Agreement to Merge
Constitution

Convention Rules and
Order of Business

of

California Labor Federation, AFLCIO

Submitted by

Joint Merger Committee

California State Federation of Labor

and

California Industrial Union Council

San Francisco, Caflfornia

December, 1958

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Agreement to Merge
Consti tu tion

Convention Rules and
Order of Business

of

California Labor Federation, AFL-CIO

Submitted by

Joint Merger Committee

California State Federation of Labor

and

California Industrial Union Council

San Francisco. California

December. 1958

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AGREEMENT TO MERGE

California State Federation of Labor- California

Industrial Union Council

The California State Federation of La-
bor and the California Industrial Union
Council agree to create a single federa-
tion of trade unions in California through
the process of merger. They agree upon
the following principles and procedures
to accomplish this end.

I

Principles of Merger

(a) The merged state central body
shall be known as the California Labor
Federation, AFL-CIO.

(b) The California State Federation of
Labor (hereinafter referred to by its in-
itials "CSFL") and the California Indus-
trial Union Council (hereinafter referred
to by its initials "CIUC") shall effectuate
the merger through the organic consolida-
tion of these two organizations, respec-
tively, into a single organization, which
under the provisions of the AFL-CIO Mer-
ger Agreement and Constitution, and the
rules and regulations issued thereunder,
shall function as the officially chartered
state central body of the AFL-CIO in the
State of California. Said merger shall be
effectuated through agreement on the at-
tached Constitution for the merged state
central body.

(c) It is recognized and agreed that said
merger is freely and voluntarily negotiat-
ed to effectuate in California the spirit of
the national merger.

(d) The parties further agree that un-
til local central bodies have merged, the
central bodies affiliated respectively with
the CSFL and the CIUC shall be eligible
for affiliation with the state merged or-
ganization in accordance with the appli-
cable eligibility provisions for affiliation
in the Constitution of the merged organi-
zation and the Constitution and rules and
regulations issued thereunder of the AFL-
CIO.

(e) Except as otherwise provided in
this Agreement, the government, finances,
procedure and structure of the merged
federation shall be determined by the
Constitution, and the Convention Rules
and Order of Business attached thereto,
of the merged federation.

II

Government and Structure of the

Merged Federation

(a) Initially the Secretary-Treasurer and
the President shall be the Secretary-Treas-
urer and President of the CSFL, and ini-
tially the two General Vice Presidents shall
be the Secretary-Treasurer and President
of the CIUC. The twenty-four (24) Vice
Presidents from geographical districts
shall be the twenty-four (24) Vice Presi-
dents of the CSFL. The eight (8) Vice
Presidents At Large shall be the eight (8)
Vice Presidents of the CIUC.

III

Affiliations

Any organization presently affiliated
with either the CSFL or the CIUC, shall
be deemed an affiliate of the California
Labor Federation, AFL-CIO.

IV

Finances

(a) The merged federation shall suc-
ceed to all the assets of the CSFL -and
shall assume all of its liabilities and con-
tractual obligations. The merged federa-
tion shall succeed to all of the assets of
the CIUC and shall assume all of its lia-
bilities and contractual obligations.

(b) On the effective date of the combi-
nation, all the property, real and personal
and mixed, and all right, title and interest
either legal or equitable in any monies,
funds or property, tangible or intangible
of the CSFL and CIUC and all debts due
to each of them, and all rights, privileges
and powers and every other interest of
each of them, of whatever nature, shall,
by virtue of the combination of the CSFL
and CIUC, be transferred to and vested
in the California Labor Federation, AFL-
CIO and all such rights and properties
shall thereafter be as effectually the prop-
erty of the California Labor Federation,
AFL-CIO as they were of the CSFL and
the CIUC. Title to any property, real,
personal or mixed, legally vested in the
CSFL or CIUC, shall not be in any way
impaired by reason of the combination
but shall in all respects be vested in the
combined organization by virtue of the
combination. The California Labor Fed-
eration, AFL-CIO shall, on and after the

effective date of the combination, be re-
sponsible by virtue of the combination,
for all debts, liabilities and obligations of
the CSFL and the CIUC, and all such
debts, liabilities and obligations shall from
that time forth attach to the combined or-
ganization and may be enforced against
it to the same extent as if said debts, lia-
bilities, and obligations were incurred or
otherwise contracted by it.

(c) The respective organizations agree,
by escrow instructions or otherwise, to
execute the appropriate documents trans-
ferring the property into the name of the
newly merged organization.

(d) The present executive officers, the
present members of the Executive Coun-
cil of the CSFL and the present executive
officers, the present members of the Ex-
ecutive Council or the General Board of
CIUC shall be empowered and required
to and shall from time to time after the
effective date of the combination, execute
and deliver or cause to be executed and
delivered, upon request of the combined
organization, all such authorizations or
other instruments as the combined organ-
ization may deem necessary or desirable
in order to confirm the right and title of
the combined organization to the prop-
erty, rights and privileges referred to in
paragraph (b) of this Article, and shall
take such further and other action as may
be requested for such purposes.

(e) An audit of a reputable certified
public accountant shall be transmitted
covering a period from the end of the pre-
ceding fiscal year of each organization to
the closest possible date feasible prior to
the convening of the merger convention,
indicating the condition of the respective
organizations.

(f) Such audit shall be accompanied by
a certificate indicating the absence of any
unrevealed or undisclosed liabilities of
any type insofar as either of these organ-
izations is concerned, and shall be accom-
panied by an appropriate undertaking in
an appropriate amount guaranteeing the
correctness of the certificate.

(g) In the event that the merger con-
vention should not agree upon a merger,
then all of the above steps shall have been
conditional and there shall not be any
transfer of assets or properties to the
merged organization until it is established
as a matter of law.

