quorum. 
Such special quorum shall in any event consist of not less than eight 
(8) members of said International Executive Board, present in person, 
which must include at least two (2) International Officers and at least 
four (4) Board Members. Any such Special Board Meeting operating on the 
basis of such a special quorum shall be empowered to conduct any 
hearing and by a seventy-five per cent (75%) vote of its members, take 
any action, make any decision, or impose any penalty concerning said 
specific dispute which the full International Executive Board could 
take pursuant to any of the above noted applicable provisions of this 
Constitution which shall be binding until the last day of the next 
succeeding regular meeting of the International Executive Board. All 
proceedings of such Special Board Meeting shall be reported to the next 
regular meeting of the International Executive Board, and any member or 
subordinate body feeling aggrieved by any such action, decision or 
penalty of such Special Board Meeting may file a protest with the 
International Executive Board and shall have the right to be heard in 
person by such International Executive Board upon request. Whether or 
not any protest is taken, the International Executive Board shall 
review the action, decision or penalty taken or imposed by the Special 
Board Meeting and shall, if satisfied as to its propriety, affirm such 
action, decision or penalty. Any member or subordinate body feeling 
aggrieved by such decision of the full International Executive Board 
shall have the normal right of appeal therefrom pursuant to Article 33, 
Section 3, even though the member or subordinate body did not avail 
her/himself to the right hereinabove to file a protest from the action, 
decision, or penalty of the Special Board Meeting to the full 
International Executive Board.

Section 12. Only a majority of the International Executive Board can 
adjourn a Board Meeting.

Section 13. The International Executive Board shall set up such 
departments as provided for in this Constitution. It may, if voted by a 
two-thirds (2/3) vote, create additional departments for promoting the 
business of this International Union or the welfare of its membership. 
It may hire professional specialists not members of the International 
Union for such departments if they are not available within the 
membership.

Section 14. If and when a strike has been approved by the International 
Executive Board, it shall be the duty of the International Executive 
Board to render all financial assistance to the members on strike 
consistent with the resources and responsibilities of the International 
Union.

Section 15. Financial Officers (including Presidents) of the Local 
Unions of this International Union shall be bonded by such methods and 
agencies and in such amounts as the International Executive Board may 
determine, but in no case shall the bond be for less than the amount 
required by law.

Section 16. The International Executive Board shall have power to 
adjust disputes between employers and employees and to make contracts 
with employers in accordance with this Constitution. In addition, the 
International Executive Board shall have power to adjust jurisdictional 
disputes between Local Unions.

Section 17. Where the International Executive Board has established a 
satisfactory administrative arm for the handling of members' appeals 
relating to the processing of collective bargaining grievances, a 
decision by such administrative arm may be appealed to the 
International Executive Board by the procedures set forth in Article 
33, Section 3.

Section 18. The International Executive Board may rescind, reverse or 
repeal any action of any of the International Officers or 
Representatives.

Section 19. Verbatim minutes shall be taken at all meetings of the 
International Executive Board (except when the Board, by a seven-
eighths (7/8) vote of those present, decides that the best interests of 
the Union would be served by an informal discussion of the membership 
of the Board in session as a committee of the whole, in which event the 
Board shall confine itself to discussion but shall take no formal 
action, and no minutes shall be taken). Such minutes shall be 
transcribed immediately and copies thereof shall be distributed to all 
elected officers of the International Union as soon as completed. Such 
copies shall be made available to any interested member in good 
standing for inspection at the offices of the International Secretary-
Treasurer and of each International Executive Board Member. In 
addition, the Secretary-Treasurer shall prepare a summary of official 
International Executive Board action after each International Executive 
Board Meeting, which shall be sent to each Local Union.

Section 20. The International Executive Board shall create and operate 
a Political Action Committee to be known as UAW Voluntary Community 
Action Program Committee (UAW V-CAP). This Committee shall be 
authorized to make policy decisions concerning expenditures and 
contributions involving federal elections and to make expenditures and 
contributions from a fund established by voluntary contributions from 
UAW members, their families and friends. Once each year a summary 
report of income and disbursements in federal elections by category 
shall be made.




ARTICLE 13
DUTIES OF INTERNATIONAL OFFICERS

International President

Section 1. The International President shall preside at all sessions of 
the International Convention and all sessions of the International 
Executive Board. The International President shall perform such other 
duties as are necessary to protect and advance the interests of the 
International Union, and shall report her/his activities to all Local 
Unions and the general membership through the official publication. The 
International President shall report her/his activities to the 
quarterly meeting of the International Executive Board for approval or 
rejection and to the International Convention.

Section 2. Between sessions of the International Executive Board, the 
International President shall execute the instructions of the 
International Executive Board and have full authority to direct the 
working of this organization within the provisions of this Constitution 
and shall report her/his acts to the regular quarterly meeting of the 
International Executive Board.

Section 3. As set forth in this Constitution or voted by the 
International Executive Board, the International President shall assign 
any elected officer to represent or direct the workings of this 
International Union.

Section 4. The International President shall have power to withdraw any 
field assignment made to any elected officer when s/he becomes 
convinced that the officer has been derelict in her/his duty or been 
guilty of a dishonest act. Such withdrawal of assignment shall not act 
to suspend the vote or pay of such an officer, which power lies only in 
the International Executive Board as provided in this Constitution. Any 
officer whose assignment is withdrawn may follow the procedure outlined 
in Article 12, Section 10, to convene the International Executive 
Board. If the International Executive Board reaffirms the original 
assignment, then the President shall not again suspend this assignment.

