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• 21:16, 1 January 2022 Admin talk contribs created page Article 8 Hours of Work (Created page with "== ARTICLE 8 HOURS OF WORK == The work week for full-time regulars shall be forty (40) hours per week, eight (8) hours per day within ten (10) consecutive hours, provided, however, that in all offices with more than 100 full-time employees in the bar- gaining units the normal work week for full-time regular employees will be forty hours per week, eight hours per day within nine (9) consecutive hours. Shorter work weeks will, however, exist as needed for part-time regular...")
• 01:41, 28 December 2021 Admin talk contribs created page Constitution Article 21 Section 2 (Created page with "=== Section 2 === If any provision of this Constitution is declared invalid or is rendered inoperative by any competent authority of the executive, judicial, or administrative branch of a state or the federal government, the National Executive Board shall have the authority to suspend the operation of such provision during the period of its invalidity and to substitute in its place a provision which will be in accord with the intended purpose of the invalid provision. Su...")
• 01:39, 28 December 2021 Admin talk contribs created page Constitution Article 21 (Created page with "== Article 21 ‐ Savings Clauses == {{:Constitution Article 21 Section 1}} {{:Constitution Article 21 Section 2}}")
• 01:39, 28 December 2021 Admin talk contribs created page Constitution Article 21 Section 1 (Created page with "=== Section 1 === Local Unions and other subordinate bodies of this Union and their officers and members are not agents of this Union and are not authorized to act for, or to otherwise bind this Union except where prior approval or authorization is given in writing by the National President, or where the National President ratifies acts performed by such bodies after written notice thereof. However, in no case shall this Union be liable or responsible for the autonomous...")
• 01:38, 28 December 2021 Admin talk contribs created page Constitution Article 20 (Created page with "== Article 20 ‐ Amendments == This Constitution may be amended by a two‐thirds (2/3) margin of the total delegate votes cast at a regular or special Convention. Upon adoption by Convention, amendments shall become effective without further action unless written objection is received from the LIUNA General Executive Board within ninety (90) days.")
• 01:36, 28 December 2021 Admin talk contribs created page Constitution Article 13 (Created page with "== Article 13 ‐ Local Unions and Other Subordinate Bodies == {{:Constitution Article 13 Section 1}} {{:Constitution Article 13 Section 2}} {{:Constitution Article 13 Section 3}} {{:Constitution Article 13 Section 4}} {{:Constitution Article 13 Section 5}}")
• 01:35, 28 December 2021 Admin talk contribs created page Constitution Article 13 Section 5 (Created page with "=== Section 5 === Under no circumstances shall any Local Union or subordinate body of this Union distribute its funds, assets, or properties, or any part thereof, individually among its membership.")
• 01:34, 28 December 2021 Admin talk contribs created page Constitution Article 13 Section 4 (Created page with "=== Section 4 === No Local Union affiliated with this Union may dissolve, disaffiliate, or secede while five (5) or more regular members desire to continue the Local Union in existence; and all funds, assets, and property, real and personal, of a Local Union shall remain in the Local Union as long as it continues in existence. In the event of the complete dissolution of any Local Union or its disaffiliation or secession by unanimous vote or otherwise, all the funds, asse...")
• 01:34, 28 December 2021 Admin talk contribs created page Constitution Article 13 Section 3 (Created page with "=== Section 3 === All Local Unions and other subordinate bodies shall be responsible for timely payment of such per capita tax and assessments as are levied in accordance with this Constitution. Any Local Union or other subordinate body which becomes sixty (60) days in arrears in the payment of per capita tax or assessments may have its charter suspended. Before implementation, notice of such proposed suspension, including amounts allegedly owed and the method of computa...")
• 01:33, 28 December 2021 Admin talk contribs created page Constitution Article 13 Section 2 (Created page with "=== Section 2 === Neither this Union nor any subordinate body thereof shall be established or maintained on any racial, religious, national, or other discriminatory or restrictive basis; nor shall membership in this Union or any subordinate body thereof ever be conditioned or limited upon the basis of such discriminatory considerations. Mail Handler officers, agents, and members shall not discriminate against any specified group on the basis of race, religion, color, cre...")