V

Employees

(a) The combination of the CSFL and
CIUC is not intended to affect any pres-

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ently existing collective bargaining agree-
ment covering the employees of the CSFL
or CIUC, but all rights, duties and respon-
sibilities of the CSFL or CIUC vested in
either the CSFL or CIUC pursuant to
such contracts are intended to be vested
in the California Labor Federation, AFL-
CIO, by virtue of the combination, provid-
ed the severance allowance provision shall
be inapplicable since severance allowance
accrued shall have already been paid by
the CIUC.

(b) The combination of the CSFL and
the CIUC is not intended, nor shall it be
deemed, in itself to terminate the em-
ployment of any employees of either the
CSFL or CIUC. All employees of the
CSFL or CIUC initially, shall upon the
effective date of the combination, and by
virtue thereof, be deemed to be employees
of the California Labor Federation, AFL-
CIO, without interruption of their em-
ployment status.

(c) With respect to any existing pen-
sion or retirement program of either of
the respective organizations, it is under-
stood and agreed that such programs,
where they exist, shall be continued, and
any funds allocated to such programs shall
be frozen with respect to the accounts to
which they are allocated upon establish-
ment of the merged organization. In the
event that either of said organizations
does not have any such programs current-
ly in existence, then it is understood and
agreed that upon the coming into being
of the merged organization, those affili-
ated with any such organization which
does have such program will have all
rights available under such program com-
puted as to them only from and after the
date of merger.

(d) Initially, the headquarters and of-
fice and staff personnel of the two state
federations shall be retained as the staff
of the merged federation. A special com-
mittee shall be established of the former
executive officers of the CSFL and CIUC
which shall, in conjunction with the exec-
utive officers of the state labor federa-
tion, make just, fair and equitable provi-
sion for the integration of the personnel
of the CSFL and CIUC into the personnel
for the merged state labor federation.

VI

Method of Merger

(a) This Merger Agreement shall be
submitted for approval to the Executive
Council of the CSFL and to the General
Board of the CIUC.

(b) The proposed Constitution and
Rules and Order of Business shall be sub-
mitted for approval to the General Board
of the CIUC and the Executive Council of
the CSFL.

(c) Upon approval by the respective
state executive bodies, this Merger Agree-
ment, the proposed attached Constitution
and Rules and Order of Business and such
other agreements as are necessary to ac-
complish the merger shall be submitted to
separate conventions of the CSFL and the
CIuC.

(d) Upon approval by the separate con-
ventions of the CSFL and CIUC, a joint
convention shall be held.

(e) If the Merger Agreement, Consti-
tution and Rules and Order of Business
are approved by the respective conven-
tions, all resolutions submitted to each
convention shall be referred for disposi-
tion to the merged convention of the
California Labor Federation, AFL-CIO.

VII

Initial Convention

(a) The provisions of the Constitution
and the Rules and Order of Business of
the merged federation shall govern the
initial convention except as otherwise pro-
vided in this Agreement.

(b) The initial convention shall be
called for the City of San Francisco, com-
mencing December 8, 1958.

(c) There shall be a Joint California
AFL-CIO Merger Committee consisting of
ten (10) members each from the CSFL
and the CIUC.

(d) The Joint California AFL -CIO
Merger Committee shall be empowered to
designate a Credentials Committee which
shall have authority to accredit as dele-
gates to such convention, all of the dele-
gates who have been duly accredited to
the conventions of the California State
Federation of Labor and the California
Industrial Union Council which approved
the merged Constitution. Where the total
number of such delegates is less than the
number of delegates the organization is
entitled to under the merged Constitution,
the Joint Credentials Committee shall be
authorized to accredit additional delegates

from such organization up to such number.

(e) Delegates representing unions shall
be entitled to a total number of per capita
votes based upon the membership repre-
sented by such delegation at the conven-
tions of the CSFL and the CIUC approv-
ing the Constitution of the merged state
labor federation. Central labor bodies and
other councils and subordinate bodies as
deemed eligible for affiliation in accord-
ance with the Constitution and rules and
regulations of the AFL-CIO shall be en-
titled to two (2) delegates at conventions,
each with one vote.

(f) The Joint AFL-CIO Merger Com-
mittee shall report to the convention, des-
ignate temporary officers for the conven-
tion, appoint all convention committees,
and take such other action as may be nec-
essary by virtue of the fact that it is an
initial convention.

VIII

Effective Date

This Merger Agreement and the Con-
stitution and Rules and Order of Business
of the merged federation shall become ef-
fective upon approval by the separate con-
ventions of the CSFL and the CIUC and
shall govern the affairs of the federation
beginning with the first convention of the
new state organization, provided that the
Merger Agreement and Constitution estab-
lishing California Labor COPE is complet-
ed and approved concurrently by the sep-
arate conventions of the California Labor
League for Political Education and the
California CIO Council on Political Educa-
tion.

This Merger Agreement is made this
ninth day of September, 1958.

California State Federation

of Labor

THOMAS L. PITTS

President

C. J. HAGGERTY

Secretary-Treasurer
California Industrial

Union Council
MANUEL DIAS

President

JOHN A. DESPOL

Secretary-Treasurer

CONSTITUTION

California Labor Federation, AFL-CIO

ARTICLE I

Name

Section 1. This body shall be known

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as the CALIFORNIA LABOR FEDERA-
TION, AFL-CIO, herein called the Fed-
eration.

ARTICLE II

Objects and Principles

Section 1. The objects and principles
of this Federation are:

(a) To aid workers in securing im-
proved wages, hours and working condi-
tions with due regard for the autonomy
integrity and jurisdiction of affiliated
unions.

(b) To secure united and harmonious
action in all matters directly affecting the
interests of the organized workers, giving
recognition to the principle that both
craft and industrial unions are appro-
priate and that each are equal and neces-
sary as methods of union organization.

(c) To encourage all workers without
regard to race, creed, color, national
origin or ancestry to share equally in the
full benefits of union organization.