Section 5. The International President shall appoint such 
Representatives as s/he may deem necessary from time to time such 
appointments to be pending the approval of the International Executive 
Board. The International President may remove from the payroll any 
Representative derelict in the performance of any duty, guilty of any 
dishonest act, or to conserve the finances of this International Union, 
pending the approval of the International Executive Board at its next 
session.

Section 6. After submitting recommendations to the International 
Executive Board, the International President shall hire such legal, 
technical or professional help as is necessary to efficiently operate 
such departments of this International Union, except in the department 
of the International Secretary-Treasurer.

Section 7. The International President shall fill by appointment all 
vacancies occurring in the International Office Staff, except in the 
department of the International Secretary-Treasurer as otherwise 
provided for in this Constitution.

Section 8. The International President shall decide disputes or 
questions in controversy, including all questions involving 
interpretation of this Constitution, except such cases as follow the 
procedure and conditions as outlined in this Constitution; all her/his 
decisions being subject to appeal, first to the International Executive 
Board and then to the Convention. Notice in writing of appeal of any 
decision of the International President must be filed with the 
International Secretary -Treasurer and the International President 
within thirty (30) days from date of decision.

Section 9. International President shall have authority to call special 
meetings of Councils or Local Unions whenever s/he deems such meetings 
necessary to protect the interests of its membership, after proper 
notification or consultation with officers of subordinate bodies 
involved. The International President shall have the authority to 
delegate such duties to any International Officer or Representative 
s/he may name, provided such delegation of authority is written, signed 
by the International President and bears the seal of the International 
Union.

Section 10. The International President shall convene regular and 
special sessions of the International Executive Board whenever 
necessary.

Section 11. The International President shall be empowered to grant 
Local Unions or units dispensations relating to initiation fees, per 
capita tax and/or Strike Insurance Fund dues, to the International 
Union with the approval of the International Executive Board, when in 
the International Presidents judgement such dispensations will add to 
the growth of or conserve the interests of this International Union.

Section 12. The International President shall devote all her/his time 
to the affairs of this International Union, executing the instructions 
of the International Executive Board and exercising general supervision 
over all departments of this International Union.

Section 13. During the International President's term of office s/he 
shall establish her/his residence in the metropolitan area of the city 
where the headquarters of this International Union is established.

International Secretary-Treasurer

Section 14. The International Secretary-Treasurer shall attend all 
sessions of the International Convention and of the International 
Executive Board. The International Secretary-Treasurer shall cause to 
be recorded the proceedings of the International Convention and 
meetings of the International Executive Board. The International 
Secretary-Treasurer shall have charge of and preserve all books, 
documents and effects of the International Office, except such records 
as properly belong to the Office of the International President. The 
International Secretary-Treasurer shall issue receipts for monies paid 
to the International Union, pay all bills and current expenses, unless 
otherwise ordered by the International Executive Board. All 
expenditures shall be paid by checks countersigned by the International 
President when the latter is satisfied of their correctness. The 
International Secretary-Treasurer shall keep copies of all important 
correspondence sent out and received by her/his office. S/He shall 
submit expenses of each officer and employee, together with a detailed 
statement of receipts and disbursements of all money belonging to the 
International Union, to the International Executive Board and the 
International Trustees.

Section 15. The International Secretary-Treasurer shall be the 
custodian of the funds of this International Union. S/He shall deposit 
sufficient funds of the International Union in some responsible bank or 
banks to meet current obligations of the International Union and shall 
invest the remainder of the funds under procedures and standards 
determined from time to time by resolution of the International 
Executive Board.

Section 16. The seal of the International Union shall bear the 
following words: "International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace and 
Agricultural Implement Workers of America (UAW)." The seal of this 
International Union shall bear the design representing the Automobile, 
Aerospace and Agricultural Implement divisions of this International 
Union. The International Executive Board shall be authorized to adopt a 
seal appropriate with the above provisions. The seal of the 
International Union shall be held by the International Secretary 
Treasurer in trust for the use of the membership in their organization 
affairs; and s/he shall prosecute any and all proceedings proper to 
prevent the wrongful use of or imitation of the seal or of the name 
"International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace and Agricultural 
Implement Workers of America (UAW)." The International Secretary 
Treasurer shall also take such measures as may be necessary to register 
or copyright the seal, and the International name, the label, insignia 
and any other property of the International Union that s/he may 
consider necessary to copyright or register.

Section 17. The International Secretary-Treasurer shall give a bond, 
amount of which shall be determined by the International Executive 
Board and paid for by the International Union to insure faithful 
discharge of her/his duties.

Section 18. The International Secretary-Treasurer shall perform such 
other duties as are herein provided for in this Constitution or may be 
assigned to the International Secretary-Treasurer by the International 
Executive Board.

Section 19. When a Local Union has failed to report and pay the per 
capita tax as provided for herein, the International Secretary-
Treasurer shall notify the Local Union President and Board of Trustees 
of that fact.

Section 20. The International Secretary-Treasurer shall keep a complete 
record of the membership of the International Union.

Section 21. The International Secretary-Treasurer shall, with the 
consent of the International Executive Board, employ such assistants as 
may be necessary to conduct the affairs of her/ his office.

Section 22. The International Secretary-Treasurer shall issue a 
standard "Work Permit" card which shall be furnished to Local Unions at 
cost. Such work permit shall be canceled or renewed thirty (30) days 
following the date contained thereon. The charge for each work permit 
or renewal by the Local Union shall be not less than the amount of the 
monthly dues set by the Local Union, one-half (1/2) of which shall be 
paid to the International Union. It shall be left to the discretion of 
the Local Union to determine the duration of the period for which work 
permits are issued. In no case, however, shall work permits be issued 
to any worker for a period of more than three (3) consecutive months.