• 01:32, 28 December 2021 Admin talk contribs created page Constitution Article 13 Section 1 (Created page with "=== Section 1 === This Union shall consist of Local Unions and other subordinate bodies. The National President, subject to the approval of the National Executive Board, shall have the authority to issue Local Union and subordinate body charters on such terms and conditions as s/he shall deem appropriate. No such charter shall be issued where there is in existence a Local Union having jurisdiction over the Postal Service facility where there are employees within this Uni...")
• 18:58, 27 December 2021 Admin talk contribs created page Constitution Article 12 (Created page with "== Article 12 ‐ National Convention == {{:Constitution Article 12 Section 1}} {{:Constitution Article 12 Section 2}} {{:Constitution Article 12 Section 3}} {{:Constitution Article 12 Section 4}} {{:Constitution Article 12 Section 5}} {{:Constitution Article 12 Section 6}} {{:Constitution Article 12 Section 7}} {{:Constitution Article 12 Section 8}} {{:Constitution Article 12 Section 9}} {{:Constitution Article 12 Section 10}} {{:Constitution Article 12 Section 11}} {{:...")
• 18:57, 27 December 2021 Admin talk contribs created page Constitution Article 12 Section 18 (Created page with "=== Section 18 === The National Executive Board shall have the power following the adoption of a resolution or a constitutional amendment by the National Convention, to make such typographical, grammatical, and punctuation corrections, rearrangements, and renumbering of articles and sections, or otherwise, including the supplying or remedying of inadvertent omissions or errors, as are necessary to carry out the spirit and intent of any resolution or amendment adopted.")
• 18:57, 27 December 2021 Admin talk contribs created page Constitution Article 12 Section 17 (Created page with "=== Section 17 === Each Local Union and other subordinate body shall be responsible for the reasonable living and travel expenses incurred by its delegates.")
• 18:56, 27 December 2021 Admin talk contribs created page Constitution Article 12 Section 16 (Created page with "=== Section 16 === Alternate delegates may be seated in the absence of regular delegates upon presentation of proper credentials or other appropriate identification and certification by the Credentials Committee.")
• 18:56, 27 December 2021 Admin talk contribs created page Constitution Article 12 Section 15 (Created page with "=== Section 15 === Resolutions submitted for consideration of the National Convention must be received by the National President no later than sixty (60) days prior to the opening date of the National Convention. Such resolutions shall be referred to the Committee on Resolutions for consideration and recommendation to the Convention delegates for adoption, modification, or rejection thereof.")
• 18:55, 27 December 2021 Admin talk contribs created page Constitution Article 12 Section 14 (Created page with "=== Section 14 === The order of business and rules of the National Convention shall be considered by the Committee on Rules, and it shall prepare its report for submission to the National Convention for adoption or modification at the opening thereof. The report of the Committee shall be provided to each delegate upon registration at the Convention.")
• 18:53, 27 December 2021 Admin talk contribs created page Constitution Article 12 Section 13 (Created page with "=== Section 13 === Prior to the convening of a National Convention there shall be furnished to each Local Union and each other eligible subordinate body the official credentials for each delegate. Upon receipt of such credentials, the President of each Local Union (or other eligible subordinate body) shall sign the official credentials; a duplicate of each credentials shall be signed by the chair of the Credentials Committee and maintained by the Credentials Committee. T...")
• 18:52, 27 December 2021 Admin talk contribs created page Constitution Article 12 Section 12 (Created page with "=== Section 12 === Any regular member in good standing of a Local Union or of another subordinate body who desires to protest the manner of selecting a delegate or delegates to the National Convention from his or her Local Union must file a protest with the National President by forwarding a copy of such protest to the National President not later than thirty (30) days after the Local’s delegate election. The National President shall acknowledge such protest and advise...")
• 18:52, 27 December 2021 Admin talk contribs created page Constitution Article 12 Section 11 (Created page with "=== Section 11 === Prior to and during a National Convention, the Credentials Committee shall be empowered to examine, pass upon, and determine the validity of the credentials of all delegates. The Credentials Committee shall report its findings to the National Convention and recommend the seating of those delegates whom it has accredited. The final decision on seating delegates shall rest with the properly‐seated Convention delegates by majority vote.")