(d) To promote and maintain harmon-
ious relations between employer and em-
ployee to the end that each shall recog-
nize the rights of the other.

(e) To create and give effect to a
system whereby the affiliated organiza-
tions shall extend to each other moral and
material aid when occasion arises.

(f) To study economic and social con-
ditions and to pursue policies aimed at
effecting a more equal distribution of
wealth and promoting full employment.

(g) To secure legislation which will
safeguard and promote the principles of
free collective bargaining, the rights of
workers, farmers and consumers, and the
security and welfare of all the people and
to oppose legislation inimical to these
objectives.

(h) To use the good offices of this
Federation to bring about the affiliation
of all local unions in the state with their
appropriate city central and department
councils.

(i) To protect and strengthen our dem-
ocratic institutions, to secure full recog-
nition and enjoyment of the rights and
liberties to which we are justly entitled,
and to preserve and perpetuate the cher-
ished traditions of our democracy.

(j) To aid and encourage the sale and
use of union made goods and union serv-
ices through the use of the union label
and other symbols; to promote the labor
press and other means of furthering the
education of the labor movement.

(k) To protect the labor movement
from any and all corrupt influences and

from the undermining effects of Com-
munist agencies and of all others who are
opposed to the basic principles of our
democracy and free and democratic un-
ionism.

(1) To safeguard the democratic char-
acter of the labor movement.

(m) While preserving the independ-
ence of the labor movement from political
control, to encourage workers to register
and vote, to exercise their full rights and
responsibilities of citizenship, and to per-
form their rightful part in the political
life of the local, state and national com-
munities.

(n) To give constructive aid in pro-
moting the cause of peace and freedom
in the world and to aid, assist and co-
operate with free and democratic labor
movements throughout the world in con-
formity with the policy of the AFL-CIO.

ARTICLE III
Affiliations

Section 1. The following organizations
located in California and the Territory of
Hawaii shall be eligible to affiliate with
the Federation:

(a) All local unions chartered directly
by the AFL-CIO, or by National or Inter-
national Unions affiliated with the AFL-
CIO.

(b) All central labor bodies chartered
by the AFL-CIO, and those bodies char-
tered by the Departments of the AFL-
CIO.

(c) All councils and joint boards char-
tered by National or International unions
affiliated with the AFL-CIO.

(d) Such other subordinate bodies ,a
the Executive Council may determine
are eligible for affiliation in accordance
with the Constitution and rules and reg-
ulations of the AFL-CIO.

Section 2. No organization officered,
controlled or dominated by Communists,
Fascists or other totalitarians, or whose
policies and activities are consistently
directed toward the achievement of the
program or purposes of the Communist
Party, any Fascist organization, or other
totalitarian movement shall be permitted
as an affiliate of the Federation.

Section 3. No organization chartered
by a National or International Union af-
filiated with the AFL-CIO, which secedes,
is suspended or expelled therefrom, or
any organization chartered by a National
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or International Union that has seceded
from or that has been suspended from or
expelled by the AFL-CIO shall be allowed
to affiliate or continue affiliation with
or be recognized by this Federation.

ARTICLE IV

Officers

Section 1. The officers of the Federa-
tion shall consist of a President, a Secre-
tary-Treasurer, and 34 Vice Presidents.

For purposes of designation only, the
34 Vice Presidents shall be divided into:

(a) Two General Vice Presidents;

(b) 24 Geographical Vice Presidents;
and

(c) Eight At Large Vice Presidents.

Section 2. For purposes of designation
only, the two General Vice Presidents
shall be allocated to General Vice Presi-
dent Office A and Office B, respectively.

Section 3. For purposes of designation
only, the 24 Geographical Vice Presidents
shall be allocated as follows:

District No. 1 (San Diego and Imperial
counties), one Vice President.

District No. 2 (City of Long Beach and
Orange County), one Vice President.

District No. 3 (Los Angeles City proper,
Hollywood, North Hollywood, Burbank,
San Fernando, Glendale, Pasadena, Po-
mona, Whittier, and San Bernardino and
Riverside counties), six Vice Presidents.
The offices of this district shall be num-
bered 3A, 3B, 3C, 3D, 3E, and 3F.

District No. 4 (San Pedro, Wilmington,
Redondo, Inglewood, Venice and Santa
Monica), one Vice President.

District No. 5 (Ventura, Santa Barbara
and San Luis Obispo counties), one Vice
President.

District No. 6 (Kern, Tulare, Kings,
Fresno, Madera, Inyo and Mono counties),
one Vice President.

District No. 7 (San Joaquin, Stanislaus,
Merced, Mariposa, Tuolumne, Calaveras
and Alpine counties), one Vice President.

District No. 8 (San Mateo, Santa Clara,
San Benito, Santa Cruz and Monterey
counties), one Vice President.

District No. 9 (San Francisco), four
Vice Presidents. The offices of this dis-
trict shall be numbered 9A, 9B, 9C and
9D.

District No. 10 (Alameda County), two

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Vice Presidents. The offices of this district
shall be numbered 10A and 10B.

District No. 11 (Contra Costa County),
one Vice President.

District No. 12 (Marin, Sonoma, Napa
and Solano counties), one Vice President.

District No. 13 (Sacramento, Yolo, Co-
lusa, Glenn, Butte, Sutter, Yuba, Nevada,
Placer, El Dorado and Amador counties),
one Vice President.

District No. 14 (Humboldt, Del Norte,
Mendocino and Lake counties), one Vice
President.

District No. 15 (Siskiyou, Modoc, Las-
sen, Plumas, Shasta, Tehama, Trinity and
Sierra counties), one Vice President.

Section 4. For purposes of designation
only, the eight At Large Vice Presidents
shall be allocated to At Large Vice Presi-
dent Office A, B, C, D, E, F, G and H,
respectively.