International Executive Board Members

Section 23. An International Executive Board Member shall have direct 
supervision over all organizational activities within the region from 
which s/he is elected. In case a geographical district has more than 
one Regional Board Member, the Board Member's activity shall be 
confined within a definite area within her/his region, which area shall 
be clearly defined by the International Executive Board.

Section 24. The International Executive Board member's field of 
activity shall be limited to work places within her/his region unless 
directed to other activities at the direction of the International 
Executive Board or the International President.

Section 25. The International Executive Board Member shall examine all 
contracts negotiated within her/his region before they are signed and 
submit them to the International Executive Board with her/his 
recommendation, negotiate disputes with the bargaining committees 
wherever possible, act to obtain favorable legislation for labor and 
work for the general welfare of the membership.

Section 26. Where district councils are established within her/his 
region, the International Executive Board Member shall attend their 
meetings when possible and work in cooperation with such councils. The 
International Executive Board Member shall submit quarterly reports of 
organizational activity within her/his region to the International 
President and also to the International Executive Board fifteen (15) 
days prior to the convening of the quarterly meeting of the 
International Executive Board for its approval.


 

ARTICLE 14
International Representatives

Section 1. International Representatives' or temporary organizers 
commissions must be approved and signed by the International President 
and shall be countersigned by the International Secretary-Treasurer and 
be subject to the approval of the International Executive Board.

Section 2. International Representatives or temporary organizers shall 
work under the jurisdiction of the International President subject to 
the approval of the International Executive Board and under the direct 
supervision of the International Executive Board Member of the region 
to which s/he is assigned, unless otherwise commissioned.

Section 3. No person can be appointed an International Representative 
unless s/he is a member in continuous good standing of the 
International Union for a period of one (1) year. Temporary or part-
time organizers must be UAW members but need not necessarily have been 
in continuous good standing for one (1) year.

Section 4. Appointed International Representatives or temporary 
organizers may be removed by the International President subject to the 
approval of the International Executive Board.

Section 5. An International Representative or temporary organizer shall 
not, while holding such position, be eligible as a candidate for, or 
hold any elective office or position in a Local Union, but an elected 
official may be appointed to act as an International Representative or 
temporary organizer on a part-time basis for parts of the day, or for 
full days not to exceed one hundred and eighty (180) in any calendar 
year. An International Representative or temporary organizer shall be 
eligible as a candidate for an elective office in the International 
Union.




ARTICLE 15
Fiscal Year

The Fiscal Year of the International Union shall begin the first day of 
January of each year and end on the 31st day of December of the same 
year.




ARTICLE 16
Initiation Fees and Dues

Section 1. (a) The initiation fee, no part of which shall be considered 
as a Local Union fine, shall not be less than ten dollars ($ 10.00) nor 
more than fifty dollars ($50.00) for membership in a Local Union of the 
International Union. Five dollars ($5.00) of such an initiation fee 
shall be set aside in a new member orientation fund, to be expended 
with the approval of the Regional Director.
(b) A Local Union may increase its initiation fee, within the 
limitations set forth in paragraph (a) of this Section, in accordance 
with the procedures of Article 47, Section 1.
(c) Men and women returning from service in the Armed Forces of the 
United States shall be exempt from payment of an initiation fee upon 
presentation of military discharge papers to the Local Union Financial 
Secretary within one (1) year of the date of their discharge.
(d) One Dollar ($ 1.00) of each initiation fee be forwarded to the 
International Secretary-Treasurer.

Section 2. All dues are payable during the current month to the 
Financial Secretary of the Local Union. Minimum Union dues shall be a 
sum equivalent to two (2) hours straight time pay per month. For those 
members paid by the hour, day, week or month, the dues shall be based 
on the amount earned per straight time hour in the last payroll period 
worked before the dues are payable, including cost-of-living allowance 
and any other amounts normally considered as part of regular pay, but 
excluding shift premium. For those whose earnings vary, straight time 
earnings for the purpose of dues computation shall be based on the 
average earned per hour in the last month the member worked, including 
incentive earnings, cost-of-living allowance, clock hour add-ons and 
any other amounts normally considered as part of the regular pay, but 
excluding shift premium, overtime premium, Saturday, Sunday and holiday 
premiums. 

Dues income shall be distributed so that the Local Union shall receive 
thirty-eight (38) percent, the International Union Strike Insurance 
Fund shall receive thirty (30) percent, the General Administrative Fund 
of the International Union shall receive thirty-two (32) percent.

Nothing in this Article shall prevent any Local Union or unit of an 
Amalgamated Local Union from establishing, in accordance with the 
provisions of Article 47, dues in a greater amount than provided for in 
this Article; and any Local Union or unit, which at the time when 
minimum monthly membership dues are increased pursuant to the 
provisions of this Article, has dues in a greater amount than the 
minimum monthly membership dues pre existing, the change shall 
automatically increase its dues by the amount of the change without the 
necessity of any additional Local Union or unit membership action and 
such Local Union dues shall continue until the Local Union's or unit's 
membership, pursuant to the provisions of Article 47, changes the Local 
Union's or unit's dues structure.

All dues established by this Article shall be uniformly required of all 
its members by each Local Union or unit of an Amalgamated Local Union 
except as specific exoneration or special arrangement, may be granted 
pursuant to Section II of Article 13, or Section 28 of this Article.

Section 3. (a) Where required by the necessities of collective 
bargaining, a Local Union, or an Intra-Corporation Council and its 
affiliates, may, with International Executive Board authorization, 
double their monthly dues in each of not more than four (4) months 
preceding the terminal date of the old contract, or following the 
ratification of a new agreement.

(b) Each Local Union which is authorized to double its monthly dues 
shall be required to place half of such dues in trust for each month 
collected, until it has been determined by the International Executive 
Board whether such additional dues shall be applied to future dues, or 
refunded to each member.

