Constitution - Teamsters Local 399
Constitution - Teamsters Local 399
Constitution - Teamsters Local 399
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ART. XXII, SEC. 2-3<br />
ment, or otherwise, beyond the expiration of the term of<br />
the Executive Board in office at the time such action is<br />
taken. This shall not prevent a <strong>Local</strong> Union Executive<br />
Board from entering into a bona fide collective bargaining<br />
agreement with another union covering <strong>Local</strong> Union<br />
employees; provided, however, that if the <strong>Local</strong> Union<br />
employees form a union following the <strong>Local</strong> Union election,<br />
or a new collective bargaining agreement covering<br />
such employees is negotiated after the <strong>Local</strong> Union election,<br />
the newly organized unit shall not be recognized, or<br />
the new collective bargaining agreement shall not be<br />
entered into on behalf of the <strong>Local</strong> Union, until such<br />
action is approved by the officers-elect.<br />
Terms of Office<br />
Section 3(a). The term of office of <strong>Local</strong> Union officers<br />
and elected Business Agents shall be no longer than<br />
that of International officers or that provided for by law<br />
and shall not be for a lesser period than three (3) years,<br />
except where necessary to bring the terms of office of all<br />
officers into concurrence or in order to provide for a<br />
schedule of nominations and elections in accordance<br />
with Article XXII, Section 4(a).<br />
(b). When an election is held in connection with the<br />
release of a <strong>Local</strong> Union from Trusteeship, the terms of<br />
the officers elected shall commence as of the effective<br />
date the <strong>Local</strong> Union is formally released from<br />
Trusteeship by the General President and shall terminate<br />
on December 31 of the second full year thereafter,<br />
unless the <strong>Local</strong> Union may legally have a term of office<br />
of four or five years and the <strong>Local</strong>’s Bylaws so provide.<br />
In such cases, the term of office shall terminate on<br />
December 31 of the third or fourth full year following<br />
release from Trusteeship, whichever is applicable.<br />
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