Constitution - Teamsters Local 399

ART. III, SEC. 9
tions, which shall be submitted to the Constitution
Committee when it meets. This shall not deprive delegates
to the Convention of their right to propose amendments
or additions to the Constitution during the
Convention or to submit resolutions or amend resolutions
during the Convention in accordance with the
rules governing the Convention. However, in all instances
a proposed amendment or addition to the
Constitution, or a resolution or amendment to a resolution
shall be referred to the Constitution Committee.
The International Union and the United States of
America intend the provisions set forth in the Consent
Decree entered in United States v. International
Brotherhood of Teamsters, et al., 88 Civ. 4486
(S.D.N.Y.) (LAP), to govern future International Union
practices in those areas, to the extent paragraph L.17
of said Consent Decree remains in effect. To the extent
the International Union wishes to make any changes,
constitutional or otherwise, in those provisions, the
International Union shall give prior written notice to the
United States of America through the Office of the
United States Attorney for the Southern District of` New
York. If the United States of America then objects to
the proposed change(s) as inconsistent with the terms
and objectives of the Consent Decree, the change(s)
shall not occur; provided, however, that the International
Union shall then have the right to seek a determination
from the United States District Court for the
Southern District of New York, or, after the entry of
judgment dismissing the action entitled United States
v. International Brotherhood of Teamsters, et. al., 88
Civ. 4486 (S.D.N.Y.) (LAP) from the United States
District Court for the Southern District of New York or
any other federal court of competent jurisdiction as
to whether the proposed changes(s) is consistent with
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