• 18:51, 27 December 2021 Admin talk contribs created page Constitution Article 12 Section 10 (Created page with "=== Section 10 === The National Convention shall have authority to act upon the business of this Union, including the enactment of amendments to this Constitution. It shall require two‐thirds (2/3) of the total delegate votes cast at a National Convention to enact a constitutional amendment. Such amendments shall become effective upon their adoption. For proposed amendments to this Constitution to be considered by a National Convention, such amendments must be submitte...")
• 18:51, 27 December 2021 Admin talk contribs created page Constitution Article 12 Section 9 (Created page with "=== Section 9 === The National President shall be in charge of all National Convention arrangements, and on behalf of the National Executive Board s/he shall prepare a report to the delegates on the activities and accomplishments of this Union between National Conventions. The National President shall have the authority to establish such committees in advance of a National Convention for such purposes as s/he shall deem necessary. Committees shall include, but not be lim...")
• 18:50, 27 December 2021 Admin talk contribs created page Constitution Article 12 Section 8 (Created page with "=== Section 8 === A Local Union or other subordinate body that is not in good standing at the opening of a National Convention shall have no standing or rights therein. A Local Union must be notified by the National Secretary‐Treasurer sixty (60) days prior to the Convention of any National Union claim against its good standing along with the basis and actions needed to correct its standing.")
• 18:50, 27 December 2021 Admin talk contribs created page Constitution Article 12 Section 7 (Created page with "=== Section 7 === Each member of the National Executive Board shall be entitled to one (1) vote at a National Convention and shall be accorded all of the privileges of fully‐accredited delegates, except that a Board member shall not be permitted to vote in any election of officers at the National Convention unless, during the most recent election for members of the National Executive Board, s/he was elected by secret ballot, or if unopposed, by acclamation, to serve as...")
• 18:49, 27 December 2021 Admin talk contribs created page Constitution Article 12 Section 6 (Created page with "=== Section 6 === The presence of delegates representing a majority of both the delegates and delegate votes in attendance at a National Convention shall constitute a quorum.")
• 18:49, 27 December 2021 Admin talk contribs created page Constitution Article 12 Section 5 (Created page with "=== Section 5 === Every Local Union, regardless of its numerical regular membership, shall be entitled to at least one (1) vote at a National Convention. Local Unions with more than twenty‐five (25) regular members shall be entitled to one (1) vote for each twenty‐five (25) regular members or major fraction (13/25) thereof.")
• 18:48, 27 December 2021 Admin talk contribs created page Constitution Article 12 Section 4 (Created page with "=== Section 4 === Representation of Local Unions at a National Convention shall be based upon the average monthly regular membership of each Local Union for the calendar year next preceding the year in which the Convention is to be held. The average monthly regular membership shall be computed on the basis of the full amount of per capita tax paid monthly by each Local Union or regular members thereof to this Union. Any Local Union which has not been in existence during...")
• 18:47, 27 December 2021 Admin talk contribs created page Constitution Article 12 Section 3 (Created page with "=== Section 3 === Local Unions and subordinate body delegates to a National Convention shall be elected by secret ballot in accordance with rules adopted and promulgated by the National Executive Board. Such rules shall require that, in order to qualify as a candidate for delegate, a regular member shall be required to have been in continuous good standing in the National Postal Mail Handlers Union for a period of two years and in continuous good standing in his/her Loca...")
• 18:46, 27 December 2021 Admin talk contribs created page Constitution Article 12 Section 2 (Created page with "=== Section 2 === At least ninety (90) days prior to the National Convention a call shall issue from the National Secretary‐Treasurer to each Local Union and each other subordinate body of this Union which is entitled to be represented at the National Convention advising of the date and location of the National Convention. Each Local Union and other subordinate body shall be entitled to send as many delegates to such Mail Handler National Convention as it is entitled t...")
