There was no basis for Local Union to demand that Thielen’s vacation be rescinded based on her seniority in Department 866. The Recording Secretary and the Financial Secretary were both treated as part-time employees of the Local during this period and the Company paid each of them twenty hours per week for benefit representation activities…

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The membership’s determination that the full-time editor was a necessary expense did not preclude a determination by the International President, acting on behalf of the IEB, that such a provision was inappropriate in the Local Union’s bylaws. Although the membership is entitled to determine what is a necessary expense for the Local within the meaning…

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The first sentence of Article 35, §3(a), states the general requirement that units of an amalgamated local shall have proportional representation. If that were the sole intent and purpose of the section, there would have been no need for the second sentence. The second sentence of §3(a) specifically mandates as an additional requirement that each…

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A motion at a membership meeting that is silent with respect to a mandatory provision of the Local bylaws cannot override the clear language of those bylaws, and the bylaws in this case are clear. There was no waiver of the bylaws authorizing lost time and per diem for Convention delegates. A private agreement to…

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The Local Union bylaws clearly state that the Plant Chairperson will appoint a member to fill District Committeeperson vacancies for forty-five days until an election can be conducted. The Local Union’s failure to conduct an election within forty-five days of the appointment has been rendered moot by General Elections conducted at this Local Union. Reconsideration…

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Appellants’ failure to certify in accordance with Article 16, §19, was not the result of reliance on anything the financial secretary said to them, but rather was based on their mistaken belief that the certification requirement did not apply to local union officers. One of the basic obligations of union membership is the payment of…

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Although Johnson may have received the excess expense payments in good faith, we find that her refusal to cooperate with the International Union’s auditing department once the error was discovered justified the suspension imposed pursuant to Article 48, §5(c). If Johnson disagreed with the auditor’s findings, she was entitled to appeal those findings and request…

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There is no basis for rejecting President Gettelfinger’s application of Article 48, §5(c) to remove Kiddell from his position as financial secretary to Local Union 592. The audit performed by the International Union revealed that Kiddell regularly submitted vouchers claiming lost time for periods when the plant was not scheduled to work or for time…

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The bylaws state that a certified public accountant (CPA) shall conduct local union elections upon approval of the membership. They do not require that a CPA conduct all elections. The local would only have been required to use a CPA if the membership had approved a motion to use one.

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Schoenecker did not engage in financial misconduct within the meaning of Article 48, §5, of the UAW Constitution by claiming lost time based on the assignments he would have received as a member of the launch team. Throughout his term of office as financial secretary, Schoenecker submitted vouchers for lost time based on his launch…

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