Constitution - Teamsters Local 399
Constitution - Teamsters Local 399
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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