ELECTIONS

ELECTION RULES ARE GOVERNED BY LOCAL LODGE BYLAWS AND THE CONSTITUTION OF THE IAM&AW; AND NOT BY THE SEPARATE CONTRACTS OF ANY EMPLOYER, UNLESS SO STATED IN THE BYLAWS.

PROPER INTERPRETATION OF THESE BYLAWS IS MADE BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE LODGE.

EVERY EFFORT HAS BEEN MADE TO INCLUDE ALL RELEVANT INFORMATION.

ARTICLE II

OFFICERS AND THEIR DUTIES

SECTION 2    THE OFFICERS OF THIS LODGE SHALL CONSIST OF A PRESIDENT, VICE PRESIDENT, RECORDING SECRETARY, FINANCIAL SECRETARY, TREASURER, CONDUCTOR/SENTINEL, AND A BOARD OF TRUSTEES, CONSISTING OF THREE (3) MEMBERS. THEIR TERM OF OFFICE SHALL BE FOR THREE (3) YEARS.

SECTION 3    NOMINATION OF OFFICERS WILL BE HELD AT THE FIRST REGULAR MEETING IN NOVEMBER. THE RECORDING SECRETARY SHALL PREPARE A SUITABLE BALLOT AND SHALL HAVE SAME READY FOR USE AT THE FIRST MEETING IN DECEMBER.

SECTION 5    ANY VACANCY OCCURRING IN THE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT SHALL BE FILLED BY THE VICE PRESIDENT FOR THE UNEXPIRED TERM.

                    ALL OTHER VACANCIES OF OFFICE BETWEEN ANNUAL ELECTIONS COVERING OFFICERS, EXECUTIVE BOARD MEMBERS AND DELEGATES SHALL BE FILLED BY TEMPORARY APPOINTMENT BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE LODGE WITH THE APPROVAL OF THE EXECUTIVE BOARD. SUCH TEMPORARY APPOINTMENTS SHALL BE FOR SUCH PERIOD AS IS REASONABLY REQUIRED TO BRING ABOUT THE ELECTION OF A SUCCESSOR IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THESE BYLAWS AND THE IAM CONSTITUTION.

ARTICLE VI

COMMITTEES

SECTION 1    AN AUDITING COMMITTEE OF THREE (3) MEMBERS SHALL BE NOMINATED AND ELECTED AT THE SAME TIME AS THE LOCAL LODGE OFFICERS.

SECTION 3    ANY DELEGATE OR REPRESENTATIVE  TO BE SELECTED BY THIS LODGE SHALL BE ELECTED (OR, FAILING THAT, APPOINTED BY THE PRESIDENT) IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONSTITUTION AND BYLAWS OF THE BODY IN WHICH THE DELEGATE OR REPRESENTATIVE SHALL REPRESENT THIS LODGE.

SECTION 5    A GRIEVANCE COMMITTEE CONSISTING OF THE DAY CHIEF STEWARD AND THREE (3) MEMBERS, SHALL BE ELECTED BY SECRET BALLOT FOR A ONE (1) YEAR TERM EXCEPT FOR THE DAY CHIEF STEWARD, AT THE AMERICAN STATIONARY AND KUEPPER FAVOR SHOPS.

                    A GRIEVANCE COMMITTEE CONSISTING OF THE DAY AND NIGHT CHIEF STEWARDS AND FOUR (4) MEMBERS SHALL BE ELECTED BY SECRET  BALLOT FOR A ONE (1) YEAR TERM EXCEPT FOR THE  CHIEF STEWARDS, AT THE SQUARE D SHOP.

                    TO BE NOMINATED AND ELECTED, MEMBERS MUST HAVE ATTENDED FIFTY PERCENT (50%) OF THE REGULAR LODGE MEETINGS HELD DURING THE TWELVE (12) MONTH PERIOD ENDING THE CLOSE OF NOMINATIONS.

SECTION 6    A NEGOTIATING COMMITTEE CONSISTING OF THE DAY CHIEF STEWARD AND FOUR (4) MEMBERS SHALL BE ELECTED BY SECRET BALLOT FOR A TERM OF ONE (1) YEAR, EXCEPT THE DAY CHIEF STEWARD. TO BE NOMINATED AND ELECTED MEMBERS MUST HAVE ATTENDED  FIFTY PERCENT (50%) OF THE REGULAR LODGE MEETINGS HELD DURING THE TWELVE (12) MONTH PERIOD ENDING THE CLOSE OF NOMINATIONS.

SECTION 7    A PENSION COMMITTEE CONSISTING OF TWO (2) MEMBERS SHALL BE ELECTED BY SECRET BALLOT FOR A TERM OF THREE (3) YEARS.

