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Constitution - Teamsters Local 399

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ART. XIX, SEC. 14-ART. XX<br />

shall be directed to the General President for payment.<br />

(h). The Independent Review Board will operate from<br />

offices as close as practicable to the International<br />

Union’s headquarters in Washington, D.C. It shall have<br />

the authority to conduct hearings, at such locations as<br />

the members deem appropriate.<br />

(i). All officers, members, employees, and representatives<br />

of the International Union and its affiliated bodies<br />

shall cooperate fully with the Independent Review Board<br />

in the course of any investigation or proceeding undertaken<br />

by it. Unreasonable failure to cooperate with the<br />

Review Board shall be deemed to be conduct which brings<br />

reproach upon the Union, and which is thereby within the<br />

Review Board’s investigatory and decisional authority.<br />

Article XX<br />

DISSOLUTION<br />

No <strong>Local</strong> Union can dissolve, secede, or disaffiliate<br />

without the approval of the General Executive Board while<br />

there are seven (7) dissenting members; no Joint Council<br />

can dissolve, secede, or disaffiliate without the approval of<br />

the General Executive Board while there are two (2) dissenting<br />

<strong>Local</strong> Unions; nor can this International Union dissolve<br />

while there are seven (7) dissenting <strong>Local</strong> Unions. In<br />

the event of secession, dissolution, or disaffiliation, all<br />

properties, funds and assets, both real and personal, of<br />

such <strong>Local</strong> Union or Joint Council or other subordinate<br />

body shall become the property of the International Union<br />

as specified in Sections 13 and 14 of Article X hereof.<br />

Under no circumstances shall any <strong>Local</strong> Union or Joint<br />

Council distribute its funds, assets, or properties, or any<br />

part thereof, individually among its membership. To ascer-<br />

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