Section 4. The International Union shall provide uniform monthly dues 
buttons, at not more than cost, of a different color for each month. It 
shall be mandatory for Local Unions using dues buttons to use only 
those buttons provided by the International Union, which shall be 
supplied by the International Secretary-Treasurer to the Financial 
Secretaries of the Local Unions upon request. Local Unions covered by 
Union Shops or check-off agreements may, upon approval of the 
International Executive Board, use an annual membership button, 
membership card or other suitable identification of membership in lieu 
of monthly dues buttons.

Section 5. Upon acceptance of the application, membership shall date 
from the first day of the month for which dues are paid or dues check-
off is authorized.

Section 6. The Local Union shall set aside five cents (.05) of each 
month's dues payment as a Citizenship and Legislative Fund to be used 
for the purpose of strengthening democracy by encouraging members, and 
citizens generally, to register and vote in community, state, and 
national elections and to carry on organizational and educational 
programs directed toward the achievement of an even higher 
understanding of citizenship responsibility and the need for active 
participation in the affairs of a free and democratic society. Local 
Unions are obligated to carry out such programs in conjunction with 
city, county, and state (CAP) councils. Three cents (.03) of each 
month's dues payment must be laid aside by the Local Union as a special 
fund to be used only for educational or recreation leisure time 
activities as outlined in Article 27 of this Constitution, provided 
that two cents (.02) shall be apportioned to education and one cent (.0 
1) apportioned to recreation-lei sure time activities. One cent (.01) 
of each month's dues payment must be set aside by the Local Union as a 
Retired Members Fund to be used only to promote and support programs 
benefiting retired members. Local Unions are obligated to carry out 
this policy in conjunction with community groups, where community 
groups exist, for the purpose of promoting and supporting programs 
benefiting retired members and other retired workers.

Section 7. (a) Any member shall have the right to object to the 
expenditure of a portion of her/his dues money for activities or causes 
primarily political in nature. The approximate proportion of dues spent 
for such political purposes shall be determined by a committee of the 
International Executive Board, which shall be appointed by the 
President, subject to the approval of said Board. The member may 
perfect her/his objection by individually notifying the International 
Secretary Treasurer of the objection by registered or certified mail; 
provided, however, that such objection shall be timely only during the 
first fourteen (14) days of Union membership and during the fourteen 
(14) days following each anniversary of Union membership. An objection 
may be continued from year-to-year by individual notifications given 
during each annual fourteen (14) day period.

(b) If an objecting member is dissatisfied with the approximate 
proportional allocation made by the committee of the International 
Executive Board or the disposition of her/his objection by the 
International Secretary-Treasurer, s/he may appeal directly to the full 
International Executive Board and the decision of the International 
Executive Board shall be appealable to the Public Review Board or the 
Convention Appeals Committee at the option of said member.

Section 8. Any member who has not paid her/his dues during the calendar 
month in which they are due shall automatically become delinquent 
except as otherwise provided in this Article. In order to regain good 
standing membership, s/he must fully reinstate her/himself in 
Accordance with Section 9 of this Article.

Section 9. The reinstatement fee established by a Local Union shall be 
not less than the regular initiation fee charged by the Local Union, 
plus the dues for each month of delinquency in dues up to either the 
date of automatic suspension or the date of reinstatement, as the Local 
Union in its discretion may determine, plus the current month's dues. 
Such reinstatement fee shall be uniformly applied to all delinquent 
members of the Local Union. Individuals suspended as a result of their 
failure to pay dues while employed in a workplace under the 
jurisdiction of another Local Union shall be dealt with in conformity 
with Article 17, Section 3.

Section 10. Local Unions may notify members of their delinquency. 
However, failure of the Local Union to notify the member of delinquency 
shall not exonerate such a member from automatic suspension except as 
provided in Section 26 of this Article.

Section 11. (a) Each Local Union from each member's dues must remit to 
the International Secretary-Treasurer a monthly per capita tax of 
thirty two percent (32%), plus thirty percent (30%) to the 
International Union Strike Insurance Fund. Each Local Union shall 
retain thirty-eight percent (38%) from each member's dues. One dollar 
($ 1.00) of each reinstatement fee shall be forwarded to the 
International Secretary -Treasurer.

(b) The International Union will, on a monthly basis, rebate to each 
Local Union ten percent (10%) of each member's dues from the 
International Strike Insurance Fund. The International Union Operating 
Fund will receive an additional five percent (5%) of each member's dues 
from the International Strike Insurance Fund for the same period.

(c) The rebate in Subsection (b) above will remain in effect, providing 
the International Strike Insurance Fund net worth is in excess of $550 
million. 

(d) Any time the International Strike Insurance Fund's net worth falls 
below $500 million, the rebate in Subsection (b) will stop until the 
International Strike Insurance Fund net worth reaches $550 million. 
Once the International Strike Insurance Fund is in excess of $550 
million, the rebate in Subsection (b) will again resume.

(e) Local Unions must be in compliance with Article 16, Sections 16 and 
24 of the International Constitution to receive rebates.

Section 12. When a member has been suspended for non-payment of dues 
and the Financial Secretary or other officers of the Local Union accept 
such payment thereafter, acceptance of her/his dues shall not operate 
to exonerate or reinstate the member or to waive the provisions of the 
Constitution relative to forfeiture and reinstatement of members.

Section 13. The provisions of Section 8 of this Article shall not apply 
to a member who has entered the military service of the United Nations 
who shall be entitled to an honorable military service membership and 
whose membership in continuous good standing in the Local Union shall 
not be broken by such service, provided s/he reports to the Local Union 
at the time of entering such service or thereafter furnishes the 
necessary proof of military service. S/He shall become subject to the 
provisions of this Section at the end of such military service.

