USW Local 2-232

formerly PACE 7-232

Representing  employees at Briggs & Stratton Corp. and Strattec Security Corp. in Milwaukee, WI

Season's Greetings 

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Membership Meeting 

Sunday January 18, 2009

Frank Monreal's El Matador

9155 W. Bluemound Rd. Milwaukee 

9:30a.m.

Nomination and Election will take place for Recording Secretary to fill the vacancy of Karen Clark, who is retiring January 1, 2009

Nominations will take place for the following positions:

Trustee at Large, Strattec Grievance Rep, Briggs Grievance Rep, 2 Briggs Bargaining Committee Members

   Members are urged to Attend this Meeting.


 

PACE Local 7-232

Notice of proposed changes to by-laws

The following proposed changes to the by-laws of Local 7-232 will be considered at the August 15, membership meeting.

ARTICLE VII – MEETINGS -SECTION 1    REGULAR MEETINGS

Regular meetings shall be held monthly at the time and date designated by a majority vote of the membership present at any regular meeting or special meeting called for that purpose.

Regular meetings shall be held a minimum of 6 times per year at the time and date designated by a majority vote of the membership present at any regular meeting or special meeting called for that purpose.

ARTICLE XI – INITIATION FEE & MONTHLY DUES -- Section 3.            Forfeiture

Except where members' dues and assessments are checked off by the employer, pursuant to properly executed check-off cards and union contract, the failure of any member to pay his or her dues or other financial obligations on or before the 10th day of the month for which such dues or other obligations are due, unless officially exonerated by the Local Union with the approval of the International Executive Board, shall result in automatic forfeiture of his or her membership and he or she may be reinstated only upon payment of a new initiation fee and the current month's dues.  The Financial Secretary-Treasurer of the Local Union shall make note of all such forfeitures of membership on his or her monthly report to the International Secretary-Treasurer.

Any member who is three (3) months or more in arrears in the payment of dues, fines or assessments shall be automatically suspended and dropped from the rolls notwithstanding any other provision to the contrary.

Any member who has been suspended for non-payment of dues, fines or assessments may be reinstated upon payment(s) of a new initiation fee, and all unpaid monies due at the time of his/her suspension or expulsion.

ARTICLE XIV – LOCAL UNION OFFERS AND ELECTIONS

Section 8.         Election Malfeasance 

Any member accused convicted of misrepresenting returns, altering, mutilating or destroying deposited ballot, voting fraudulently, or interfering with a member in the exercise of his or her right to cast his or her ballot in Local Union voting and/or elections, shall be referred to trial according to Article XI, of the PACE International constitution. punished as the Local Union may determine.  In no case shall the penalty be less than a fine of $10, and the member so convicted shall be disqualified for either elective or appointive office within the jurisdiction of the Local Union for a period of not more than five (5) years.