Posts Tagged ‘Democratic practices’
1805 Thompson v. Duque, President, UAW Local Union 22
Article 6, §19 of the International Constitution entitles members in good standing who retire to obtain “retired membership status.” Article 55, §1 of the Constitution also provides for the formation of retired workers chapters in any local with 25 or more retired members. The question raised by this appeal is what happens to this retiree…
Read More1504 Shotwell v. UAW GM Dept.
The Democratic Practices section of the Ethical Practices Codes clearly recognizes that members do enjoy the right to self-government when they act through elected representatives. The ratification framework that Shotwell objects to was put in place by elected representatives acting on behalf of their constituents. The fact that combining the votes made the proposal to…
Read More1526 & 1542 Donovan et al. v. UAW Ford Dept.
Once the membership of Local 2000 voted to reject Vice President Bantom’s recommendation that it combine Units 1 and 2 for purposes of conducting its triennial election, there was no Constitutional basis for Bantom’s insistence that it do so. Nevertheless, the Union’s error in insisting that Local 2000 conduct its triennial elections as one unit…
Read More1606 Grima v. Regional Director Rory Gamble
There is no evidence in the record that an administratorship was necessary to prevent corruption or financial misconduct within the meaning of Article 12, §3(a), of the Constitution. The fact that Grima questioned the propriety of pension and insurance contributions for the Local Union’s part-time janitor does not amount to financial malpractice. The decision to…
Read More1621 Grima and Hayosh v. IEB
As a JOBS bank employee, Grima was considered employed under the jurisdiction of Local 174. He ran for president in 2004 and won. In 2005, GM negotiated the Special Attrition Plan for the Sewing Machine Repairman, which changed Grima’s employment status. Grima ought to have selected one of the options described in the plan by…
Read More1634 Lartigue v. IEB
The aspects of Lartigue’s behavior that required the extraordinary remedy of a disqualification to run for office include her defiance of parliamentary procedures for reaching a consensus as well as her misrepresentation of her own actions at a local membership meeting. Her actions were not errors or even negligence but deliberate strategies to evade the…
Read More1652 Christensen v. Local Union 2071 Executive Board
Although Christensen’s charges appear to satisfy the tests set forth in Article 31, §3, of the Constitution, we can understand the International Union’s reluctance to send this matter back to Local 2071 for the purpose of conducting a trial. There seems little likelihood that this local union administration will be capable of putting together a…
Read More1674 Osborne v. Local Union 600 General Council
The IEB’s investigator recounted all of the ballots cast in the race for chairperson. The recount cured any defects in the Election Committee’s tabulation of the ballots. The Local Union’s rule that allows a unit chairperson to be elected by a plurality of the votes cast resulted in the chief executive officer of this unit…
Read More1675 Lovejoy v. Local Union 898
Article 38 of the UAW Constitution sets forth the rules governing the election of officers in UAW Local Unions. These rules are not subject to waiver or modification for the sake of expediency. The Rawsonville employees working outside the jurisdiction of Local Union 898 in 2011 did not receive the notice required by Article 38,…
Read More1680 Beddoes v. Local Union 1219
The record supports a conclusion that the chairperson refused to file the requested grievance because he believed the Local Union’s arrangement with management regarding the scheduling of overtime was authorized by the applicable contracts. The chairperson presented persuasive reasons for giving the alternative work schedule precedence over the principle of equalizing overtime on a holiday. …
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