Section 14. The International Union shall set aside all sums remitted 
by Local Unions as Union Strike Insurance Fund dues and the funds 
resulting shall be a special fund to be known as the International 
Strike Insurance Fund, to be drawn upon exclusively for the purposes of 
(1) aiding Local Unions engaged in authorized strikes and in cases of 
lock-outs, and (2) assisting by donations or loans other International 
Unions and non-affiliated Local Unions similarly engaged, and (3) 
meeting financial obligations or expenditures which this International 
Union or its affiliated Local Unions incur as a result of authorized 
strikes or in cases of lockouts, and then only by two-thirds (2/3) vote 
of the International Executive Board. An amount, not in excess of 
seventy-five percent (75%) of the interest and dividends received by 
the International Strike insurance Fund, may be set aside as the 
Organization, Education and Communication Fund to be expended as 
authorized by the International Executive Board for such purposes. On 
June 15, 1995, the International Executive Board shall make a one-time 
transfer of fifty million dollars ($50 million) from the International 
Strike Insurance Fund to the General Fund of the International Union.

From the remainder of each member's monthly per capita tax, the 
International Union shall set aside:

1 .Five cents (.05) which shall be expended only for publication of 
"Solidarity," the official publication of the International Union or of 
any successor official publication.

2. One cent (.01) to the Civil Rights Fund to be expended only for the 
support and promotion of the programs and activities of the 
International Union in support of fair employment practices and in 
opposition to all discriminatory practices in employment.

3. Three cents (.03) as the International Union Education Fund to be 
expended only for the programs and activities of the International 
Union Education Department.

4. One cent (.01) as the International Union Recreation Fund which fund 
shall be apportioned to each region on a per capita basis.

5. Five cents (.05) as the Special Citizenship Fund to be used for the 
purpose of strengthening democracy by encouraging members and citizens 
generally to register and vote in community, state and national 
elections and to carry on organizational and educational programs 
directed toward the achievement of an ever higher understanding of 
citizenship responsibility and the need for active participation in the 
affairs of a free and democratic society.

6. One cent (.01) for the International Union Retired Workers Fund, 
which one cent(.01) shall be used only to promote and support programs 
benefiting retired members including such programs of the International 
Union relating to retired members as may be adopted from time to time, 
and to finance the operation of the International Union Retired Workers 
Department.

Section 15. At least once each month the International Secretary-
Treasurer shall advise all Local Unions of the exact Strike Fund 
balance.

Section 16. All per capita taxes and all other monies collected for the 
International Union shall be transmitted to the International 
Secretary-Treasurer by the twentieth of each month following 
collection. All such per capita taxes and other monies are strictly the 
property of the International Union and in no case shall any part 
thereof be used by Local Unions, except upon permission of the 
International Executive Board.

Section 17. The International Secretary-Treasurer will issue the 
official receipt of the Office of Secretary-Treasurer for all monies 
collected.

Section 18. Any member who has not worked forty (40) hours by reason of 
not having been scheduled to work forty (40) hours, or received 
benefits in lieu of work equivalent to forty (40) hours' pay within any 
calendar month, shall be entitled to exemption of payment of regular 
monthly dues.

Benefits in lieu of work shall include the following: Supplemental 
Unemployment Benefits (or any equivalent type layoff benefit), vacation 
pay, holiday pay, jury duty pay, bereavement pay, and paid absence 
allowance, but shall not include the following: pension benefits, sick 
and accident benefits, and Workers Compensation. Effective January 1, 
1982, if a member receives Supplemental Unemployment Benefits (or any 
equivalent type layoff benefit) equal to or greater than fifty percent 
(50%) of her/his gross pay for a forty (40) hour week, less statutory 
deductions, within any calendar month, then the member's dues shall be 
one (1) hour straight time pay per month. A member who has been laid 
off, is on leave of absence, or is discharged from regular employment 
who is covered by check-off provisions under which management notifies 
the Local Union of members who are on leave of absence, laid off, 
rehired, or discharged, shall automatically be considered   entitled to 
"out-of-work" credits, unless s/he has received benefits in lieu of 
work equivalent to forty (40) hours' pay as provided in the second 
paragraph of this Section. Any member in order to be entitled to "out-
of-work" credits shall report her/his layoff, leave of absence, or 
discharge, in person or otherwise, to the Financial Secretary of 
her/his Local Union within one month of the date such action became 
effective. Any discharged member or any member who is covered by check-
off as set forth above shall report immediately to the Financial 
Secretary of her/his Local Union any other employment s/he may obtain 
during the period of the layoff, leave of absence, or discharge. Any 
member not covered by check-off shall report to the Financial Secretary 
of her/his Local Union the termination of the layoff, leave of absence, 
discharge, or any other employment s/he may obtain during the period of 
the layoff, leave of absence, or discharge.

Any member who is entitled to "out-of-work" credits pursuant to this 
Section and Section 2 of Article 17 shall be exempted from dues payment 
for the period of her/his entitlement.