• 18:45, 27 December 2021 Admin talk contribs created page Constitution Article 12 Section 1 (Created page with "=== Section 1 === This Union shall convene a Mail Handler National Convention every four years, between the first day of August and the last day of September during each leap year. This National Convention shall be the highest decision‐making body of this Union. The exact date of such Mail Handler National Convention shall be determined by the National Executive Board. The location of the next Mail Handler National Convention shall be determined by the delegates at eac...")
• 18:32, 27 December 2021 Admin talk contribs created page Constitution Article 11 (Created page with "== Article 11 ‐ National Officer Elections == {{:Constitution Article 11 Section 1}} {{:Constitution Article 11 Section 2}} {{:Constitution Article 11 Section 3}} {{:Constitution Article 11 Section 4}} {{:Constitution Article 11 Section 5}} {{:Constitution Article 11 Section 6}}")
• 18:32, 27 December 2021 Admin talk contribs created page Constitution Article 11 Section 6 (Created page with "=== Section 6 === Election Protests: Any regular member shall be entitled to file an election protest with the Election Committee within fifteen (15) days following the installation of the newly elected officers. The protest shall specify the nature and details of the conduct alleged to have violated this Constitution, any election rules, or applicable laws or regulations. The Election Committee shall promptly cause copies of all protests to be served on all interested c...")
• 18:32, 27 December 2021 Admin talk contribs created page Constitution Article 11 Section 5 (Created page with "=== Section 5 === Campaigning: (a) No Union funds shall be expended, directly or indirectly, to promote or oppose any candidate for Union office. No Union facilities, equipment, stationery, supplies, or the seal and insignia of the National Union or any Local modification thereof may be used to further any candidacy. No appointed employee, agent, or elected officer shall be required to support the candidacy of any individual or slate. (b) Each candidate shall be entitle...")
• 18:31, 27 December 2021 Admin talk contribs created page Constitution Article 11 Section 4 (Created page with "=== Section 4 === Elections: (a) Elections shall be conducted among all regular members in good standing voting by secret ballot. Ballots shall be printed and mailed to members’ last‐known home addresses by the American Arbitration Association (“AAA”), or by another similar organization chosen by the Election Committee supervising the election of National officers (“another similar organization”), between 30 and 40 days after the conclusion of the Convention...")
• 18:30, 27 December 2021 Admin talk contribs created page Constitution Article 11 Section 3 (Created page with "=== Section 3 === Election Committee: Elections of National officers shall be supervised by a 3‐person Election Committee whose members shall be elected by secret ballot at the National Convention preceding the election. To be eligible to serve on the Election Committee, a member must meet the same qualifications for holding the office of National President, except that s/he shall not be a candidate for national office, and s/he shall not actively campaign for or acti...")
• 18:30, 27 December 2021 Admin talk contribs created page Constitution Article 11 Section 2 (Created page with "=== Section 2 === Nominations/Primary Elections: (a) Candidates for National Union office shall be nominated at the National Convention. A delegate may not nominate more than one (1) candidate for each office. A candidate shall not be entitled to simultaneously run for more than one office in this National Union. Any disputes concerning a candidate’s eligibility shall be resolved by the Convention. (b) In the event more than two candidates are nominated for any positio...")
• 18:29, 27 December 2021 Admin talk contribs created page Constitution Article 11 Section 1 (Created page with "=== Section 1 === Eligibility: To be eligible to run for a position on the National Executive Board, an individual must have been a member in continuous good standing for a period of two (2) years preceding the date a Convention is scheduled to be convened (subject to the waiver for active military duty specified in the second paragraph of Article V, Section 1 of the Uniform Local Union Constitution, as determined by the Election Committee supervising the election of Nat...")
• 18:25, 27 December 2021 Admin talk contribs created page Constitution Article 10 (Created page with "== Article 10 ‐ National Executive Board ‐ Duties and Powers == {{:Constitution Article 10 Section 1}} {{:Constitution Article 10 Section 2}} {{:Constitution Article 10 Section 3}} {{:Constitution Article 10 Section 4}}")
• 18:25, 27 December 2021 Admin talk contribs created page Constitution Article 10 Section 4 (Created page with "=== Section 4 === If meetings of the National Executive Board are held outside of Washington, DC, the National Officers are encouraged to visit, when practicable, a nearby facility where Mail Handlers are employed.")
