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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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