Section 19. Any member who is entitled to "out-of-work" credits under 
Section 18 of this Article and who does not secure an honorable 
withdrawal transfer card, shall be presumed to continue to be entitled 
to "out-of-work" credits and thus remains in continuous good standing 
without the necessity of paying dues for the first six (6) months of 
such layoff or leave unless the member has had employment during this 
period which would necessitate her/his paying dues under the first 
paragraph of Section 18 of this Article or taking an honorable 
withdrawal transfer card under Article 17, Section 2. Unless any such 
member shall, during the last ten (10) days of such six (6) month 
period, certify in writing to the Local Union Financial Secretary, in 
person or by registered or certified letter, that s/he continues to be 
eligible for good standing membership without payment of dues pursuant 
to Section 18 of this Article and Article 17, Section 2, the member 
shall automatically be noted on the Local Union's records as having 
been issued an honorable withdrawal transfer card at the conclusion of 
said six (6) month period. If a member does certify as provided herein 
during the last ten (10) days of the six (6) month period, s/he shall 
continue to be eligible for "out-of-work" credits for each additional 
month if during the last ten (10) days of such month s/he similarly 
certifies. Such a member shall automatically be noted on the Local 
Union's records as having been issued an honorable withdrawal transfer 
card on the first day of such a month in which the member fails to 
certify as provided herein.

Section 20. Any member becoming out of work because of illness or 
injury shall be exempt from the above section. Such member shall be 
automatically exonerated from the payment of dues and shall be issued 
"out-of-work" credits provided good and sufficient proof is submitted 
to substantiate illness or injury. The above shall not apply to those 
employees who receive salaries equivalent to forty (40) hours' pay 
within any calendar month.

Section 21. Any member who has paid dues by check-off for any month for 
which the member is exempted from payment of dues under Sections 18, 19 
or 20 of this Article shall be entitled to a refund of such dues if 
s/he claims the same in person or in writing from the Financial 
Secretary of the Local Union within two (2) months following the month 
for which the refund is due. Any member who has paid dues in advance 
other than by check-off for any month for which the member is exempted 
from payment of dues under Sections 18, 19 or 20 of this Article shall, 
when s/he returns to work, be given credit on future dues for any such 
month.

Section 22. The Local Union shall use a receipt book or receipting 
register and form of official receipt furnished by the International 
Union. All receipts shall be made out in duplicate, the original to be 
given to the member, the duplicate to be retained by the Local Union 
and made available to the International Union upon request. The 
International Secretary-Treasurer may order the destruction of the 
duplicate receipts when they are no longer necessary.

Section 23. Local Unions covered by check off agreements or having a 
check-off arrangement will be exempt from the provisions of the 
preceding Section, providing the company clearly shows on the check 
stub or pay envelope of each Union employee the amount of the deduction 
and the reason therefor.

Section 24. A Local Union failing to pay full per capita tax due the 
International Union within a two (2) month period, shall stand 
automatically suspended until the Local Union has been reinstated 
through payment of deficiency incurred, unless exonerated from payment 
of same as provided for in this Constitution.

Section 25. A Local Union failing to pay all of its financial 
obligations due the International Union shall not be entitled to a 
voice or vote at the International Convention.

Section 26. The failure of a company to check off and pay to a Local 
Union the dues of a member as required by a contract will not make the 
member delinquent if the member has signed a Dues Check-Off 
Authorization Card. Where a member has signed a Dues Check-Off 
Authorization Card authorizing the deduction of dues for a given month, 
the member shall be considered as having paid dues for that month even 
though the company fails to deduct the same. Upon the failure of the 
company to deduct dues, the Financial Secretary of the Local Union must 
notify the member to pay her/his dues. The member shall have thirty 
(30) days in which to pay her/his dues after being notified. Failure on 
the part of the Financial Secretary to so notify a member of her/his 
pending delinquency will not affect the member's standing and s/he 
shall be considered in good standing in the Local Union.

Section 27. The International Executive Board shall be empowered, at 
its discretion, to arrange loans from Local Unions and other sources to 
supplement the Strike Fund where conditions dictate and in this 
connection, may use any or all of the International Union's real or 
personal property to secure any such loan or loans. At least once each 
month the International Secretary-Treasurer shall advise all Local 
Unions of the exact Strike Fund balance. The International Executive 
Board shall establish a program for strike relief which shall provide 
aid and assistance to members actively participating in an authorized 
strike or involved in a lockout and, as between such members, shall 
primarily base such aid and assistance upon the right of each member to 
participate in accordance with the member's family obligations.

Section 28. The International Executive Board on request of a Local 
Union or unit of an Amalgamated Local Union, shall have the power to 
make special arrangements with respect to the dues schedules 
established in this Article, where unusual circumstances justify such 
arrangements.

Section 29. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Constitution, 
the International Union and each Local Union shall each hold title to 
its respective share of the dues income and initiation fees immediately 
upon receipt of those monies by the Financial Secretary of the Local 
Union.




ARTICLE 17
Honorable Withdrawal Transfer Cards

Section 1. All honorable withdrawal transfer cards shall be supplied by 
the International Secretary-Treasurer; they shall be available to the 
Local Unions in duplicate form in pads and shall be sold at cost.

Section 2. Any member laid off from her/his workplace but regularly 
employed on jobs outside the jurisdiction of the International Union 
shall take an honorable withdrawal transfer card, or in order to 
maintain her/himself in good standing in her/his Local Union, shall pay 
dues in accordance with Article 16 and Article 47.

Any member who has voluntarily separated from the jurisdiction of the 
UAW shall be issued a withdrawal card immediately by her/his Local 
Union. The above shall not apply to those members who are employed by 
or officially represent the UAW.

Section 3. Any member in good standing at the time of leaving the 
jurisdiction of her/his Local Union shall establish her/his membership 
in an other UAW Local Union by either of the following:

(a) By obtaining an honorable withdrawal transfer card and depositing 
same immediately in such other UAW Local Union. Failure to deposit the 
honorable withdrawal transfer card within one (1) calendar month and to 
pay dues which have accrued since coming within the jurisdiction of 
such other UAW Local Union will result in termination of the honorable 
withdrawal transfer card.

(b) By payment of an initiation fee and dues to such other UAW Local 
Union, in which case such member's good standing will start as of the 
date of such payment.

