Article 15 

Duties of Members 

    Section 1.  Any member that is laid off and on the Available to work list must report in person or phone to the Union office Bimonthly on the 1st and the 15th of every month. If the 1st or the 15th falls on a weekend or holiday then the member will report on the following workday.

All members of this Local Union shall have the duty to: 

Item (1) keep the Local office properly notified of their place of residence and all changes in residence and phone. 

Item (2) report change of job site and/or job status. 

Item (3) notify the Local office by phone, postcard, fax or e-mail of any vacation taken before January 31st of the following year. 

Item (4) carries the working card while at work or when attending Union meetings and show such card when called upon. 

Item (5) attend all mandatory meetings called by the Executive Board except when working out of town or on vacation. 

For failure to fulfill these duties members may be disciplined as follows:

Item (1) $2.00 a calendar day

Item (2) $25.00

Item (3) $10.00 a calendar day

Item (4) $10

Item (5) $50  

    Section 2.  Any member or officer of the Local may, after notice, charges and a hearing, by disciplined by the Local in accordance with Article 16 for commission of any of the following offenses: 

1.    Failure or refusal to adhere to or comply with the provisions of the Constitution, By-Laws and policies of the International Union; 

2.    Failure or refusal to adhere to or comply with the decisions and orders of the officers of the International Union; 

3.    Failure or refusal to adhere to the provisions of the Constitution and By-Laws of a Local Union; 

4.    Failure or refusal to abide by the provisions of the Standard Agreement or the provisions of any Local Union agreement, such as Local Union transportation agreement; 

5.    Failure or refusal to support the jurisdictional claims of the International Union and/or of Local Unions; 

6.    Failure or refusal to abide by an oath taken at the time an individual becomes a member of the International Union or a Local Union; 

7.    Failure or refusal to adhere to or comply with the obligations automatically imposed upon a member when he/she becomes a member of the International Union and of a Local Union; 

8.    Misappropriation or embezzlement of funds or property belonging to the International Union and/or to a Local Union; 

9.    Gross disloyalty or engaging in conduct unbecoming to a member of the International Union and/or any Local Union, such as, but not limited to, crossing or working behind a picket line. 

10.Slander or libel of any officers or members; 

11.Physical abuse of officers or members in or near the meeting hall; 

12.Fostering secession or withdrawal of a Local Union from the International Union; 

13.Any activity, whether by word or deed, which brings or tends to bring the International Union and/or Local Unions into disrepute with any bodies with which the International Union and/or Local Unions are affiliated or which may bring or tend to bring the International Union and/or Local Unions into disrepute with the public or into conflict with the law; 

14.Employment contrary to or in violation of the terms and conditions of the Standard Agreement or of any Local Union agreement, such as a Local Union transportation agreement; 

15.The divulging of any of the secrets of the International Union and/or Local Union; and 

16.The engaging in conduct which unduly impedes the work of any officer of the International Union and/or Local Unions.

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