Rules Governing AFL-CIO Local Central Bodies (pamphlet)

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RULES

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GOVERNING

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2 es 3 of de AFL-CIO Consutation,
2. Dehnitions.

When used ia Uese URS, the term “local
gaion” Shall include local: lodges, jooal brother
hoods of other Rocal waits of afitated national or
yatornational BAIOAS of organizing COMMITTESS
which, in such unions, perform the functions Of
local URIORS. f

When used ja these Tuks, the tem “pres=

Issued by the AFL-CIO Executive Counail dent,” unless otherwise specified, shall mead the

February 26, 1973. These rules supersede
the rules adopted December 5, 1955 and

president of the AFL-C1O, and the term “sccre-
tarptreasarer,” unless otherwise special, shall

mean the secretary-treagsurer of the AFL-CIO,

those issued February 14, 1956 as amended
June 7, 1956, September 21, 1965 and May
2, 1972.

3, Compasition ef Local Central Bodies.

(a) Local Central Bodies shall be composed
exclusively of locals of national and international
unions and organizing committees affiliated with
the Federation, directly affifiated local unions and
local councils chartered by the trade and industnal
departments of the APL~CIQ, Joint boards, dis-
trict councils and Similar subordinate omaniza-
tions within the geographkal limits of the local
central body which are duly chartered dy an affii-
ate of the AFL-CIO may afiiate where the ooa-
Stitution of the local central dady so provides,
Any question Ubat may arise with respect % the
proper local central body or Dodies to which booal
unions or other subordinate bodies are to affiliate
Or the extent of such afiiliation shall be deter
mined by the President of the AFL-CIO.

AMERICAN FEDERATION OF LABOR AND
CONGRESS OF INDUSTRIAL ORGANIZATIONS

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sac ei eS eS DOIILE

4E KIRKLAND
' President

Publication No. 13

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thereof shall be sub

upon their adoption.

4 may, at oa time, Tequire any
body to formally amend its co)...

ntral bo Ger te bee intaee

ith the provis estan
stitution of the AFL-CIO. of

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Delegate Meetings.

i ies shall hold dele
1 central bodies s egate mee
Se aiiieact once a month. The President o, his

hown i
“nee may, for good cause s 2 Penne
ee to this rule. Each local central body a

report to the President the times and places Of its
regular meetings.

10. Representation and Voting.

(a) The constitution or bylaws of local Central
bodies shall provide, among other things, for the
holding of meetings, the selection of delegates to
such meetings, and the basis of representation
therein. They shall provide for representation and
voting procedures on a basis which will be equita-
ble and which will assure the representative char-
acter of the local central body, and shall provide
for a roll-call vote on any pending question, in-
cluding elections, upon demand of a reasonable
fixed percentage or number of delegates, which
percentage or number shall not exceed thirty (30)
percent of the delegates present. The number of
votes to which a local union is entitled on roll-
calls shall be equal to, or directly proportional to,
the average membership of the local union as de-
ermined by the per capita tax payments to the
tral body for the preceding two calendar quar-
fers, or such longer reasonable period as the cen-
Hal body’s constitution may prescribe, but not to
exceed the number of months between elections.
le average membership of a local union affiliated
Mor less than the prescribed period shall be com-
ae ue eeu of affiliation and ale
Bd for all us i dng the total per capita Fe
Be hs Gd ee by the ge 3
the prescribed Benen see of mon oe
votes of a local uni RICE EE 18 Deas ally
among all its a Mion shall be divided equ 4
Cctedited delegates present am
each delegate shall b . y his
© entitled to cast only

mber of votes, except that one dele-
itted to cast all the votes of the

ting his local union when such
ly provided for in the peal
ituti izations other

1 body’s constitution. Organiza
Sait Se affiliated with the local central
body shall be allotted one delegate and one vote

ach such organization.
a A roll-call on elections may be conducted

or it may be conducted by written OF
oe ballots ee deemed desirable to expedite
the holding of the election, provided each ballot
clearly shows the name, organization and number
of votes of the delegate casting the ballot. Such
ballots shall become part of the records of the
central body and shall be preserved and available
for examination by any delegate or officer of an
affiliated organization for a period of not less than

six months.

delegates represen
procedure 1s Proper

11. Delegates.

(a) No person shall be eligible to serve as a
delegate to a local central body unless he is a
member of a local union affiliated with such local
central body or, if the constitution or bylaws of
the central body so provides, unless he is a na-
tional or international union representative regu-
larly servicing such a local union, nor shall any
person be eligible to serve as a delegate who holds
a salaried position, or any other position of ad-
ministrative or executive authority, in a union or

any subordinate branch of a union which has been
suspended or expelled from the AFL-CIO.
(b) No local central body shall reject creden-

tials presented by a duly elected or appointed
delegate who is eligible to be a delegate under

the provisions of paragraph (a) of this rule.