This shall not apply to members holding a Local Union constitutional 
office who involuntarily left the jurisdiction of their Local Union. 
However, while holding such office such member shall not be eligible to 
hold any constitutional office in, or be a delegate to the 
International Convention from any Local Union other than one which s/he 
involuntarily left.

Section 4. When a member in good standing is transferred to another 
workplace as the result of transfer of operations or pursuant to a 
collective bargaining agreement, which plant is under the jurisdiction 
of another Local Union, her/his continuous good standing shall not be 
broken and shall be considered continuous good standing in the new 
Local Union.

Section 5. Any member who is laid off and subsequently transfers to 
another UAW Local Union and returns to her/his original Local Union 
within the period of one year from the date of such layoff, shall be 
considered to have been in continuous good standing for the purpose of 
meeting the good standing membership requirements of the International 
Constitution or Local Union Bylaws as it relates to election 
eligibility; provided, however, that such member maintains her/his 
continuous good standing in accordance with the provisions of this 
Constitution while holding membership in such UAW Local Union.

Section 6. A member shall be entitled to an honorable withdrawal 
transfer card provided s/he shall have her/his dues paid up to and 
including the current month, or out-of-work receipts, and there are no 
charges or debts owed to the Local Union.

Section 7. A member who is transferred to an other Local Union and who 
has paid her/his current dues or dues in advance shall not be required 
to pay duplicate dues. The Local Union to which the advance dues 
payments have been made shall forward them to the Local Union to which 
the member is transferred or refund them to the member.

Section 8. When a holder of an honorable withdrawal transfer card loses 
the same, s/he can only receive a duplicate thereof by applying to the 
Local Union Financial Secretary who issued same. The Financial 
Secretary of the Local Union, after sufficient time hag elapsed for an 
investigation to be made, will issue a duplicate honorable withdrawal 
transfer card upon receipt of the payment of one dollar ($1.00) from 
the applicant.

Section 9. Honorable withdrawal transfer cards may be terminated by the 
Local Union issuing them or by International officers for good and 
sufficient reasons.

Section 10. A person who has deposited her/his honorable withdrawal 
transfer card and thus resumed membership in the Union, shall thereupon 
he subject to charges and trial for acts or conduct detrimental to the 
interests of the Union or its members committed while s/he was out of 
the Union on honorable withdrawal transfer card. The provisions of 
Article 31 shall be applicable in such cases.

Section 11. Whenever the International Union has a reciprocal 
arrangement with any other union whereby each agrees to honor the 
other's transfers, any member transferring from such other union to the 
International Union upon showing evidence of good standing membership 
in such other union by depositing said evidence immediately upon coming 
within the jurisdiction of the UAW Local Union, but in no case later 
than the end of the first month in which forty (40) hours are worked, 
shall be admitted into the International Union without payment of an 
initiation fee or any other type of entry fee. Failure to deposit such 
evidence within one (1) month and to pay dues which have accrued since 
coming within the jurisdiction of the International Union will result 
in the termination of transfer rights and the payment of an initiation 
fee.

Section 12. Any Local Union Officer, Bargaining/Negotiations Committee 
Member or Workplace Steward offered a position with management shall 
secure permission from her/his Local Union before accepting such 
position in order to be entitled to an honorable withdrawal transfer 
card. Members violating this Section shall be subject to expulsion from 
the Union.

Section 13. Any International Officer, Regional Director, International 
Representative or any other full-time employee of the International 
Union offered a personnel or labor relations position with management, 
shall secure permission from the International Executive Board before 
accepting such a position in order to be entitled to an honorable 
withdrawal transfer card. Members violating this Section shall be 
subject to expulsion from the Union.

  


ARTICLE 18
Unemployment and Welfare

Section 1. The various regions where unemployment is a major problem 
shall make provisions for handling the welfare and unemployment 
grievances of members laid off from the workplaces either on a local, 
district or regional basis.

Section 2. The International Executive Board, upon recommendation of 
the Regional Board Member, may appropriate funds to assist Local Unions 
or districts where their finances are insufficient to defray necessary 
expenses of Local Unions or their district, provided the itemized 
expenses involved shall be submitted to the International Executive 
Board.




ARTICLE 19
Contracts and Negotiations

Section 1. It shall be the established policy of the International 
Union to recognize the spirit, the intent and the terms of all 
contractual relations developed and existing between Local Unions and 
employers, concluded out of conferences between the Local Unions and 
the employers, as binding upon them. Each Local Union shall be required 
to carry out the provisions of its contracts. No officer, member, 
representative or agent of the International Union or of any Local 
Union or of any subordinate body of the International Union shall have 
the power or authority to counsel, cause, initiate, participate in or 
ratify any action which constitutes a breach of any contract entered 
into by a Local Union or by the International Union or a subordinate 
body thereof. Whenever a Local Union or a unit of an Amalgamated Local 
Union becomes a party to an agreement on wages, hours or working 
conditions, it shall cause such agreement to be reduced to writing and 
properly signed by the authorized representatives of all the parties to 
the agreement.

Section 2. When a grievance exists between a Local Union and management 
and negotiations are in progress and an International Union Officer or 
representative is participating by request of the Local Union involved, 
a committee selected by the Local Union shall participate in all 
conferences and negotiations. Copies of all contracts shall be filed 
with the International Secretary -Treasurer.