ARTICLE V

Elections
A. OFFICERS

(1) Eligibility for Nomination

Section 1. Subject to the provisions of
A(1) Section 2 of this Article, any in-
dividual who is a duly accredited delegate
to the convention and a member in good
standing of at least one local union af-
filiated with the Federation and the AFL-
CIO, may be nominated for office; provid-
ing, however, any incumbent officer who
is a member in good standing of a local
union affiliated with the Federation, re-
gardless of whether or not he is a dele-
gate and even though he is not personally
present for reasons beyond his control,
shall be entitled to run for his incumbent
office.

Section 2. (a) No individual shall be
eligible to be nominated for or to serve
as an officer, who is a member of the
Communist Party, Ku Klux Klan, any
Fascist organization, or other totalitarian
movement, or who consistently pursues
policies or activities directed toward the
achievement of the program or purposes
of the Communist Party, Ku Klux Klan,
any Fascist organization, or other total-
itarian movement.

(b) No individual shall be eligible to
be nominated for and run for more than
one office. Any individual who is nom-
inated for an office may decline to ac-
cept the nomination for such office at

any time prior to the close of nominations
for such office.

(c) No individual shall be eligible to
be nominated as a Geographical Vice
President unless he is affiliated with at
least one affiliated local union located
in such Geographical Vice President dis-
trict.

(d) No individual shall be eligible tQ
be nominated as an At Large Vice Presi-
dent unless he is affiilated with at least
one affiliated local union located in the
state.

(2) Nomination Procedure

Section 1. Any accredited delegate to
the convention may nominate a candidate
for office.

Section 2. Nomination of candidates
shall be made in the following order:

(a) President

(b) Secretary-Treasurer

(c) General Vice Presidents

(d) Geographical Vice Presidents
(e) At Large Vice Presidents.

Section 3. Nominations for officers
for a succeeding term shall be made on
Wednesday of such convention and the
election shall be held on Thursday of
such convention.

(3) Election Procedure

Section 1. Every off i c e r shall be
elected by a majority of votes cast for all
candidates for each respective office.
Where there are more than two candi-
dates for an office, and none receives a
majority, the candidate receiving the
lowest vote shall retire after each ballot.

Section 2. The form of the ballot shall
be as shown in the sample at the end of
this section. It shall contain the names of
all candidates for contested offices al-
phabetically arranged under the proper
headings for each office with a blank
following each name. The blank shall be
of sufficient size for the placing thereon
of the number of votes to which the voting
delegate is entitled. At the top of each
ballot, in addition to a blank for the num-
ber of the ballot, shall be left a blank in
which shall be written the name of the
organization which the delegate repre-
sents and another blank in which shall
be written the name of the delegate
voting. If a delegate is voting for his en-
tire delegation he shall submit the writ-
ten authorization required under Section

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5, Article XV B at the time he casts his
ballot.

(Sample Ballot)
No.............................

Name of Organization..................................
Name of Delegate ........................................"
(if authorized to vote entire delegation,
attach authorization signatures)

For President              Number of Votes

John Brown .---------- |

R. R. Smith ............       ................

For Secretary-Treasurer

John Blue .----------- ----------------
John Doe ....         ....... ................

For General Vice Presidents

Office A

John Doe ..---------------------------- ----------------
John White .--------- -----

Office B

June Brown ...........         ................
Mary Jones .....        ....... ................
For Geographical
Vice Presidents

District 1

A. B. A. Johnson ........... ................
P. E. Tubeman .......      .... ................

District 10
Office A:

D. E. Johnson .......      .... ................
A. E. Smith ...........        ..............
Office B:

F. R. Black ...........        ................
C. R. Jackson ......      ..... ..............
For Vice Presidents At Large

Office A:

John Black .................. ... .........

Jim  Jones .-.---------------------------- ..............
Office B:

John Andrews .........            ----.

James Smith ....         ..... ...............
For Convention City:

Los Angeles ....---------------------- ..............
San Francisco .........           ...............

Section 3. To be eligible to vote for
officers of the Federation, a delegate
must have been seated by the convention
prior to adjournment Wednesday of such
convention.

Section 4. The election shall be in
charge of an Election Board of twelve
delegates, none of whom shall be candi-
dates at the election at which they serve.

Section 5. The Election Board, sub-
ject to the approval of the convention,
shall be appointed by the President imme-
diately after nominations are completed.

Section 6. There shall not be more
than one member on the Election Board
from any one National or International
organization.

Section 7. The Election Board shall
consist of three Supervisors, and nine
Tally Clerks. The Secretary shall prepare
a sufficient number of ballots (which
shall be numbered consecutively, begin-
ning with No. 1), and issue them on roll
call to delegates, not later than 11:00 a.m.
on the day of election. After receipt of
ballot, the delegate shall be required to
retire immediately to a voting booth,
which shall have been prepared by the
Secretary and the Supervisors, and mark
the ballot. Said ballot shall then be placed
in a proper receptacle.

(a) Any accredited delegate may be
present and remain where the election is
conducted during the hours of voting and
during the counting of the ballots by the
Election Board, but no delegate shall be
permitted under any cricumstances, to
solicit votes inside the room where the
election is being conducted or in the im-
mediate vicinity of the entrance thereto.

(b) The Election Board shall have the
right to eject from the election room any
person who disturbs or interferes with the
conduct of the election.

Section 8. The nine Tally Clerks shall
divide themselves into three equal groups.
After the ballots are cast and total num-
ber ascertained, the Supervisors shall di-
vide the ballots into three parts as nearly
equal as possible, giving each group of
Tally Clerks one portion. After the count-
ing and tallying of votes for all candi-
dates, the Tally Clerks shall return tally
sheets in duplicate with all ballots to the
Supervisors. After the returns are in, a
tabulated sheet in duplicate (containing
the results of the election) shall be pre-
pared and submitted to the convention.

