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Constitution - Teamsters Local 399

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ART. VII, SEC. 2-3<br />

nate another person to exercise such authority. This provision<br />

shall also apply to situations resulting from the operation<br />

of Article VI, Section 8 and Article VII, Section 2(d).<br />

Issuance of Charter<br />

Section 3. All charter applications must be signed by<br />

no less than seven (7) prospective members employed<br />

within the jurisdiction of the International Union, and<br />

before final issuance, must be approved by the General<br />

President, the General Secretary-Treasurer, and the<br />

General Executive Board.<br />

All <strong>Local</strong> Union charter applications must initially be<br />

submitted to the Joint Council or to the State or Multi-<br />

State Conference (if there is no Joint Council) having<br />

jurisdiction in the area, which shall then forward such<br />

application to the General Secretary-Treasurer with an<br />

indication of whether such application has the approval or<br />

disapproval of such body. All other charter applications<br />

shall be submitted directly to the General Secretary-<br />

Treasurer. The General Secretary-Treasurer shall submit<br />

all charter applications to the General Executive Board. In<br />

determining whether to issue a <strong>Local</strong> Union charter, the<br />

General President, the General Secretary-Treasurer, and<br />

the General Executive Board shall take into consideration,<br />

but shall not be bound by the position of the Joint Council<br />

or State or Multi-State Conference in the matter. If the<br />

General President, the General Secretary-Treasurer, and<br />

the General Executive Board approve the issuance of a<br />

charter, the General President and the General Secretary-<br />

Treasurer shall sign, and the General Secretary-Treasurer<br />

shall issue and deliver, the charter to the organization for<br />

which application for charter has been made. Such charter<br />

shall be revoked unless within thirty (30) days after the<br />

election of officers of the organization, the contract set<br />

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