Section 3. No Local Union Officer, International Officer or 
International Representative shall have the authority to negotiate the 
terms of a contract or any supplement thereof with any employer without 
first obtaining the approval of the Local Union. After negotiations 
have been concluded with the employer, the proposed contract or 
supplement shall be submitted to the vote of the Local Union 
membership, or unit membership in the case of an Amalgamated Local 
Union, at a meeting called especially for such purpose, or through such 
other procedure, approved by the Regional Director, to encourage 
greater participation of members in voting on the proposed contract or 
supplement. Should the proposed contract or supplement be approved by a 
majority vote of the Local Union or unit members so participating, it 
shall be referred to the Regional Director for her/his recommendation 
to the International Executive Board for its approval or rejection. In 
case the Regional Board Member recommends approval, the contract 
becomes operative until the final action is taken by the International 
Executive Board.

Upon application to and approval of the International Executive Board, 
a ratification procedure may be adopted wherein apprenticable skilled 
trades and related worker, production workers, office workers, 
engineers, and technicians would vote separately on contractual matters 
common to all and, in the same vote on those matters which relate 
exclusively to their group.

Before contract or supplemental demands affecting skilled workers are 
submitted to the employer, they shall be submitted to the Skilled 
Trades Department in order to effectuate an industry-wide 
standardization of agreements on wages, hours, apprenticeship programs, 
journeyman standards and working conditions.

Section 4. National agreements and supplements thereof shall be 
ratified by the Local Unions involved.

Section 5. The general meeting of the Local Union members of an 
establishment under the jurisdiction of an Amalgamated Local Union 
shall be the highest authority for handling problems within the 
establishment, in conformity with the bylaws of the Local Union and 
this International Constitution.

Section 6. The International Executive Board shall protect all Local 
Unions who have succeeded in establishing higher wages and favorable 
conditions and have superior agreements, so that no infringement by 
Local Unions with inferior agreements in workplaces doing similar work 
may be committed against the Local Union with advanced agreements.

Section 7. Each Local Union or unit of an Amalgamated Local Union shall 
be required to maintain a complete and up-to-date schedule of job 
classifications and wage rates; a copy of which must be attached to 
each contract submitted to the International Union.

  

 

ARTICLE 20
National and Corporation Bargaining Councils

Section 1. In cases where there are a number of Local Unions involved 
in negotiations and bargaining with a major corporation or an 
association of corporations, the International Executive Board shall 
set up an Intra-Corporation Council. Such an Intra-Corporation Council 
shall be an administrative arm of the International Union and not a 
subordinate body. Such Local Unions so involved shall be members and 
shall participate through duly elected delegates. When the large 
corporation or national association has widely scattered branches, the 
Intra-Corporation Council shall set up Sub Corporation Councils.

Section 2. The International Executive Board shall determine the 
geographical districts or occupational or other groupings in which Sub-
Corporation Councils shall be established. The Intra-Corporation 
Council shall be composed of delegates from the Sub-Corporation 
Council.

Section 3. Directors to work with such Councils shall be appointed by 
the President subject to the approval of the International Executive 
Board.

Section 4. Voting at National Intra-Corporation Council meetings shall 
be based on per capita tax paid to the International Union by the 
various Local Unions participating.

Section 5. The purpose of the Intra-Corporation Council shall be to 
coordinate the demands of the separate members and to formulate 
policies in dealing with their common employer. The Intra-Corporation 
Council shall be convened not later than thirty (30) days prior to the 
opening of negotiations for a new national corporation agreement to 
formulate new contract demands. The Council shall deal only with 
matters pertaining to problems arising in their immediate corporations. 
It shall be understood that such Intra-Corporation Council is not a 
legislative body of the International Union and shall not deal with 
policies of the International Union other than those concerning their 
own immediate corporation problems.

  
 

ARTICLE 21
National and Regional Wage-Hour Conferences

Section 1. Upon the written request of a representative number of Local 
Unions to the Competitive Shop Department and upon the approval of the 
International Executive Board, National and Regional Wage-Hour 
Conferences may be called for the purpose of facilitating a discussion 
of problems related to wages, hours, production standards and other 
conditions of work within a competitive or allied group, and to assist 
in the establishment of uniform contractual provisions within the 
industry.

Section 2. Activities of both National and Regional Wage-Hour 
Conferences shall be coordinated through the offices of the Competitive 
Shop Department in cooperation with the Research Department of the 
International Union.

 


ARTICLE 22
NATIONAL AND REGIONAL WAGE-HOUR COUNCILS

National Wage-Hour Councils

National Wage-Hour Councils shall be established by the International 
Executive Board only in those cases where National Wage-Hour 
Conferences would prove inadequate in meeting the problem of organizing 
the unorganized competitive workplaces and coordinating the work of 
establishing uniform standards within a competitive group. Such 
National Wage-Hour Councils shall be administrative arms of the 
International Union and not subordinate bodies. In the event such Wage 
Hour Councils are established they shall be governed by the following 
provisions:

Section 1. The National Wage-Hour Councils shall consist of duly 
elected representatives from the Regional Wage-Hour Councils and 
workplaces where there are no Regional Wage-Hour Councils of a single 
industry. In the absence of a Regional Wage-Hour Council of a single 
industry, representation to a National Wage-Hour Council from any one 
Local Union (including Amalgamated Local Unions) shall not exceed two 
(2) delegates.

Section 2. It shall be the duty of the National Wage-Hour Council to 
assist and cooperate with the Competitive Shop Department and the 
International President in the organization of unorganized workplaces.

Section 3. It shall be the duty of the National Wage-Hour Council to 
work in conjunction with the Competitive Shop Department and in 
cooperation with the Research Department of the International Union to 
standardize wages, hours and general working conditions of the 
organized work places in their industry, and to strive to get a single 
agreement covering their industry, nationally.

Section 4. In case competitive workplaces in a given industry start 
negotiations on a national agreement, they shall make use of the 
National Bargaining Council provisions.

Regional Wage-Hour Councils

Regional Wage-Hour Councils shall be established by the Inter