The name of
this organization shall be Pennsylvania Higher
Education Assistance Agency Clerical, Administrative
and Fiscal Employees Local Number 1224 of the
American Federation of State, County and Municipal
Employees, AFL-CIO.
ARTICLE
II
AFFILIATIONS
This local
union shall be affiliated with Pennsylvania Public
Employees Council Number 13 and Dauphin County,
Pennsylvania Public Employees District Council
number 90 of the American Federation of
State, County and Municipal Employees; the Pennsylvania
AFL-CIO; and the Harrisburg Region Central Labor
Council, AFL-CIO.
ARTICLE
III
OBJECTIVES
The objectives
of the local union shall be to carry out on a
local basis the objectives of the American Federation
of State, County and Municipal Employees.
ARTICLE
IV
MEMBERSHIP AND DUES
Section
1. All Pennsylvania state clerical,
administrative and fiscal employees employed by
the Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency,
are eligible for membership in this local union,
subject to the requirements of the Constitution
of the International Union.
Section
2. Application for membership shall
be made on a standard application for and shall
include authorization for payroll deduction of
dues.
Section
3. The membership dues of all members
effective July1, 1993 shall be 1.5 percent of
base salary, or such other amount as may be subsequently
be established by amendment to the Pennsylvania
Public Employees Council 13 Constitution.
Section
4. Membership dues shall be payable
monthly in advance to the local secretary-treasurer
and in any event shall be paid not later than
the 15th day of the month in which they become
due. Any member who fails to pay dues by the 15th
day of the month in which they become due shall
be considered delinquent, and upon failure to
pay dues for two successive months shall stand
suspended. Provided, however, that any person
who is paying his/her dues through a system of
regular payroll deduction shall for so long as
such person continues to pay through such deduction
method, be considered in good standing.
Section
5. A member suspended under the above
section may be reinstated to membership in the
local on payment of all arrearages.
ARTICLE
V
MEETINGS
Section
1. Regular meetings of this local
shall be held on the second Monday of each month
as posted.
Section
2. The chief steward shall meet with
all shop stewards before the local executive board,
or by petition filed with the president and signed
by fifty of the members of the local. Special
meetings may also be called by the International
President.
Section
3. The quorum for meetings of this
local shall be fifteen members in good standing.
ARTICLE
VI
OFFICERS, NOMINATIONS, AND ELECTIONS
Section
1. The officers of this local shall
be a president, a vice-president, a recording
secretary, a secretary-treasurer, and three executive
board members, and these seven shall constitute
the local union executive board. All executive
board members shall be elected for a two-year
term in the odd-numbered years. In addition, there
shall be elected three members who shall serve
as trustees. The trustees shall be elected to
three-year terms of office, except that in the
initial election , one shall be elected for a
one-year term, one for a two-year term, and one
for a three-year term.
Section
2. Nominations shall be made at a
regular or special meeting of the local. At least
fifteen days' advance notice shall be given the
membership prior to the nomination meeting. A
nominating committee may be appointed or elected
to make nominations, but whether or not such nominating
committee is used, nominations shall be permitted
from the floor at the nomination meeting. All
regular elections shall be held in the month of
September.
Section
3. To be eligible for office, a member
must be in good standing for one year immediately
preceding the election, except in the initial
election held in this local, provided, however,
that no retired member shall be a candidate for
office.
Section
4. Officers shall be elected by secret
ballot vote, and the balloting shall be so conducted
as to afford to all members a reasonable opportunity
to vote. At least fifteen days' advance notice
shall be given the membership prior to the holding
of the election.
Section
5. All matters concerning nominations
and elections in this local union shall be subject
to the provisions of Appendix D, entitled Elections
Code, of the International Union Constitution.
Section
6. Vacancies in the office shall
be filled for the remainder of the unexpired term
by vote of the executive board. The executive
board shall have the power to appoint a steward
in any section that has failed to elect a steward
to represent that election. If an steward, in
the opinion of the executive board, fails to properly
represent their co-workers, the executive board
shall have power to replace that steward.
Section
7. If an elected officer is absent
for three or more consecutive meetings, without
acceptable excuse, he/she shall automatically
be removed from office.