SECTION 8    IN SECTIONS 6, 7 AND 8 ABOVE, THE NUMBER OF MEMBERS SERVING ON SUCH COMMITTEES SHALL CONFORM TO THE SHOP AND LABOR AGREEMENT.

SECTION 9     IN SECTIONS 6, 7 AND 8 ABOVE, THE FIRST RUNNER UP TO EACH COMMITTEE WILL BE THAT COMMITTEE'S ALTERNATE, IF ALTERNATE CANNOT SERVE, THE PRESIDENT WILL APPOINT WITH APPROVAL OF EXECUTIVE BOARD.

SECTION 12    A SAFETY AND HEALTH COMMITTEE, AT THE SQUARE D SHOP, CONSISTING OF EIGHT (8) MEMBERS SHALL BE ELECTED BY SECRET BALLOT FOR A TERM OF TWO (2) YEARS, ELECTING ONLY FOUR (4) POSITIONS EVERY OTHER YEAR IN ORDER TO MAINTAIN CONTINUITY WITHIN THE COMMITTEE.

ARTICLE XI

DELEGATES AND STEWARDS

SECTION 1    THERE SHALL BE ELECTED AT THE REGULAR MEETING IN JANUARY BY THE MEMBERSHIP IN ATTENDANCE FIVE (5) DELEGATES TO ATTEND THE INDIANA STATE COUNCIL OF MACHINISTS CONFERENCE FOR THE YEAR. TO BE ELIGIBLE TO BE NOMINATED AND ELECTED MEMBERS MUST HAVE ATTENDED FIFTY PERCENT (50%) OF THE REGULAR LODGE MEETINGS HELD DURING THE TWELVE (12) MONTH PERIOD ENDING THE CLOSE OF NOMINATIONS. THE RUNNER-UP SHALL SERVE AS ALTERNATE IN THE ABSENCE OF A DELEGATE.

SECTION 3    DELEGATES TO DISTRICT 90 SHALL BE ELECTED AT THE REGULAR MEETING IN JANUARY BY THE MEMBERSHIP IN ATTENDANCE WHOSE TERM SHALL BE FOR TWO (2) YEARS STARTING JANUARY 1990. TO BE ELIGIBLE TO BE NOMINATED AND ELECTED MEMBERS MUST HAVE ATTENDED FIFTY PERCENT (50%) OF THE REGULAR LODGE MEETINGS HELD DURING THE TWELVE (12) MONTH PERIOD ENDING THE CLOSE OF NOMINATIONS. THE RUNNER-UP (MEMBER RECEIVING THE NEXT HIGHEST VOTES) SHALL SERVE AS ALTERNATE IN THE ABSENCE OF A DELEGATE.

SECTION 4    ALL OTHER DELEGATES TO CONFERENCES WILL BE ELECTED AT REGULAR LODGE MEETINGS. TO BE ELIGIBLE TO BE NOMINATED AND ELECTED, MEMBERS MUST HAVE ATTENDED AT LEAST FIFTY (50%) PERCENT OF THE REGULAR LODGE MEETINGS HELD DURING THE TWELVE (12) MONTH PERIOD ENDING THE CLOSE OF NOMINATIONS. THE RUNNER-UP (MEMBER RECEIVING THE NEXT HIGHEST VOTES) SHALL SERVE AS ALTERNATE IN THE ABSENCE OF A DELEGATE.

SECTION 5    FOR EACH SHOP AND IN CONFORMANCE WITH THE LABOR AGREEMENT THERE SHALL BE ELECTED BY SECRET BALLOT A DAY CHIEF STEWARD WHOSE TERM SHALL BE FOR THREE (3) YEARS. THIS SECTION TO BEGIN IN THE YEAR 2003.

SECTION 6    IN ORDER TO BE ELECTED DAY CHIEF STEWARD, HE OR SHE MUST HAVE SERVED ON ONE OF THE FOLLOWING: EXECUTIVE BOARD, GRIEVANCE COMMITTEE, NEGOTIATING COMMITTEE OR DEPARTMENT STEWARD AND NOT MORE THAN TWO (2) YEARS PRIOR TO BEING ELECTED CHIEF STEWARD.

                        (A)     FURTHER THE MEMBER MUST HAVE ATTENDED AT LEAST 50% OF THE REGULAR MEETINGS OF THE LOCAL LODGE ENDING WITH THE CLOSE OF NOMINATIONS.

                        (B)    ANY MEMBER ELECTED TO THE POSITION OF CHIEF STEWARD WHO ABSENTS THEMSELVES FROM THREE (3) MEETINGS WITHOUT PROPER EXCUSE SHALL BE CONSIDERED TO HAVE RESIGNED. SAID OPENING WILL BE FILLED BY APPOINTMENT OF THE PRESIDENT WITH APPROVAL OF THE EXECUTIVE BOARD.