Section 9. A ballot shall be rejected if
it is so mutilated or disfigured as to be
considered invalid by at least nine mem-
bers of the Election Board. No change in
any vote or ballot shall be made by anyone
after the ballot is in the custody of the
election officers.

Section 10. The following pledge shall

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be given to the newly elected officers:
"I (giving name) hereby pledge upon my
most sacred honor that I will faithfully
perform the duties of my office to the best
of my ability and will uphold the Consti-
tution of the California Labor Federation,
AFL-CIO and the decisions of its conven-
tions, and the Constitution of the AFL-CIO
and the rules governing state central labor
bodies."

(4) Terms of Officers

Section 1. The terms of officers of the
Federation shall be for a period of two
years, unless terminated sooner by re-
moval as provided in this Constitution or
death or resignation, and until a successor
is designated.

All terms shall commence immediately
upon the final adjournment of the con-
vention at which the officers are elected.
B. CONVENTION CITY

Section 1. The designation of the con-
vention city for the following convention
shall be by election of the convention.

Section 2. Nominations shall be made
on Wednesday by any accredited delegate
of the convention and the election shall
be held on Thursday of such convention.

Section 3. The names of the cities nom-
inated shall be placed in the appropriate
place on the ballot as specified in Article
V, A, (3), Section 2, and shall be listed
alphabetically with a blank following each
name.

ARTICLE VI

Powers and Duties of President

Section 1. The duties of the President
shall be:

(a) To transact any such business as
may of right appertain to the office.

(b) To preside at all conventions and
meetings of the Executive Council.

(c) To call meetings of the Executive
Council when necessary, but at least three
times each year. Upon petition specifying
the items to be considered, signed by ten
of the members of the Executive Council,
the President shall call a special meeting
of the Executive Council which shall be
restricted to the consideration of items in
the petition.

(d) To exercise supervision over the
affairs of the Federation.

(e) To sign official documents when re-
quired.

(f) To be the custodian of the bond fur-
nished by the Secretary-Treasurer.

(g) To make a report on the adminis-
tration of his office at the convention.

(h) To represent the Federation.

(i) To appoint, subject to the approval
of the Executive Council, and subject to
the approval of the convention, such com-
mittees as are necessary to conduct the
affairs of the convention, and after the
convention has commenced, to change the
composition of any committee, subject to
the approval of the convention. Such
committees may meet before the opening
date of the convention and shall proceed
to consider all resolutions, appeals, re-
ports, and constitutional amendments sub-
mitted to the convention, and shall report
thereon to the convention.

(j) To appoint, subject to the approval
of the Executive Council, from time to
time any and all committees herein pro-
vided or as may be necessary or desirable.

(k) To cast the deciding vote in the
case of a tie vote other than a roll call
vote at conventions.

(1) To conduct the correspondence per-
taining to his office.

Section 2. He shall receive his legiti-
mate expenses incurred in the perform-
ance of his duties, and shall submit to the
Secretary-Treasurer at the end of each
month, an itemized account of all money,
traveling and incidental expenses expend-
ed by him in the interest of the Federa-
tion.

ARTICLE VII

Powers and Duties of the

Secretary-Treasurer

Section 1. The duties of the Secretary-
Treasurer shall be:

(a) To act as the chief executive offi-
cer of and represent the Federation and
to have all other necessary powers to
carry out his duties as chief executive offi-
cer.

(b) To take charge of all books, papers
and effects of the Federation.

(c) To conduct the correspondence per-
taining to his office.

(d) To receive and collect all monies
due the Federation.

(e) To deposit all funds belonging to
the Federation in bank accounts in the
name of California Labor Federation, AFL-
CIO as Secretary-Treasurer of the Califor-
nia Labor Federation, AFL-CIO.

(f) To deposit such money only in such
bank or banks as shall have been desig-
nated by the Executive Council.

(g) To withdraw none of said monies
in any manner other than by check, signed
by himself and countersigned by the Pres-
ident or Vice President designated by the
President, with their official titles.

(h) To maintain suitable offices for the
Federation.

(i) To compile and keep up to date a
list showing the name and the post office
address of each of the principal officers
of each affiliated organization.

(j) To make a summarized statement
of all receipts and expenditures for regu-
lar periods specified by the Executive
Council, to be audited by an independent
certified public accountant.

(k) To furnish a surety bond in the
sum of $10,000, to be issued by a bona fide
surety company designated by the Execu-
tive Council, the premium on which shall
be paid by the Federation; provided, that
the Executive Council shall have the pow-
er to increase the amount of said bond.

(1) To deliver to his successor all
money, securities, books, papers and other
property of this Federation in his posses-
sion at the expiration of his term in office.

(m) To submit to each regular conven-
tion a complete statement of all receipts
and disbursements for the past fiscal
year.

(n) To submit to each regular conven-
tion a detailed report of the activities of
the Federation during the preceding fiscal
year. (The fiscal year of this Federation
shall be from July 1 to June 30, inclusive.)

(o) To represent the Federation at all
conventions of the AFL-CIO; provided,
that in the event he shall notify the Execu-
tive Council of the Federation that he
cannot attend the convention of the AFL-
CIO, then the Executive Council shall des-
ignate the President, or some other per-
son if the President is not able to attend,
to represent the Federation in his stead.

(p) To cause to be introduced and to
support legislation favorable to organized
labor before the California legislature
and other legislative bodies; to oppose
legislation hostile to organized labor, and
to gather necessary data to perform these
duties.

(q) To appoint representatives in any
part of the state deemed necessary, and to
direct their activities, subject to the ap-
proval of the Executive Council.

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(r) To employ such office and staff per-
sonnel as deemed necessary for the con-
duct of the business of the Federation and
of conventions of the Federation.

(s) To retain an attorney or attorneys
to represent the Federation in all matters
when in his judgment the services of an
attorney may be necessary to protect the
interest of labor, subject to the approval
of the Executive Council.

