Laborers for JUSTICE is
pleased to provide IUOE members with an electronic
hyperlinked copy of the Constitution of the
International Union of Operating Engineers. See
Index for hyperlinked search terms.
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To All IUOE
Members:
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This
International Constitution, as amended and
revised by the 36th General Convention, sets
forth your rights and obligations as members of
this great International Union. |
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Our organization
has a long and proud history to build on. I
believe the future holds even more opportunities
for the IUOE. |
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The continued
vitality of our International lies in the
collective strength of you, the members.
Accordingly, I urge your active participation in
the endeavors of your Local Unions and your
International Union. |
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Fraternally yours,
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Frank Hanley
General President
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The
CONSTITUTION
Governing
THE INTERNATIONAL UNION OF
OPERATING ENGINEERS
And
All Subdivisions, Bodies, Local Unions
and Members Thereof
The International Union of Operating Engineers
Organized December
7, 1896
Affiliated with AFL-CIO
Compiled by
the Constitution Convention Sept. 30,
1938, and adopted by Referendum Vote of Entire
Membership Dec. 31, 1938.
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Amended by 21st
Int. Convention
Amended by 22nd Int. Convention
Amended by Referendum
Amended by 23rd Int. Convention
Amended by Referendum
Amended by 24th Int. Convention
Amended by 25th Int. Convention
Amended by 26th Int. Convention
Amended by 27th Int. Convention
Amended by 28th Int. Convention
Amended by 29th Int. Convention
Amended by 30th Int. Convention
Amended by Referendum
Amended by 31st Int. Convention
Amended by 32nd Int. Convention
Amended by 33rd Int. Convention
Amended by 34th Int. Convention
Amended by 35th Int. Convention
Amended by 36th Int. Convention |
April 1940
April 1944
September 1, 1947
April 1948
August 1, 1951
April 1952
April 1956
April 1960
April 1964
April 1968
April 1972
April 1976
September 28, 1977
April 1980
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April 1988
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CONTENTS
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Preface |
Suggested Order of Business
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Art. I |
Name,
Purposes, Government
and Ritual |
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Art. II |
Emblem
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Art. III |
General
Conventions, Powers,
Delegates, Etc
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Art. IV |
General Officers, Election, Etc |
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Art. V |
General Executive Board |
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Art. VI |
General President |
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Art. VII |
General Vice Presidents
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Art. VIII |
General Secretary-Treasurer
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Art. IX |
Board
of Trustees |
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Art. X |
Membership |
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Art. XI |
Income of International Union
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Art. XII |
Territorial
Jurisdiction |
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Art. XIII |
Craft
Jurisdiction |
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Art. XIV |
Charters |
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Art. XV |
Transfer, Clearance, Service
Dues, Withdrawal Cards and
General Office Membership . |
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Art. XVI. |
Discipline and Expulsion |
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Art. XVII. |
Appeals |
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PREFACE
SUGGESTED ORDER OF
BUSINESS
FOR
LOCAL UNIONS
1.
Meeting called to order per Ritual.
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2. Examination
of clues books and/or cards by Conductor.
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3.
Roll call of officers.
4. (a) Minutes of the previous meeting.
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(b) Minutes of
the Local Executive Board.
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5.
Presentation of applications for membership.
6. Reports of committee on applications.
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7. Reading of
communications-by the Recording-Corresponding
Secretary.
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8. Reading of
receipts for the per capita tax and other monies
sent to the General Secretary-Treasurer.
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9.
Election and installation of officers.
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10. Reports of
sickness, accident and death of members.
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11.
(a) Reports pertaining to apprentices.
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(b) Reports
pertaining to Branch Locals.
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Unfinished business.
13. New business.
14. Reports of (a) Officers
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Legislation and
political action |
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(d) Business
Representatives |
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Subjects for the good and welfare.
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16.
Appropriations for monies from the treasury
(drawing orders signed by the President and the
Recording-Corresponding Secretary authorizing
the payment of bills and other expenses).
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17.
Motion or order for adjournment.
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Art. I. Section
1. |
This
organization shall be known as the International
Union of Operating Engineers and it shall
be the policy of this organization to be
affiliated with the AFL-CIO and such of its
departments as this organization may deem
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Purposes
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Art. I.
