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Constitution - Teamsters Local 399

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ART. XXVI, SEC. 6-8C. 1<br />

Auditor to perform the audit of any affiliate in Canada,<br />

pursuant to Article X, Section 10 of the <strong>Constitution</strong>.<br />

Assets of Canadian Affiliates<br />

Section 7. In the event the charter of a Canadian<br />

<strong>Local</strong> Union or Joint Council is revoked or suspended,<br />

the labour organization or its officers shall turn over all<br />

books, documents, property, and funds to <strong>Teamsters</strong><br />

Canada. <strong>Teamsters</strong> Canada shall be responsible for<br />

ensuring that any outstanding loans, accounts, initiation<br />

and reinitiation fees, per capita tax, or any other outstanding<br />

financial obligations to the International Union<br />

shall be paid, to the extent the assets are sufficient to<br />

make such payments. The remaining assets shall be<br />

applied to pay any outstanding obligations to <strong>Teamsters</strong><br />

Canada, if any. All remaining assets, and the books,<br />

documents, and property of the affiliate, shall be held by<br />

the President of <strong>Teamsters</strong> Canada for the purpose of<br />

reorganization. If no reorganization occurs within a<br />

period of two (2) years, such funds shall be divided<br />

between <strong>Teamsters</strong> Canada and the International Union,<br />

with sixty percent (60%) of the funds transferred to<br />

<strong>Teamsters</strong> Canada and forty percent (40%) transferred to<br />

the International Union.<br />

The procedures set forth above shall also apply to the<br />

assets of any affiliate that dissolves, disaffiliates, or<br />

secedes from the International Union.<br />

Journal<br />

Section 8. <strong>Teamsters</strong> Canada shall publish an official<br />

Canadian Journal under the editorial direction of the<br />

President of <strong>Teamsters</strong> Canada, subject to and guided by<br />

the Executive Board of <strong>Teamsters</strong> Canada. The Journal<br />

shall be a bilingual, English and French publication. A<br />

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