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Constitution - Teamsters Local 399

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ART. XII, SEC. 2<br />

If any <strong>Local</strong> Union believes that a master agreement<br />

proposal will deprive its involved members of better<br />

existing conditions of general application to all such<br />

involved members of the <strong>Local</strong> Union, it may appeal to<br />

the General Executive Board, which must give an<br />

answer to the appeal before the contract approval votes<br />

are sent out to the involved members. The General<br />

Executive Board shall have the final authority to determine<br />

whether such alleged better general conditions<br />

shall be continued or shall yield to the overall gains of<br />

the proposed master agreements. Unless mutually<br />

agreed to, no <strong>Local</strong> Union shall suffer any economic<br />

loss. Any such appeal must be filed by the <strong>Local</strong> Union<br />

prior to the mailing of the proposed agreement to the<br />

involved members for ratification. The term “economic<br />

loss” refers to wages, health and welfare and pension<br />

benefits, or other conditions of employment which<br />

directly impact on a member’s earnings.<br />

Where special riders, supplements, or agreements<br />

applicable to one or more <strong>Local</strong> Unions are separately<br />

negotiated and agreed to providing for wages, hours, fringe<br />

benefits, or working conditions, such special riders or supplements,<br />

shall first be approved by the master negotiating<br />

committee before being submitted to the affected members<br />

for a vote in accordance with the provisions of Article XII,<br />

Section 1(b). In the event such a special rider or supplement<br />

is not approved by the affected members, and the<br />

master agreement is ratified, the supplemental negotiating<br />

committee shall meet with the master negotiating committee<br />

to identify the issues which resulted in the rejection of<br />

the special rider or supplement. The master negotiating<br />

committee shall assist the supplemental negotiating committee<br />

when bargaining resumes with the employer in an<br />

effort to resolve the issues. In the event the parties cannot<br />

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