Constitution - Teamsters Local 399

ART. III, SEC. 7
than seven (7) to act as a Credentials Committee. No delegate
whose election is subject to challenge shall be
appointed. Said Committee shall meet at the place of
holding the Convention at least five (5) days prior to the
opening of the Convention. The General President or his
representative and the General Secretary-Treasurer shall
also be members of said Committee. To this Committee
shall be referred all credentials and all appeals regarding
any challenges to any delegate’s credentials. This
Committee shall have a partial or complete report in
writing ready for the Convention when it opens. All
hearings of the Credentials Committee shall be held in
the Convention city or, at the discretion of the
Committee, by telephone conference call. The
Committee shall have access to all records necessary to
resolve appeals concerning delegate elections which
have been referred in accordance with Section 5(b) of
this Article. Appeals from decisions of the Credentials
Committee shall be taken to the Convention for final and
binding decision. (These provisions regarding resolution
of delegate eligibility appeals may be superseded in the
event the Department of Labor supervises the elections
in 2006 or any elections thereafter.)
(b). At the Convention, it shall be the duty of the
Credentials Committee to examine credentials and to
make decisions on challenges. It shall be presumed that
all delegates who have submitted credentials in the form
required to the General Secretary-Treasurer or to the
Credentials Committee and whose election is not the
subject of a pending challenge or appeal have been properly
selected as delegates from their subordinate body.
Such delegates may vote upon the acceptance or rejection
of the Credentials Committee’s report, in whole or
in part, and on other matters which come before the
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