Section
8. Every officer shall, upon assuming
office, subscribe to the Obligation of an Officer
contained in Appendix B of the International Union
Constitution.
ARTICLE
VII
DUTIES OF OFFICERS AND EXECUTIVE BOARD
Section
1. The president shall preside at
all meetings of the local union and of the executive
board. He/she shall be a member of all committees
except the election committee. He/she shall countersign
all checks drawn against the funds of the local.
He/she shall appoint all standing committees and
all special committees of the local, subject to
the approval of the executive board. He/she shall
report periodically to the membership regarding
the progress and standing of the local and regarding
his/her official acts.
Section
2. The vice-president shall assist
the president in the work of his/her office. In
the absence of the president or in his/her inability
to serve, the vice-president shall preside at
all meetings and perform all duties otherwise
performed by the president. He/she may, with the
approval of the executive board be authorized
to act as co-signer of checks drawn on the local
funds in place of either the president or the
secretary-treasurer.
Section
3. The recording secretary shall
keep a record of the proceedings of all membership
meetings and of all executive board meetings.
He/she shall carry on the official correspondence
of the local, except as the executive board may
direct other wise. He/she shall perform such other
duties as the executive board may require.
Section
4. The secretary-treasurer shall
receive and receipt of all monies of the local
union. He/she shall deposit all monies so received
in the name of the local union in a bank or banks
selected by the executive board and monies
so deposited shall be withdrawn only by check
signed by the president and the secretary-treasurer.
He/she shall prepare and sign all checks for such
purposes as are required by the constitution or
are authorized by the membership or the executive
board. He/she shall prepare and submit the monthly
membership report to the International Union office
and see that a check is drawn in payment of the
local's per capita tax each month and sent to
the International Secretary-Treasurer. He/she
shall keep and accurate record of the receipts
and disbursements and shall, once a month, submit
to the membership a monthly operating statement
of the financial transactions of the local for
the previous month. He/she shall act as custodian
of all properties of the local union. He/she shall
at the expense of the local union, and
through the International Union, give a surety
bond for and amount to be fixed by the executive
board of the local union. He/she shall see that
any financial reports required by the International
union Constitution to be submitted to the International
Union, are submitted in accordance with the International
union Constitution.
Section
5. The trustees shall make or cause
to be made at least semi-annually the audit of
the local finances and shall report to the membership
on the results of such audit.
Section
6. The executive board shall be the
governing body of the local union except when
meetings of the local union are in session. All
matters affecting the policies, aims and means
of accomplishing the purposes of the local not
specifically provided for in this constitution
or by action of the membership at the regular
or special meeting shall be decided by the executive
board. The board shall meet at the call of the
president or of a majority of the members on the
board. A report on all actions taken by the executive
board shall be made to the membership at the next
following meeting. A majority of the members of
the executive board shall be required for a quorum.
ARTICLE
VIII
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
Section
1. This local union shall at all
times be subject to the provisions of the constitution
of the American Federation of State, County and
Municipal Employees.
Section
2. Except to the extent specified
in this constitution, no officer of the local
union shall have the power to act as agent for
or otherwise bind the local union in any way whatsoever.
No member or group of members or other person
or persons shall have the power to act on behalf
of or otherwise bind the local union except to
the extent specifically authorized in writing
by the president of the local union or by the
executive board of the local union.
Section
3. Robert's Rules of Order, Revised,
shall be the guide in all cases to which that
are applicable and in which they are not inconsistent
with with constitution and special rules of the
local union or of the American Federation of State,
County and Municipal Employees.
Section
4. The local president shall be a
standing delegate to all conventions and council
meetings that involve the local, and in the event
the president is unable to attend the vice-president
automatically becomes the delegate.
ARTICLE
IX
AMENDMENTS
This constitution
may be amended, revised, or otherwise changed
by a majority vote of the members voting on such
proposed change and such change shall take effect
only on upon written approval of the International
President. Proposed amendments to this constitution
must be read at a regular or special meeting of
the local union and read and voted on at a subsequent
meeting of the local union, adequate and proper
notice having been given to the membership prior
to the date on which the vote is taken. A written
copy of the proposed amendment shall be furnished
to every eligible voter at the meeting at which
the vote is taken.
Approved
by:
GERALD W. McENTEE
International President
Dated May 22, 1997