(t) To act as Secretary of all conven-
tions and of the Executive Council and to
keep all letters, documents, accounts, etc.,
open at all times to the inspection of all
officers of the Federation.

(u) To print proceedings of Federation
conventions as deemed necessary.

Section 2. He shall receive his legiti-
mate expenses incurred in the perform-
ance of his duties, and he shall submit an
itemized account of all money, traveling
and incidental expenses expended in the
interest of the Federation.

ARTICLE VIII

Powers and Duties of General

Vice Presidents

Section 1. The General Vice Presi-
dents shall represent the Federation. Their
duties shall be assigned by the Secretary-
Treasurer, and they shall work under the
direction and supervision of the Secretary-
Treasurer.

Section 2. Each of the General Vice
Presidents shall receive his legitimate ex-
penses incurred in the performance of his
duties, and shall submit to the Secretary-
Treasurer, at the end of each month, an
itemized account of all money, traveling
and incidental expenses expended by him
in the interest of the Federation.

ARTICLE IX

Executive Council

Section 1. The Executive Council shall
consist of the President, the Secretary-
Treasurer, and the 34 Vice Presidents,
specified in Article IV, Section 1, herein.

Section 2. The Executive Council shall
meet not less than three times each year.
It shall be authorized and empowered to
take such action and render such decisions
as will be necessary to carry out fully and
adequately the decisions and instructions
of the conventions between conventions
and shall have the power to direct the
affairs of the Federation and its affiliated
organizations for the purposes set forth
in the Constitution and in the resolutions
adopted by conventions. The Executive

Council shall meet at the request of the
President, the Secretary-Treasurer or not
less than ten members of the Executive
Council who jointly make such a request.
A majority of the members of the Execu-
tive Council shall constitute a quorum
which shall be required to transact busi-
ness.

Section 3. The Executive Council shall
have power to make rules governing mat-
ters not in conflict with the Constitution,
and shall report all such rules to the con-
vention.

Section 4. It shall be the duty of the
Executive Council, which may be delegat-
ed to a duly established Legislative Com-
mittee of the Executive Council, to watch
legislative matters affecting the interest
of the working people, and to take appro-
priate steps towards such legislative ac-
tion as may be necessary and of assist-
ance to the Secretary-Treasurer in carry-
ing out his legislative responsibilities.
Either the Executive Council or its Legis-
lative Committee shall have the authority
to review all resolutions adopted by con-
vention action calling for the introduction
of legislation, and the Secretary-Treasurer
shall cause to be introduced only such
legislation as the Executive Council or its
Legislative Committee believes desirable
and proper at the time the session of the
legislature commences; provided, that the
sponsor or sponsors of the resolutions shall
be notified accordingly; provided, further,
that this limitation shall not apply to any
resolution, adopted by the convention by
at least a two-thirds vote, in which reso-
lution it is expressly provided such pro-
posed legislation shall be introduced with-
out any further review by the Executive
Council or its Legislative Committee.

Section 5. In case of a vacancy in the
office of President by death, resignation,
or other cause, the Executive Council
shall immediately elect one of the Vice
Presidents until his successor is elected.

Section 6. In the event of a vacancy
in any office of the Federation other than
that of President, by reason of death, res-
ignation, or other cause, the President
shall make such vacancy known to the
Executive Council and shall call for nomi-
nations either at the meeting of the Ex-
ecutive Council in which the vacancy is
announced or at the next meeting. In
case of a vacancy in any office of Vice
President, all nominations shall be sub-
ject to the same limitations applicable
to the predecessor in office specified in
Article V herein, except that the nominee
need not have been a delegate to a con-

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vention of the Federation, and except that
limitations as to Geographical Vice Presi-
dents and At Large Vice Presidents speci-
fied in Article V herein shall not apply to
offices of General Vice Presidents. The
names of all nominees shall be submitted
to the Executive Council, and it shall re-
quire a majority vote of the Council to
elect. Upon each unsuccessful balloting,
the name of the candidate receiving the
lowest number of votes shall be dropped.
In case of vacancy in the office of Secre-
tary-Treasurer, the same procedure shall
be followed as in the case of Vice Presi-
dent, except that the limitations as to
Geographical Vice Presidents and At
Large Vice Presidents specified in Ar-
ticle V herein shall not apply.

Section 7. The Executive Council shall
have power, by a majority vote of said
council, to suspend, expel, or otherwise
discipline any officer or affiliate of the
Federation for violation of this Constitu-
tion, or for any act or conduct detrimental
to the Federation, or contrary to the estab-
lished principles and policies of the Fed-
eration and of the AFL-CIO; provided,
that the Council shall first accord such
officer or affiliate a fair and impartial
trial, upon 30 days written notice having
been first served upon such officer or
affiliate, setting forth the time and place
of such hearing and the nature of the
charges filed against such officer or affil-
iate. Any such officer or affiliate who
has been convicted of any offense upon
such trial shall have the right to appeal to
the next regular convention of the Fed-
eration and to the National AFL-CIO pur-
suant to Rule 28 of the Rules Governing
State Central Bodies.

Section 8. It shall be the duty of the
Executive Council to furnish each regular
convention with a printed report of its ac-
tion during the past fiscal year.

Section 9. From time to time, upon a
recommendation from the Secretary-Treas-
urer, the Executive Council may budget
major functions of the Federation.

Section 10. The Executive Council shall
meet prior to each convention for the pur-
pose of making recommendations, includ-
ing submission of resolutions, statements
of policy and similar matters for the trans-
action of such other business as may be
necessary to insure the proper organiza-
tion and conduct of the convention. The
appointment of convention committees by
the President shall be subject to the ap-
proval of the Executive Council and the
convention, qualified by the provisions of
Article VI, Section 1 (i) herein.

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Section 11. The appointment of any
and all committees, other than convention
committees, from time to time as herein
provided or as may be necessary or desir-
able, shall be subject to the approval of
the Executive Council.

