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Constitution - Teamsters Local 399

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ART. XVII-ART. XVIII, SEC. 1<br />

Union to provide the necessary funds with which the<br />

newly constituted <strong>Local</strong> Union shall obtain its charter,<br />

with a maximum equivalent to three (3) months dues per<br />

member for the number being transferred unless the<br />

<strong>Local</strong> Union determines the amount shall be more. In no<br />

event shall the original <strong>Local</strong> Union be required to pay<br />

out more than fifty percent (50%) of its assets.<br />

On the question of the issuance of a separate charter,<br />

the General Executive Board may, in its discretion, conduct<br />

a referendum vote among all of the members of the<br />

<strong>Local</strong> Union or subordinate body or of the members in<br />

any division, craft, or place of employment, or under any<br />

specific contract, or on other similar basis as the General<br />

Executive Board may determine. The result of such referendum,<br />

if conducted, shall be advisory only.<br />

Article XVIII<br />

TRANSFER AND WITHDRAWAL CARDS<br />

Issuance of Transfer Card<br />

Section 1. It shall be compulsory for a member to maintain<br />

or establish membership in the <strong>Local</strong> Union under<br />

whose jurisdiction he is working, subject to agreements<br />

approved by the General Executive Board pursuant to<br />

Section 2(d) or Section 5 of this Article. However, an<br />

employee of a Joint Council, State and Multi-State<br />

Conference, or the International Union shall not be<br />

required to transfer membership because of assignments<br />

outside of the jurisdiction of the <strong>Local</strong> Union of which he<br />

is a member. If a member continues to work under the<br />

jurisdiction of a <strong>Local</strong> Union of which he is not a member<br />

after having failed to apply for a transfer card as specified<br />

herein or after refusing to comply with an award transfer-<br />

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