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| In order to qualify as a candidate for any office in a Local Union. a member: | that member has a reasonable expectation of returning to work in the foreseeable future. In examining the circumstances (if each particular case. due regard shall be given to the good faith involved. Section I. No person w ho has been debarred after trial. from holding office. shall be qualified as a candidate during the period of his debarment, Section 6. A candidate shall not be eligible to run for office if he is a member of. or a sympathizer with. any organization that has for its purpose the overthrow of this Organization or of' the Government of the United States of America or of Canada. by force or violence. or who is unable to qualify under this Constitution and in accordance with the provisions of existing ]a\%. Section 7. A candidate must agree to observe. conform and comply with all of the terms and provisions of the International Union Constitution, the Uniform Local Union Constitution and the Uniform District Council Constitution and all of the rules. regulations, policies. practices and lawful orders and decisions adopted and promulgated in the furtherance and administration of the provisions of the said Constitutions. Section S. Such candidate must agree to refrain from conduct that would interfere with the proper conduct of all of the business of the Organization. Section 9. Such candidate must agree to recognize his responsibility toward the preservation of the Union as an. institution. Section 10. All of the qualifications for office must be present at the time of nomination. as well as at the time of election and during the term of office. Any person who receives a pension from a pension or a retirement fund related to the International Union or any affiliate thereof shall be presumed to be a retiree and, therefore. not to be working at the calling of the International Union and not to be qualified as a candidate for oft-ice. The burden shall be on such pension recipient to demonstrate affirmatively to the satisfaction of the Judges of Election that such individual nonetheless meets the constitutional qualifications for office. |
| Section 1. Shall be required to have been in good standing in
the International Union for a period of two years and in good stand-
in the Local Union for a period of two years immediately prior
to nomination and to be current in the payment of his dues. these
requirements shall not apply in cases when Local Unions have
been chartered for a period of less than two y ears prior to the date
of nomination.
Section 2. Shall be a citizen of the United States or Canada. unless such requirement is prohibited by provisions of applicable law. Section 4. No person shall be eligible to hold any office in the Local Union if he has not been regularly working at the calling of the International Union during the entire year immediately prior to nomination. "Working at the calling' shall be defined to include: (a) Employment for which the Union serves, or is actively seeking to serve, as the exclusive collective bargaining representative of employees: (b) Employment in a full-time official capacity for the Local Union:. (c) Employment by government or the trade union movement in a capacity directly related to the calling and one which w ould directly benefit the Local Union and its members except that employment by the Local Union in a clerical or administrative position shall not be deemed to be working at the calling": (d) Periods of unemployment w here the member was available for and continuously and actively sought employment at the calling which shall be understood to require full compliance with the lawful rules of the referral service or hiring hall. if any. operated b% the Local Union:
(e) Members who can pro\ e they were ere unable to work because of temporary, illness or disability of less than one \ear so long as |