 

SECTION 7    FOR EACH SHOP WHERE NECESSARY THERE SHALL BE ELECTED BY SECRET BALLOT A NIGHT CHIEF STEWARD WHOSE TERM SHALL BE FOR THREE (3) YEARS. IN ORDER TO BE ELECTED NIGHT SHIFT CHIEF STEWARD, HE OR SHE MUST HAVE SERVED ONE (1) YEAR ON ONE OF THE FOLLOWING: EXECUTIVE BOARD, GRIEVANCE COMMITTEE, NEGOTIATING COMMITTEE OR DEPARTMENT STEWARD AND NOT MORE THAN TWO (2) YEARS PRIOR TO BEING ELECTED NIGHT SHIFT CHIEF STEWARD.

                        (A)    FURTHER, THE MEMBER MUST HAVE ATTENDED AT LEAST FIFTY (50%) PERCENT OF THE REGULAR LODGE UNION MEETINGS HELD DURING THE TWELVE (12) MONTH PERIOD ENDING THE CLOSE OF NOMINATIONS.

                        (B)    ANY MEMBER ELECTED TO THE POSITION OF NIGHT SHIFT CHIEF STEWARD WHO ABSENTS THEMSELVES FROM THREE (3) MEETINGS WITHOUT PROPER EXCUSE SHALL BE CONSIDERED TO HAVE RESIGNED. SAID OPENING WILL BE FILLED BY APPOINTMENT OF THE PRESIDENT WITH THE APPROVAL OF THE EXECUTIVE BOARD.

                        (C)    THIS SECTION WILL TAKE EFFECT IN THE YEAR 2003.

SECTION 9    ON THE SECOND MONDAY IN THE MONTH OF DECEMBER, EACH DEPARTMENT OR GROUP, AS DETERMINED BY THE LODGE, SHALL ELECT ONE (1) OF THEIR MEMBERS TO SERVE AS STEWARD, ELECTION SHALL BE BY SECRET BALLOT.

SECTION 10    THE FIRST RUNNER UP IN THE ELECTION OF STEWARDS IN GROUPS OR DEPARTMENTS WILL SERVE AS ALTERNATE IN THE ABSENCE OF THE STEWARD.

SECTION 11    TO BE ELIGIBLE TO RUN FOR STEWARD, HE OR SHE MUST BE A MEMBER IN GOOD STANDING.

SECTION 12    ALL MEMBERS IN GOOD STANDING SHALL BE ELIGIBLE TO VOTE FOR THE STEWARD IN THE DEPARTMENT OR GROUP IN WHICH THEY ARE WORKING AT THE TIME OF THE ELECTION.

SECTION 13    IT WILL BE THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE MEMBERS IN THEIR RESPECTIVE DEPARTMENTS OR GROUPS TO SEE THAT THEY ELECT A STEWARD TO REPRESENT THEM AND CARRY OUT THE DUTIES OF THEIR RESPONSIBILITY AS STEWARDS.

SECTION 14    THE DAY AND NIGHT CHIEF STEWARDS WILL APPOINT ELECTION COMMITTEES IN THE DEPARTMENT OR GROUP TO CONDUCT THE STEWARD ELECTION, AND THE TABULATIONS AND RESULTS SHALL BE TURNED IN TO THE DAY AND NIGHT CHIEF STEWARDS.

SECTION 15    IN CASES WHERE MEMBERS DO NOT CONFORM WITH SECTION 13, THE DAY CHIEF STEWARD WILL APPOINT A STEWARD AND ALTERNATE WITH THE APPROVAL OF THE EXECUTIVE BOARD.

SECTION 16    NO OFFICER OR STEWARD MAY RESIGN UNTIL THE RESIGNATION HAS BEEN PLACED IN WRITING AND APPROVED BY THE LODGE OR BY THE PERSON HIMSELF APPEARING BEFORE THE LODGE AND SUBMITTING HIS RESIGNATION AND SECURING APPROVAL OF THE LODGE.

SECTION 17    IF A VACANCY OCCURS FOR STEWARD OR ALTERNATE STEWARD, THE MEMBERS OF THE DEPARTMENT OR GROUP SHALL, WITHIN TEN (10) DAYS, ELECT A MEMBER FROM THEIR DEPARTMENT OR GROUP TO FILL THE VACANCY.

SECTION 18    GOOD STANDING AS STATED IN SECTION 13, ABOVE, SHALL BE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE IAM CONSTITUTION.

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