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Constitution - Teamsters Local 399

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ART. IX, SEC. 1-3<br />

General Executive Board. The General Executive Board<br />

shall have the authority to interpret and apply the<br />

<strong>Constitution</strong> and laws of the International Union and to<br />

decide all questions of law thereunder subject to appeal<br />

to the next Convention. The General Executive Board<br />

shall have governing authority over the International<br />

Union and its subordinate bodies to the end of upholding<br />

the laws and policies of the Brotherhood as expressed in<br />

this <strong>Constitution</strong>.<br />

Revocation and Suspension<br />

Section 2(a). Unless otherwise provided in this<br />

<strong>Constitution</strong>, the General President or the General<br />

Secretary-Treasurer, when he deems it necessary to suspend<br />

or revoke a charter, shall immediately notify the<br />

members of the General Executive Board for their<br />

approval of same. Such action shall not be taken without<br />

notice to and hearing for the affiliate involved.<br />

(b). Any <strong>Local</strong> Union suspended by the General<br />

Executive Board shall lose, for the period of its suspension,<br />

all privileges of the International Union.<br />

Power to Debar From Membership<br />

Section 3(a). In the case of the revocation or forfeiture<br />

of a charter of a <strong>Local</strong> Union, the members thereof,<br />

without loss of continuous good standing, may be transferred<br />

to another <strong>Local</strong> Union in the area or such <strong>Local</strong><br />

Union may be reorganized and such members may be<br />

transferred thereto. Upon such transfer the General<br />

Executive Board shall have the power, following notice<br />

and a hearing, to exclude from membership in the new<br />

<strong>Local</strong> Union persons who were in any way responsible<br />

for the revocation or forfeiture of the charter or who the<br />

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