Constitution - Teamsters Local 399
Constitution - Teamsters Local 399
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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