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FOR THE
DISTRICT COUNCIL FOR NEW YORK CITY AND VICINITY
OF THE
UNITED BROTHERHOOD OF CARPENTERS AND JOINERS
oF AMERICA. AFL-CIO
PREAMBLE
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Our aim will be to promote and protect the interest of our membership, to elevate the moral, intellectual and social conditions of all working men and women, to assist each other in sickness and distress. |
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To encourage apprenticeship and a higher standard of skill, to cultivate a feel- ing of friendship, and to assist each other to secure employment
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To aid and to assist all organizations to uphold the dignity of labor and resist oppression by honorable Means. |
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To hold it as a sacred principle, that union members, above all others, should set
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We resent the principle of open shop association, and will continually strive for the enactment of legislation, which will en- able us to achieve our objectives.
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Realizing. that a blow at one organi- zation is a blow to all, therefore, it shall be our duty as union members to purchase union-made goods and patronize union shops and business establishments when- ever possible to do so.
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So with these aims and principles in
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the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America, AFL CIO in conformity with the provisions of the Constitution of the United Brotherhood. |
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BY-LAWS NAME AND TITLE Section 1. |
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This body is chartered and known as the District Council for New York City and Vicinity of the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America, AFL-CIO.This Council is organized in conformity with the Constitution of the United Brotherhood arid shall exercise the powers and privileges of a Council under the Constitution of the United Brotherhood. |
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OBJECTS Section 2. |
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The primary objects of this Council - shall be to promote and. protect the interest of our membership. through broadly demo- cratic institutions free of corrupt influence, to encourage the apprenticeship system and higher standards of skill, to reduce the hours of labor, to secure adequate pay for our work, to elevate the standard of our craft, to cultivate a feeling of friendship among the members of this. Brotherhood, to assist our members in procuring employ- merit and to protect our members by legal and proper means against any injustice that may be done to them, and to improve the moral, social and intellectual conditions of our members and all working people.
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POWERS
Section 3.
This Council, through a democratically elected governing body of delegates chosen by the rank and file, shall be the central governing body and shall have legislative and executive powers on all matters relating to the general interest and welfare of affiliated Local Unions and their members. The Council shall establish working dues or monthly dues that are sufficient to operate the Council payable to the Council and initiation fees. It shall have the power to collect and retain all fines levied by the Council for violation of the laws, trade rules and other rules of the Council. The Council shall have the power to issue the quarterly work card. It shall have the power to make agreements with kindred bodies or central organizations . and send Delegates to the saMe whenever deemed necessary. The Council shall have the authority to review and approve in its discretion, all personnel decisions. arid to establish personnel and other policies. Except for clerical employees of Local Unions, all persons employed on matters within the jurisdiction of the Council, including Business Representatives and Organizers, Shall be employees of the Council. No Council officer or Executive Committee Delegate shall receive salary or other compensation or hold elected or appointed position as an officer of an affiliated Local Union. The affiliated Local Unions may employ and pay salaries to clerical employees.
. These By-Laws, Trade Rules and any other rules, resolutions and directives adopted by the Council shall govern and be binding on each Local Union affiliated with the Council.
Any subject not covered by these By-. Laws and Trade Rules shall be governed by the Constitution of the United Brotherhood - and nothing in. these By-Laws shall. in any
way be construed to conflict with the Constitution of the United Brotherhood.
COUNCIL REPRESENTATION
Section 4
Each Local Union shall elect Delegates to the Council in accordance with the Constitution and of the United Brotherhood governing nomination and elections in subordinate bodies. The ratio of representation from each Local Union to the Council-shall be determined by the Council. A member of a total Union who meets the qualifications of Section 31D of the Constitution of theUnited Brotherhood shall not be ineligible to be a Delegate- because he or she is a Business Representative of the Council, nor shall an otherwise qualified Delegate to the Council be ineligible for appointment as a Business Representative because he or she is a Delegate. Each Local Union shall submit the correct number of members on their rolls from month to month on and after the first meeting of each month.
The ratio of representation from each Local Union to the Council shall be as follows:
1 to 500 members = five delegates
501 to 1,000 members = six delegates
1,001 to 1,500 members = seven delegates
1,501 to 2,000 members = eight delegates
2,001 to 2,500 members = nine delegates
2,501 to 3,000 members = ten delegates
3,001 to 3,500 members = eleven delegates
3,501 to 4,000 members = twelve delegates
4,001 to 4,500 members = thirteen delegates
For each additional 500 members thereafter
= one delegate
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POWERS AND DUTIES OF DELEGATES
Section 5.