Section 12. The Executive Council, fol-
lowing action by affiliated central labor
councils and unions involved, shall have
the power to place firms and commodities
on the Federation's "We Don't Patronize
List," consistent with the policies of the
AFL-CIO and in accordance with its rules
and regulations.

ARTICLE X

Standing Committees

Section 1. The following standing com-
mittees, with staff designated by the Sec-
retary-Treasurer, which committees shall
be composed of members of the Executive
Council, as appointed by the President,
subject to the approval of the Executive
Council, shall work in conjunction with
the officers of the Federation and under
the supervision of the Executive Council:

1. Legislation.
2. Education.

3. Community Services.

4. Safety and Occupational Health.
5. Civil Rights.
6. Housing.

It, of course, will be permissible for the
Standing Committees to consult with and
cooperate with qualified individuals and
groups who could tend to a more success-
ful completion of the projects of the re-
spective committees.

1. The Committee on Legislation shall
promote the policies and programs of the
Federation in the state legislature; as-
sist in carrying out the legislative policies
and program of the AFL-CIO in Congress;
and shall assist the local affiliates in car-
rying out their legislative programs in the
respective local areas.

2. The Committee on Education shall
promote the widest possible understanding
among the union members of the aims of
the Federation; shall assist affiliated un-
ions in developing their own educational
programs; and shall assist in implement-
ing the Federation's interests in providing
the state with the highest standard of ed-
ucation at all levels.

3. The Committee on Community Serv-
ices shall promote the active participation
by affiliated unions and their members in
affairs of their community and the devel-

opment of sound relationships with ap-
propriate agencies in such communities.

4. The Committee on Safety and Occu-
pational Health shall promote safety and
the protection of occupational health in
all working places of our state and in gen-
eral insure the highest level of safety and
healthful working conditions in the state.

5. The Committee on Civil Rights shall
promote, at the earliest possible date, the
effective removal of all discriminatory
practices consistent with the principles
and policies formulated by the Federation.

6. The Committee on Housing shall ad-
vise on all matters relating to housing
programs and policies.

With respect to the activities of any of
the above committees, wherever it is nec-
essary or desirable to introduce legisla-
tion either at the state or local level to
implement the program of the respective
committee, before any such legislation is
introduced it shall first be presented to
and recommended by the Legislative Com-
mittee for approval by the Executive Coun-
cil. Only upon such approval by the Ex-
ecutive Council will such proposed legis-
lation then be introduced.

ARTICLE XI

Expenses

Section 1. When attending meetings
of the Executive Council, members of the
Executive Council shall be paid for neces-
sary traveling expenses (if travel is by
automobile, payment shall be computed
at not less than 10 cents per mile), and
not to exceed $35.00 per diem for expenses
and $15.00 a day for hotel accommodations.

Section 2. When members of the Ex-
ecutive Council are officially authorized
to devote their time to the business of
the Federation, they shall be paid the
sum of $35.00 per day compensation in
addition to necessary traveling expenses
(if travel is by automobile, payment shall
be computed at not less than 10 cents per
mile), and expenses for meals and hotel
accommodations.

ARTICLE XII
Compensation

Section 1. The President shall receive
a salary of $1,250 a month in equal pay-
ments as approved by the Executive Coun-
cil.

Section 2. The Secretary-Treasurer shall
receive a salary of $2,084 a month in equal

payments as approved by the Executive
Council.

Section 3. Each of the General Vice
Presidents shall receive a salary of $1,042
a month in equal payments as approved
by the Executive Council.

ARTICLE XIII

Revenues

Section 1. The revenues of the Feder-
ation shall be derived as follows:

(a) From each application for affilia-
tion a fee of $5.00, which shall accrue to
the General Fund.

(b) From each affiliated union (other
than those mentioned under subsection
(c) of this section) per capita payment of
5 cents per month upon the full paid up
membership of the affiliated union; pro-
vided that the minimum payment shall be
$2.00 per month. The number of members
upon which per capita payment shall be
paid shall be the number of members
from whom regular monthly dues pay-
ments were received during the preceding
month by the affiliated union. Partial or
token affiliation shall not be accepted.
These payments shall accrue to the Gen-
eral Fund.

(c) From each central labor body, joint
board, and other similar bodies and coun-
cils affiliated under the provisions of sub-
sections (b), (c) and (d) of Section 1,
Article III, $1.00 a month, which shall ac-
crue to the General Fund.

Section 2. These monies shall be de-
posited in bank accounts maintained in the
name of California Labor Federation,
AFL-CIO.

Section 3. An account entitled "Pen-
sion Fund" shall be established. The Ex-
ecutive Council is authorized and empow-
ered to transfer into such account any and
all sums which it deems reasonably neces-
sary to meet the purposes of such Fund.

ARTICLE XIV
Good Standing

Section 1. In the event any union fails
to pay its per capita tax for a period of
three months, it shall be notified by the
Secretary-Treasurer, in writing, not later
than the fifteenth day of the fourth
month, that it will be suspended at the
end of said fourth month unless all delin-
quent per capita tax is paid. Any union
so suspended can only be reinstated by a
vote of the Executive Council, and upon

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the tender of payment of the four months'
per capita tax owed as herein provided;
provided, however, that if a union three
months in arrears upon receipt of its no-
tice from the Secretary-Treasurer during
the fourth month that it is about to be
suspended, shall notify the Executive
Council in writing that it is temporarily
unable to pay its per capita tax because
all of its funds have been expended in a
strike, or because of other good cause,
then the Executive Council, when such
union makes application for reinstatement,
and upon proof of the claim that funds
have been expended in a strike or upon
demonstration of the existence of good
cause to the satisfaction of the Executive
Council, may reinstate the union and
waive the reinstatement fee. In extreme
cases, because of the exhaustion of funds
in a strike or other good cause, the Exec-
utive Council shall have discretionary au-
thority to waive the suspension require-
ments altogether.