Section 2. |
The
objects and purposes of this organization are to
elevate the trade of operating engineers
(by which trade the membership thereon earn a
livelihood for themselves and their dependents)
to its proper position in all industrial
activity and the ranks of organized workers; to
encourage a higher standard of skill among its
members; to cultivate feelings of friendship
among the men of the craft and those who may
employ its members; to organize all persons
working in the jurisdiction of this
International Union without regard to race,
creed, color, sex, religion, age or national
origin; to promote the health, welfare
and-safety of its members and their families; to
promote, foster and develop apprentice programs,
training programs and other means to advance the
skills, efficiency and working knowledge of its
members; to assist its members in securing and
stabilizing employment; to assist employers in
obtaining skilled craftsmen; to secure improved
wages, hours, and working conditions through
assisting affiliated Local Unions in negotiating
collective bargaining agreements and through
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action and other
appropriate means; to further, directly and
indirectly, the joint interest of the members of
the International Union in the betterment of
general economic and social conditions in the
world, by engaging in legislative, political,
educational, civic welfare, and other
appropriate activities; while preserving the
integrity and autonomy of this International
Union, to work within the AFL-CIO and to
cooperate with other International Unions for
the advancement of the entire labor movement,
and to assist and cooperate with free and
democratic labor organizations through- out the
world; to provide aid and assistance for and to
bring about cooperation and coordination of
effort among affiliated Local Unions; to insure
the better protection of life and property by
securing, the enactment of state, provincial and
city Engineers License Laws and by other
appropriate means; and to protect and strengthen
our democratic institutions and to vigorously
oppose the efforts of those who advocate the
overthrow of the established order, either of
government or of this organization, by force or
violence or subversive tactics. |
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Art. I.
Section 3. |
The
International Union of Operating Engineers
shall be governed by the following bodies:
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General
Executive Board |
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State and
Provincial Organizations |
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Parent Local
Unions |
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and each of such
bodies shall constitute a distinct entity each
with its own separate identity but functioning
in conformity to the Constitution and Ritual. No
Local Union or its officers, employees or
members, shall have power or authority to act,
nor be deemed to act, on
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behalf
of or agent for, or legally bind any
other Local Union or member thereof, the
General Convention, the General
Executive Board, any of the General
Officers, or the International Union of
Operating Engineers, unless such
authority is expressly granted by the
provisions of this Constitution or by
the General Executive Board. No Local
Union, officer or member thereof,
Supervisor or Representative, shall be
authorized or permitted to accept
service of summons, subpoena, or make
entry of appearance, for or on behalf of
the International Union, any General
Officer, the General Executive Board,
the Board of Trustees, or any other
Local Union or other subdivision of the
International Union of Operating
Engineers. |
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Ritual
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Art. I. Section
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The Ritual and
Obligation shall form a part of this
Constitution and shall be
administered in such form, and from time to time
revised in such manner as the General President,
with the approval of the General Executive
Board, may direct. |
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ARTICLE II
EMBLEM
Description
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Art. II.
Section 1. |
The official
emblem of the International Union of Operating
Engineers,
duly registered as a trademark, is as
follows: |
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Use of
Emblem |
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Art. II. Section
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This emblem
shall be generally used on all printed matter,
including charters, supplies and stationery of
the organization and its various subdivisions,
and in forms to be worn by members. |
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Seals and
Facsimiles |
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Art. II.
Section 3. |
The official
seal of the organization shall bear this emblem.
The seal of each General Officer and
subdivision of the organization shall likewise
bear this emblem together with the title of such
officer or the name of such subdivision using
the same. No seal shall be held or used by any
General Officer or subdivision of the
organization, not shall the use or holding of
any seal confer authority unless such seal shall
have been furnished by the General
Secretary-Treasurer. All seals shall be the
property of the International Union of Operating
Engineers. No facsimile of the emblem shall be
used except such as are supplied by the General
Secretary-Treasurer. |
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ARTICLE III
GENERAL
CONVENTIONS |
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Powers
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Art. III.
Section 1. |
All the
sovereign power. including the legislative,
executive, administrative and
judicial, of the International Union of
Operating Engineers shall be vested in its
General Convention when in session.