The Delegate Body shall have the exclusive authority to consider, vote upon and finally approve decisions on all matters affecting the Council, except as to all matters which are expressly delegated by the Delegate Body. Without limiting the generality of this grant of authority, the Delegate Body shall have the exclusive authority to: finally approve the budget 'and all expenditures of the Council, finally approve the overall organizing plan of the Council, finally approve all recommendations of the Executive Committee, finally approve all contracts of the Council, including, but not limited to, those relating to the employment of service providers, outside legal advice or other professional advice, finally approve collective bargaining agreements„ finally approve the appointment and removal of Trustees to the Trust Funds, and appoint the Council's Trial Committee, Rules and Resolutions Committee, District Council Grievance Committee and Election Committee and such other committees it deems necessary. The Delegate Body shall also have unlimited authority to raise and finally resolve any matter within the jurisdiction of this Council on its own initiative.
The Council by majority vote of the Delegates present, either in regular or special session, shall have the authority to adopt Operating Procedures to govern the Council and all Local Unions, and to enact all measures, resolutions, trade rules, instruction to members and Local Unions and all other actions that may be necessary to further the objectives and purposes of the CounciL
Council Delegates shall be elected in accordance with the Constitution of the United .Brotherhood Council Delegates shall be elected for a term of not more than
three years or until their successors are elected, qualified and installed
DELEGATE CREDENTIALS
Section 6.
Recording Secretaries of Local Unions must forward credentials of the Delegates from their Local Union to the Council properly signed by the Local Union President and Recording Secretary with the seal of the Local Union affixed. They shall be referred to the Executive Committee who shall investigate the same and report their findings to the Council with recommendation thereof.
DELEGATES ATTENDING MEETINGS
Section 7.
Any Delegate to this Council failing to attend its meetings shall upon the (3rd) offense, provided they are successive and no reasonable excuse is presented and accepted by a majority vote of the Council, stand suspended and his Local Union shall be so notified.
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Section 8.
The Executive Committee shall be a subcommittee of the Delegate Body and shall consist of one member of each Local Union nominated and elected by secret ballot of the membership directly, and the President; Vice-President and Executive Secretary-Treasurer. The Executive Committee shall prepare-an-annual budget for the- Council: to. considered, voted upon, and finally approved by the Delegate Body. The Executive Committee shall review and make recommendations to the Delegates on all Major purchases by the Council such as automobiles, computers and all personnel decisiions, including. salaries. The Executive Committee shall serve as the collective bar-
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gaining committee for conducting negotiations with employers. The Executive Committee shall have the authority to appoint additional members to serve on any negotiating committee. The Executive Committee shall make recommendations to the Delegates on the appointment and removal of Trustees to the Trust Funds. The Executive Committee shall have the authority to conduct public and member relations including the publishing of The Carpenter. All changes
shall report their findings to the Delegates. The Executive Committee shall submit a report on Council operations to each meet- ing of the Delegate Body. |
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DISTRICT COUNCIL OFFICES Section 9A.