• 18:25, 27 December 2021 Admin talk contribs created page Constitution Article 10 Section 3 (Created page with "=== Section 3 === The National Executive Board shall have authority to hear and decide appeals from disciplinary proceedings arising in subordinate bodies of this Union and shall provide to parties thereto, through appropriate regulations, such fair procedures as are generally recognized in the trade union movement and are required under applicable law.")
• 18:24, 27 December 2021 Admin talk contribs created page Constitution Article 10 Section 2 (Created page with "=== Section 2 === The National Executive Board may exercise legislative power when, in its opinion, it deems it necessary to conform to or comply with the law or when, in its judgment, the exercise of such power is deemed necessary, proper, and appropriate.")
• 18:24, 27 December 2021 Admin talk contribs created page Constitution Article 10 Section 1 (Created page with "=== Section 1 === Between National Conventions, the National Executive Board shall be responsible for governing this Union, upholding its laws and policies and advancing its interests. Actions and decisions of the National Executive Board and its members shall be appealable to the General Executive Board of LIUNA, which shall review the record and affirm or reverse and remand in writing at its next Board meeting. All such appeals to the General Executive Board of LIUNA m...")
• 18:20, 27 December 2021 Admin talk contribs protected Constitution [Edit=Allow only administrators] (indefinite) [Move=Allow only administrators] (indefinite) [cascading] (Excessive vandalism) (hist)
• 18:19, 27 December 2021 Admin talk contribs created page Constitution Article 9 (Created page with "== Article 9 ‐ Semi‐Annual National Meetings == {{:Constitution Article 9 Section 1}} {{:Constitution Article 9 Section 2}} {{:Constitution Article 9 Section 3}} {{:Constitution Article 9 Section 4}} {{:Constitution Article 9 Section 5}}")
• 18:19, 27 December 2021 Admin talk contribs created page Constitution Article 9 Section 5 (Created page with "=== Section 5 === A resolution passed upon a two‐thirds vote of the Local Presidents and/or Representatives shall be binding, with every Local having only one vote, provided that, whenever possible, the resolution is submitted to all Local Presidents and the National Office at least two weeks prior to the semi‐annual meeting.")
• 18:19, 27 December 2021 Admin talk contribs created page Constitution Article 9 Section 4 (Created page with "=== Section 4 === This National Organization shall consider information received from the Local Unions in developing its contractual and other organizational goals.")
• 18:18, 27 December 2021 Admin talk contribs created page Constitution Article 9 Section 3 (Created page with "=== Section 3 === The agenda for such semi‐annual meetings shall include the following, in addition to the agenda items submitted by the Local Unions: (i) The National Executive Board shall provide the attendees with its full financial report, outlining the current financial status of the National organization. (ii) A report from the Contract Administration Department. (iii) Discussions pertaining to any issue of legislation; safety, legal or educational activities; or...")
• 18:18, 27 December 2021 Admin talk contribs created page Constitution Article 9 Section 2 (Created page with "=== Section 2 === The number of representatives to represent the Local Union at these meetings, and the selection of such individuals, shall be determined by the Local Union President. The respective Local Union shall bear the financial obligations for the attendance of its representatives at those meetings.")
• 18:17, 27 December 2021 Admin talk contribs created page Constitution Article 9 Section 1 (Created page with "=== Section 1 === There shall be established semi‐annual National Meetings of the National Postal Mail Handlers Union. At these meetings, the National Officers shall meet with representatives of the Local Unions. The National Officers also are encouraged to visit, when practicable, a nearby facility where Mail Handlers are employed.")
• 18:14, 27 December 2021 Admin talk contribs created page Constitution Article 8 (Created page with "== Article 8 ‐ Duties of the National Secretary‐Treasurer == {{:Constitution Article 8 Section 1}} {{:Constitution Article 8 Section 2}} {{:Constitution Article 8 Section 3}} {{:Constitution Article 8 Section 4}} {{:Constitution Article 8 Section 5}} {{:Constitution Article 8 Section 6}} {{:Constitution Article 8 Section 7}}")