(c) Any delegate to a local central body may
upon conviction, after charge, notice and hearing,
be expelled Or suspended from such body for hav-
Ing engaged in conduct or a course of activity

to the best interests of the local
ntrary to its constitution or by-

12. Officers and Agents.

(a) The constitution or bylaw

central body shall provide for te of each local

€ election of of-

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dy and the penal-
such local central body anc anal
ayable to such local ¢ ape sgt lp tle Bie
Be Juding suspension or expul lure
See ch tay x fees, The fees of local unions
ee “gee capita basis and shall be uni-
oe, Saiieds to all local unions, with no maxi-
| hed By itn imnttea and shall be based on the
eet num ; 1 *s-paying members of such
actual number of dues-paying 1 ep
lo ions. The fees of subordinate bodies other
Jocal unions. The fee: ‘ ase,
than local unions shall be fixed on a uniform
basis, which shall not exceed $15.00 per year.

1G Expenditures,

The funds of a local central body shall be ex-
pended only pursuant to authorization by the pro-
cedures set forth in its constitution or bylaws, The

funds shall be used only for legitimate expendi-

tures in furtherance of the objectives of such body
or of the AFL-CIO.

D7. Financial Practices, Reports and Audits,

Local central bodies shal] follow such financia]
; records as wij] ensure
that their funds ies will be Safeguarded
for authorized

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19, Organizing, 3
ies Central bodies Should }
ance to the OT ganizing ae, Possipy

Ons and their Parent nations) eS of loc

A uODS Or organizing comment, OF int tion
the AFL-CIO, mms aha ah

20. Strikes,

No local central b
al Body shall have

or Power to order any local union sa Gone

ganization to strike or to take a as

21. Collective Bargaining.
No Jocal central
€ctive bargainin
pute Involving an

body shall take part in any
8 activities or jn any labor
y affiliated local unio

upon the re eine
Behe quest or consent of the national or in-

c union Or or i7y ‘ ;
which such | &anizing committee with

L ocal union is affiliat

225 Boycotts and Unfair Lists,

aoe loca] central body shall h
¥ tO originate 4 boycott or
employer on an “

All such acti

request
Selior ee of th

h action
entra]

ave power or all-
tO initiate action
unfair” or “do not
On shall be taken
© aggrieved union

union, the G
follow;

If such consent

Sa o further action shall be aed Be
body except as authorized by

165 Local Disputes—If the Requested nace

ispute arising
e : employer for a dispu :
tenes ee a ce local central body which
wit

j tual interests of other

involve the contrac :
CGO unions, the local central body sap een
ae requested action if, in its judgment,
action is warranted.

(c) Disputes in areas of other central be
If the requested action is directed eLiaeee an ae
ployer for a dispute arising wholly ou = fee
area of the central body, no action shall be ta :
unless the local central body, or state centra
body, in whose area the dispute arose has first

acted favorably on the request of the aggrieved
union in keeping with applicable rules.

(d) National and regional disputes—If the re-
quested action is directed against an employer for
a dispute which is national or regional in scope,
no action shall be taken by the central body unless
the national or international union involved has
first secured approval of the AFL-CIO.

23. Publications and Advertising.

Experience has demonstrated that irresponsible
publishers of so-called labor papers, yearbooks
and directories and/or unscrupulous solicitors of
advertising for such publications and for so-called
advertising boards, have, on Occasion, exploited
the name and good reputation of the AFL-CIO
to further their own selfish ends, and to the detri-
ment of the best interests of organized labor.
Therefore, no local central body shall be asso-
ciated in any way with a so-called advertising
board, or with a yearbook or labor directory when

such yearbook or labor directory accepts com-
mercial advertising of any kind.

_ It should be clearly understood that labor pub-
lications should exist for the sole purpose of fur-
thering the best interests of the labor movement
not as a source of additional revenue. Therefore,
advertising should be accepted in labor publica.

tions only ifeiml necessary to the publications’

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nis oy
. body shall be AWOe

SRS CKO in conformity

meluding newspaper,

a any other form of pub-
em qemai, me whole of 3 i i
. whole or im part, either directly

a inex 2 SOTpOrEnOn, by a central body, or
= che mame of, or which is en-
autnorized or given official approval by a

ety. Saal be required by the central body

| ie the provisions of this rule and to
ic union standards as may be
; ae DY the President by regulation or
cerwiat, The central body shall furnish to the
tosponie Siwex ox svanagers of any such publi-
hie, 2 roy of this rule and a copy of the ethical
veion sandards as determined by the Presi-
the AFL-CIO,
4») Mo local cenwal body shall authorize or
permit any such publication to claim or imply by
al or other terms in its name or

ver way, that it is the publication
ess the publication
h other central

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wie of yeousaphic
title, or in any onl
A any other central body unl
io alow offieiatly endorsed by suc
hady,

(eo) Ne logal gente
permit such publication
ing (8 distinguished from 1
outside the regular ared af elf

