Local 22 Membership Requirements
QUALIFICATIONS
FOR MEMBERSHIP
- No person shall be eligible either for membership or to retain membership in this Local who shall be a member of any organization having for its aim or purpose the overthrow, by force, of the Constitution and Government of the United States or Canada.
- Pursuant to the International Constitution, a person applying for membership in this Local must have been a resident within the Local's jurisdiction for at least eighteen (18) months preceding application, unless waived by the International for proper cause upon application by the Local.
- Such applicant shall be eighteen (18) years of age and, except for shop employees admitted under the provisions of Section 8 of this Article, must have worked in various departments within the geographical jurisdiction of I.A.T.S.E., Local 22, for at least twelve (12) consecutive months preceding application, unless waived by the membership at a regular or special meeting.
- There shall be no
discrimination against any person in respect
to
membership in this Local by reason of race,
color, creed, national
origin, sex or age.
APPLICATION FOR MEMBERSHIP - Pursuant to the International Constitution, every application for membership must be made upon the official printed form supplied by the International and endorsed by the General Secretary-Treasurer of the International either before or after the vote by the Local on the application. (You can get this application from the Union Office)
- Application for
membership shall be received at any regular
meeting. The applicant must deposit, or cause
to be deposited, in the
hands of the Secretary Treasurer one hundred
dollars ($100.00) at the
time of filing plus any processing fee charged
by the International;
two hundred dollars ($200.00) to be paid at the
time the application is
accepted plus your current quarterly dues
($49.00); and the balance,
seventeen hundred dollars ($1700.00), to be
paid when the applicant is
admitted into the Local, unless a payment plan
is approved by the
Executive Board (currently the Local 22
Executive Board allows monthly
payments of $100 until the $1700 fee is paid).
Any applicant who is
guilty of making false statements upon the
application form shall, if
admitted to membership, be expelled upon
conviction and shall be
thereafter denied admission to membership in
this Local. Any initiation
fee paid by such member shall be forfeited upon
expulsion.
EXAMINATION OF APPLICANTS - Applicants
for membership shall, unless waived by the
Body, be
required to pass satisfactory examination as to
competency and
qualifications. If required, such examination
shall be before a Board
of Examiners, consisting of or appointed by the
Executive Board, and
the examination shall be uniform for all
applicants. The approval of
the Board of Examiners is essential before
further action is taken.
BALLOTING ON APPLICANTS - Pursuant to Article VII, Section 21 of the International Constitution, an applicant who has achieved vested status in the Local’s defined pension plan and who has complied with the preceding sections of this Article and who is, there under, eligible for membership shall immediately be taken into membership without vote.
- Pursuant to
the International Constitution, any other
applicant,
who has complied with the preceding sections of
this Article and who is
thereunder eligible for membership, shall be
proposed for admission at
a regular meeting of the Local. It shall be the
duty of the Secretary
Treasurer to notify the entire membership by
mail, at least three days
in advance of the meeting, that a vote on the
candidate will take place
at the next meeting. Pursuant to the
International Constitution, such
applicant shall not be present when his or her
name is proposed for
membership and open discussion shall be
permitted. The voting will be
by voice vote. If the applicant receives a
majority vote of those
present the applicant shall be declared by the
Presiding Officer as
duly elected. If any applicant is rejected by
the vote of the Local,
the part of the initiation fee which has been
posted shall be returned
by the Secretary Treasurer.
INDUCTION - An
applicant who has met the qualifications for
membership in the
Local shall be notified in writing by the
Secretary Treasurer to be
present for induction at the next regular
meeting of this Local
following the endorsement by the International
or at such other time as
determined by the President. The President or
his designee shall
administer the pledge required by the
International Constitution.
DATE OF MEMBERSHIP - Pursuant to the International Constitution, membership commences from the date of the registration with the General Secretary-Treasurer or the date of endorsement by the General Secretary-Treasurer, whichever is later.