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Constitution - Teamsters Local 399

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ART. X, SEC. 3-4<br />

for the month originally due. The monthly dues of<br />

salaried officers, Business Agents, and organizers<br />

employed by the <strong>Local</strong> Union on a full-time basis, shall<br />

be equal to the highest rate of dues paid by any member<br />

of the <strong>Local</strong> Union.<br />

Nothing herein contained shall be construed to prohibit<br />

any <strong>Local</strong> Union from adopting a dues scale higher<br />

than the one provided herein, either by continuance of<br />

established dues formulas or by <strong>Local</strong> Union action in<br />

accordance with applicable law.<br />

The General Executive Board shall have the authority<br />

to waive any of the foregoing increases in extreme<br />

hardship cases.<br />

The hourly earnings are the hourly wage rate plus lump<br />

sum payments where such payments are in lieu<br />

of hourly wage increases and commissions where applicable,<br />

exclusive of overtime, premium pay, or fringe benefits.<br />

When calculating the rate of monthly dues based upon the<br />

formula set forth above, the hourly earnings shall be multiplied<br />

and rounded to the nearest whole dollar.<br />

Questions relating to the determination of the “hourly<br />

earnings” and problems which arise generally over the<br />

interpretation of this subsection shall be resolved by the<br />

General Secretary-Treasurer with the approval of the<br />

General Executive Board.<br />

(e). No <strong>Local</strong> Union shall pay a per capita tax to any<br />

subordinate body for any member of a bargaining unit<br />

which was organized after July 1, 1986, and whose dues<br />

rate is six dollars ($6.00) per month or less.<br />

P referred Payment of Per Capita Tax<br />

Section 4. All per capita tax due the International Union<br />

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