Heaton, whieh area of circulation sh
alide any par at the geographic jurisdiction ot

any otter local eantral body without the written
donaent and approval of such other local central

iidly :
al) No lowal central body shall authorize or

yer iit auel publication te accept paid political

Aver tints

(o) ANY
far the pr
earporaw this

act

al body shall authorize or
to solielt local advertis-
ational advertising)
culation of the pub-
lation shall not ine

by a local central body
h publication shall in-
\tegral part of the con-

COHEALL nade
xiuetion of suc
pule as abu

da, Lists,
affiliates Of members of affiliates in

} yiats wt
se . the fecal central body shall be used

PISsesHan af “ ie
xochusively % carrying Out the authorized pro-

srk of the local central body and

SEAS and we

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ac of delegates ane
jated organization.

authorized to
al central bodies,
expel any O&

(a) The President is
ciplinary action against loc
cluding the authority to suspend or ef any
cer thereof, and to suspend such organizanoas OF
revoke their charters. Such disciplinary 22"
may be taken against any such organizaron Of
officer, when such organization oF officer Vilas
or fails to comply with any af the provisions of

the Constitution of the AFL-CIO or of these TUES.

or engages in any activity OF COUESS of conduct
which is contrary or detrimental to the welfare Or
the best interests of the AFL-CIO, or when any
such organization fails to conform ity poles &
the policies of the AFL-CIO,

(b) In any case where disciplinary action BS
taken under this rule the organization or any oft-
cer charged shall first be given reasonadlc norke
ot the nature of the charges and shall be afforded
eae hearing cither by the President or by a pee-
; os Or persons delegated by the President to act
se him as a Hearing Officer or Officers, In the
aus event, such Hearing Officer or Oficers shall,
. SNR as practicable after the clase of the be: :
P g, make a report, either oral or in writi =e ye

resident who shall make the ulti yp
The decision of the Presid a Saab Ge Nee

5 8 esident she e in full fi

and effect unless or until re = — pear se

reversed or changed

UPON appre: 1 as <
appeal as provided ji ‘
rule. Provided in paragraph (g) of this

(c)} In cases
ases of emergency
gow mergency, wher i
of ths eT -C 1O reasonably ae east gS i
age , : r such actiorg
: Jjeteainen to suspend any officer
powere Goce
tresteeship over the property ves
ICS pric : een
bodies prior to the hearine provided

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existence, No local central body
ciated with any publications excep
with the following requirements.

m conformity

ete (a) Any publication, including newspapen
, newsletters, magazines or any other form of ob:
lication owned, in whole or in part, either daxeetiy
or through a corporation, by a central body, or
which is issued in the name of, or which is en-
dorsed, authorized or given official approval by a
central body, shali be required by the central body
to conform to the provisions of this mule and to
such ethical trade union standards as may be
determined by the President by regulation or
otherwise. The central body shall furnish to the
responsible officer or manager of any such publi-
cation a copy of this rule and a copy of the ethica
trade union standards as determined by the Presi-
dent of the AFL-CIO.

(b) No local central body shall authorize or
permit any such publication to claim or imply by
use of geographical or other terms in its name OF
title, or in any other way, that it is the publication
of any other central body unless the publication
is also officially endorsed by such other central
body.

(c) No local central

permit such eine ae
ing (as distinguished from ne ion:
Side the regular area of circulation of the pub-

lication, which area of circulation shat UP
clude any part of the geographi ae ee
any other local central body wit ee ae
consent and approval of such other loca

body shall authorize OT

to solicit local advertis-
advertising }

body. , shall authorize or

local central body sna 30 ae
a aaa publication to accept paid political
advertising-

ade by a local central body
press Ane rae ach publication shall in-

roduction ¢ :
sesisbee this rule as an integral part of the con

tract.

24, Lists.

«ts of affiliates OF members of affiliates in

- focal central body shall be used

i » authorized pro-
i carrying out the au
oad of ee local central body and

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(a) “The Pee cal vara bodes, ™
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liad Se
TAMiZANOR

evoke thea charters. SBN

may be taken against any = ~ Sacer WIOtAReS

opus anc organizanion ee CF

officer, when cae oe any of the PTOVISIOAS OF
tt. ty commy Witt pce. sae x ye So

or fails to COMP AFL-CIO or of these TUBS,

the Constitution of the 2 : sae <u
or engages in any activity or COUTSS af coRaues
So J J

ikaw ot
which is contrary of detrimental to the as
the best interests of the AFL-CIO, ot wh . baci
such organization fails to conform its polices &
the policies of the AFL-C TO. ‘inion
(b) In any case where disciplinary actron ks
taken under this rule the organization Of any ont
cer charged shall first be given reasonable ROUCo
of the nature of the charges and shall be afforded
a full hearing either by the President of dy a Pet
son or persons delegated by the President to act
for him as a Hearing Officer or Officers. In the
latter event, such Hearing Officer or Officers shall,
as soon as practicable after the close of the hear=
ing, make a report, either oral or in writing, to the
President who shall make the ultimate decision,
The decision of the President shall be in full foree
and effect unless or until reversed or changed
pits appeal as provided in paragraph (g) of thix
rule.
scseugamanes i emereeney, wher the ier
| ‘hell i. noua = SSA such vetlon,
n va Sueen ip = see any officer
bodies prior ia the Rael aisedhs, ot
¢ hearing provided