Constitution - Teamsters Local 399
Constitution - Teamsters Local 399
Constitution - Teamsters Local 399
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ART. XII, SEC. 12-14<br />
Payment of Benefits<br />
Section 12. The General Executive Board shall have<br />
the power to pay out the entire treasury of the<br />
International Union to a <strong>Local</strong> Union that is on strike<br />
where the General Executive Board has recognized the<br />
strike as one properly subject to the payment of the constitutional<br />
benefits provided for herein.<br />
Approval of General Executive Board<br />
Section 13. Any <strong>Local</strong> Union going out on strike<br />
without prior recognition thereof by the General<br />
Executive Board (or by the General President or his<br />
authorized representative where less than two hundred<br />
(200) employees are involved) as being a strike properly<br />
subject to the payment of out-of-work benefits, under the<br />
provisions of this <strong>Constitution</strong>, may be denied financial<br />
benefits from the International Union provided for by<br />
this <strong>Constitution</strong>.<br />
Out-of-Work Benefits<br />
Section 14(a). There shall be established a dedicated<br />
Strike and Defense Fund, assets of which shall be utilized<br />
to support members engaged in collective action to obtain<br />
recognition, obtain and/or protect wages and benefits<br />
through the negotiation of collective agreements, enforce<br />
collective bargaining agreements, and/or members who<br />
have been locked out by their employers. Fifteen percent<br />
(15%) of the annual per capita tax paid in accordance with<br />
Article X, Section 3(b), excluding the amount of per capita<br />
tax paid on members in <strong>Teamsters</strong> Canada and members<br />
employed in the public sector who do not have the<br />
legal right to strike, shall be transferred to the Strike and<br />
Defense Fund. The General Secretary-Treasurer shall<br />
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