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There shall be a President Vice President, Executive Secretary-Treasurer, Warden, Conductor and three (3) Trustees. The term of these offices shall be four (4) years. |
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NOMINATIONS AND ELECTIONS Section 9B. |
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The nomination, election and in- stallation of members for such offices shall be governed by the Constitution of the |
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United Brotherhood in accordance with the following provisions: |
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(A) Candidates for President,. Vice President and Executive Secretary Treasurer shall be nominated and elected by secret ballot of the membership directly. Candidates for Warden, Conductor and the three (3) Trustees shall be nominated and elected by the Delegate Body. Candidates for all such offices must be working within the bargaining unit represented by their Lo- cal Union, or employed full time within the framework of the United Brotherhood of Carpenters to be eligible. |
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(B) Candidates duly nominated and elected, by virtue of their office, shall be deemed a Delegate from their Local Union for the ensuing election of Local Union Delegates to the Council. |
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DUTIES OF THE PRESIDENT Section 10. |
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It shall be the duty of the President to preside at all meetings of the Council, enforce a due observance of the Constitu- tion of the United Brotherhood, conduct the same according to parliamentary rules, rules of the Delegate Body and perform such other duties as designated by the body. |
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DUTIES OF THE VICE PRESIDENT Section 11. The Vice President shall assist the President in the performance of his or her duties and conduct meetings in his or her absence. The same rules are to govern as are applied to the President |
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DUTIES OF THE EXECUTIVE SECRE- TARY-TREASURER Section 12. |
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(A) The Executive Secretary- Treasurer shall be responsible for the man- agement and supervision of the field activi- ties, business office(s), and for conducting the daily business of the Council in accor- dance with the Council policies established by the Delegate Body. The Executive Sec- retary-Treasurer shall assume all of the du- ties of the Recording Secretary and Treasurer. |
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All monies paid into the Council shall be deposited by the Executive Secre- tary-Treasurer in the name of the Council in such bank or banks as properly designated by the Executive Committee. |
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The Executive Secretary-Treasurer shall furnish each Local Union with a copy of the quarterly financial report of the Council certified by the proper auditing committee. This report shall be signed by the Trustees of the Council. He shall per- form such other duties from time to time as the Executive Committee or the Council Delegates may direct. |
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The Executive Secretary-Treasurer shall furnish to each Local Union a correct record of each meeting of the Council. All collected claims shall pass through the hands of the Executive Secretary-Treasurer and he shall keep a record of the same. |
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The Executive Secretary-Treasurer shall refer all bills to the Trustees for inves- tigation, after which they shall be presented to the Council Delegates for final approval. |
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The Executive Secretary-Treasurer is specifically authorized to expend, subject to the approval of the Executive Committee and, in accordance with the procedures of |
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these By-Laws and the budget approved by the Delegates, funds for any or all of the purposes and objects of the Council estab- lished by the Delegate' Body.
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The Executive Secretary-Treasurer shall have the authority to hire, discipline, suspend, promote or terminate all clerical or custodial employees and shall determine their duties, assignments, compensation, hours of employment. and conditions. |
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. The Executive Secretary-Treasurer shall have the authority to appoint; hire; discipline, suspend, promote or terminate Council representatives and organizers, subject to the approval of the Executive Committee by a majority vote. |
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(B) The Executive Secre- tary-Treasurer, by virtue of election to his or her office, shall automatically be deemed as an elected Delegate from the Council to the conventions or meetings of the United Brotherhood, State Building and Construction Trades Councils Labor Federations and any other organizations, conferences or meeting in which the Council may participate or become affiliated. |
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The Executive Secretary-Treasurer or his designee shall be chairman of all ne- gotiating committees. |
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The Executive Secretary-Treasurer shall serve as a trustee on any and all trust funds including, but not limited to, health and welfare, pension, labor-management and joint apprenticeship and training funds. |
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The Executive Secretary-Treasurer shall review with the Executive Committee all minutes of any trust fund meeting and answer all questions put to him regarding such minutes with a copy of same to remain at the office of the Council. |
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The Executive Secretary-Treasurer shall notify each Local Union by mail, no later than April 15th of the year of each general election of Local Union Delegates to this Council, the correct number of Dele- gates each Local Union is entitled to have elected. |
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The Local Union shall notify the Ex- ecutive Secretary-Treasurer, by certified mail, of the names of the elected Delegates before July 1st of each year. It is compul- sory that the Executive Secretary-Treasurer of the Council notify these Delegates by mail that nominations and elections of the Council officers arid the Executive Com- mittee will be held at the regular Council meeting in August. |
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The Executive Secretary-Treasurer shall keep a correct record of each meeting, keep all documents and correspondence, issue all calls for a special meeting, keep a record of all charges, trials and fines, take charge of the seal of the Council and affix same to all official documents, sign all legal orders, keep a correct account between the Council and the Local Unions, receive all monies paid to the Council and shall hold in his or her possession a sum of money riot to exceed $5,000 for contingent expenses. He or she shall issue quarterly work cards to the affiliated Local Unions. |
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The Executive Secretary-Treasurer shall take charge of all the ballots cast in any election of the Council and shall pre- serve said ballots and other records relating to the election for a period of. One year after the election date.
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The Executive Secretary-Treasurer may delegate any of his authority to a rep- resentativ |