Specifically, but not in limitation of the power
thus vested, the General Convention may grant
and issue charters for Local Unions and
subdivisions thereof and local, State and
Provincial organizations and such other
subdivisions of the International Union as from
time to time may be deemed advisable; set the
cost for said charters and necessary supplies
issued with said charters; suspend and revoke
any of said charters; adopt and issue a seal for
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International
Union, its General Officers, its Local Unions,
local, State and Provincial organizations and
any other subdivisions; adopt, print and issue
dues books and/or cards for the use of the
membership; for and issue per capita tax dues
stamps and collect for same; print, issue and
mail an official journal; print and issue such
books, stationery supplies and paraphernalia and
sell the same to affiliated Local Unions, local,
State and Provincial organizations and any other
subdivisions for the proper keeping of their
records and affairs; invest the funds of the
International Union; buy and sell real estate
(improved or otherwise) and bonds and other
securities; establish, impose and collect per
capita tax; establish, impose and collect
assessments upon members, charter applicants,
Local Unions, local, State and Provincial
organizations and any other subdivisions as
hereinafter provided; impose an initiation fee
and an initiation fee tax; establish a Defense
Fund and pay strike benefits; establish, revise,
amend and from time to time change the Death
Benefit Fund and pay regulated benefits
therefrom; supervise the operation of Local
Unions, local, State and Provincial
organizations and any other subdivisions and
appoint supervisors and receivers when
necessary; prefer charges against Local Unions,
local, State and Provincial organizations and
any other subdivisions and officers
(individually or collectively) or their members
(individually or collectively) and order trials
with authority to discipline those affected;
prefer charges and order trials with authority
to discipline any General Officer or any member
of the Board of Trustees; register, copyright
and trademark the name of its official journal,
its emblem and any document of the organization;
establish and maintain a general headquarters in
Washington, D.C.; employ clerical and other
help; employ organizers and deputies; confiscate
and sue for the possession of all real and
personal property, paraphernalia, books,
charters, records, card indexes, seals and funds
of a Local Union, local, State or Provincial
organization and any other subdivision;
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establish a
General Executive Board with full powers of the
Convention between Conventions; include and
adopt as part of the Constitution a procedure
for the government and regulation of Local.
Unions, subdivisions thereof, local, State and
Provincial organizations and any other
subdivisions; establish, define, segregate,
assign and amend craft jurisdiction and
territorial jurisdiction to which Local Unions,
their subdivisions, local, State and Provincial
organizations and any other subdivisions already
established or hereinafter chartered shall
confine their activities; establish, enter into,
amend or abrogate understandings or written
agreements with other craft unions affiliated
with the AFL-CIO; amalgamate competitive craft
unions with the International Union of Operating
Engineers and by such amalgamation compel all
individual officers and members of the
amalgamated union to be subservient to the
Constitution, amendments thereto and decisions
and orders of the General Executive Board and
the General President of the International
Union; review and decide appeals from decisions
properly filed with provide for the general
welfare of the organization and its members;
take all steps necessary to protect the
interests of the organization; make all
disbursements necessary or appropriate in the
exercise of the above powers or in the
fulfillment of the objects and purposes of the
International Union; together with all other
rights, powers, privileges and immunities not
herein specifically denied.
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Method of
Holding Conventions |
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Art.
III. Section 2. |
A General
Convention of the International Union of
Operating Engineers shall be held during the
month of April 1988 and every five (5) years
thereafter during the month of April, or if the
logistics of arranging the Convention so
require, during any period between March 20 and
May 10, at such place as the preceding
Convention may determine, unless referred to the
General Executive Board by the Convention for
selection. |
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Composition
of Convention |
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Art. III.
Section 3. |
The General
Convention shall be composed of legally elected
General Officers, members of the General
Executive Board and the Board of Trustees and
the duly elected representative delegates from
Local Unions, and none but these shall be
entitled to vote. Local Unions may choose to
elect alternate delegates not to exceed one
alternate for every five delegates nor more than
a total of three alternates. The election of
delegates and alternates shall be held at an
election in the said Local Unions in February
prior to the Convention, unless under the
provisions of the Local Union bylaws they are
elected prior thereto but in no event more than
one (1) year prior to the first day of the
Convention, except that Local Unions may by
their bylaws designate as delegates to the
Convention not more than six of their officers,
elected sub-sequent to the adoption of such
bylaws.
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The election of
delegates shall be conducted by secret ballot.
In order to be eligible to be a candidate for
delegate for those Conventions held after 1998,
a member must, at the time of nomination, be in
good standing with respect to payment of dues
and meet the requirements contained in the
second paragraph of Article XXIV, Subdivision 1,
Section (b). Adequate safeguards to insure a
fair election shall be provided by the Local
Union in accordance with the International
Constitution, applicable law, and such rules and
regulations as may be promulgated by the General
Executive Board. The ballots and all other
records pertaining to the election of delegates
shall be preserved for one (1) rear by the
appropriate official or officials designated by
the Local Union.
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Where there are
no more candidates nominated for delegates and
alternates than are authorized by said local
union signifying no opposition, the secret
ballot election may be dispensed with and, in
such event, the Recording- Corresponding
Secretary shall be directed to cast one ballot
for all the unopposed candidates for delegates
and alternates, who shall then be declared duly
elected. |
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Officers of the
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Art. III.
Section 4. |
The duly elected
General Officers of the International Union of
Operating Engineers shall be the officers of the
General Convention.
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Basis of
Representation |
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Art.
III. Section 5 |
The basis of
delegate representation shall be as
follows: |
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Local Union
Membership |
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