In any case in which the Executive
Council waives suspension or reinstates
a union as provided in the preceding para-
graph, it may also specify the number of
delegates and roll call votes which such
union will be permitted at the convention
following such action.

In order to be entitled to vote for offi-
cers during the convention, suspended
unions must have been reinstated at least
three months prior to the month in which
the convention takes place.

Section 2. The Executive Council may,
if it is convinced that the request of an
affiliated organization involved in a strike
or lockout is justified, exonerate the affil-
iated organization from per capita pay-
ment for a specified period, and may also
specify the number of delegates and roll
call votes which such union will be per-
mitted at the convention following such
action.

Section 3. Whenever any affiliated or-
ganization is delinquent four months in its
per capita payment, the Secretary-Treas-
urer shall notify the delinquent organiza-
tion that its affiliation has been suspend-
ed. A copy of this notice of loss of affilia-
tion shall be sent the principal officers
of the National or International Union to
which the delinquent organization is affil-
iated.

ARTICLE XV
Conventions
A. GENERAL

Section 1. The convention shall be the

supreme governing body of the Federa-
tion.

Section 2. The Federation shall meet
at such place as the preceding convention
shall have selected on the third Monday
in August during the years 1959 and 1960,
and on the third Monday in August during
the year 1962 and every even-numbered
year thereafter. If in the city selected by
the convention, the hotel, restaurant and
other necessary convention facilities are
inadequate or unsatisfactory, or if other
good cause is found to exist, the Execu-
tive Council is authorized to select an-
other convention city and/or change the
convention date.

Section 3. By a two-thirds vote of the
members of the Executive Council, a spe-
cial convention may be called and if so
called the provisions of this Article shall
be applicable except that the notice of the
convention may be shortened, provided
it must be at least 30 days prior to the
date of the special convention. Such spe-
cial convention shall, however, be limited
solely to the subject or subjects specifi-
cally and definitely indicated in the "call"
for such special convention.

Section 4. Notice of the convention
shall be issued by the Secretary-Treasurer
in the form of a "convention call" to
all affiliates at least 60 days prior to the
opening date of the convention. If after
the issuance of the convention call the
site and/or date of the convention is
changed, a mere notice of such change to
all affiliates shall be deemed sufficient to
meet the requirement of this Section.

Section 5. The conventions of the Fed-
eration shall be composed of duly accred-
ited delegates from affiliated organiza-
tions together with the incumbent offi-
cers of the Federation.

Section 6. None other than accredited
delegates shall be permitted to address
the convention unless accorded the privi-
lege by a two-thirds vote; provided, that
the Secretary-Treasurer shall have the au-
thority to permit guest speakers to address
the convention, subject to the supervision
and control of the number of guest speak-
ers by the Executive Council.

Section 7. Local committees on ar-
rangements for the convention shall not
use the name of the Federation in the
public solicitation of any funds, the sale
of tickets, or the sale of advertising space
in souvenir programs, etc., nor shall such
committees be permitted to solicit funds,
the sale of tickets, or the sale of advertis-
ing space in souvenir programs, etc., in

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the territory of the labor movement of any
other city. Upon infraction of this rule,
it shall be mandatory upon the Executive
Council to select another convention city.

Section 8. The rules and order of busi-
ness governing the preceding convention
shall be in force from the opening of any
convention until new rules have been
adopted.

Section 9. A quorum shall consist of
delegates from twenty-five affiliated local
unions.

Section 10. The Secretary - Treasurer
shall cause to be printed daily the pro-
ceedings of the convention. At the begin-
ning of each session of the convention he
shall have available for each delegate a
printed copy of the proceedings of the day
before.

Section 11. The Secretary - Treasurer
shall prepare and submit to the conven-
tion:

(a) A list of the average per capita
paid membership for the fiscal year of
each affiliated local union.

(b) A list of the estimated average
dues paying membership of each affiliat-
ed local union, based upon whatever in-
formation, if any, which is made available
to the Secretary-Treasurer in this respect.

Section 12. It shall require 150 dele-
gates to demand a roll call vote upon any
vote where a roll call is not otherwise
specified in this Constitution.

Section 13. Any action taken by the
convention, except an amendment to the
Constitution other than one specified in
Article XXI, Section 2, shall be effective
immediately unless timely notice of recon-
sideration or other effective action to re-
scind is taken pursuant to the rules of par-
liamentary procedure applicable to the
convention.

B. REPRESENTATION

Section 1. Only organizations in good
standing with the Federation, whose per
capita tax (including approved exonera-
tions) is paid in full up to the third month
prior to the month in which the conven-
tion is held shall be entitled to represen-
tation by delegates to the convention.

Section 2. No organization shall be en-
titled to representation unless such or-
ganization has applied for affiliation at
least three months prior to the first day
of the month of opening date of the con-
vention and no person shall be recognized
as a delegate who is not a member in good
standing of at least one of the organiza-

tions issuing the credentials to him at the
time he receives credentials from the
secretary of the affiliate; provided, that
organizations chartered within three
months of the opening date of the conven-
tion shall be eligible to representation.

Section 3. Representation at the con-
vention shall be governed as follows:

(a) Each regularly affiliated union shall
be entitled to representation as follows:
two delegates for the first 500 members
or less; one delegate for the next succeed-
ing 250 members or major fraction there-
of; and one delegate for each succeeding
500 members or major fraction thereof.
In no event, however, shall any union be
entitled to more than ten delegates.

On all questions where a roll call vote
is taken, each delegate shall vote an equal
percentage of the membership of the un-
ion he or she represents; provided, that
all fractional votes shall be eliminated.
For the purpose of selecting delegates
and for roll call votes at the convention,
the number of members of each union
shall be the average monthly number on
which per capita tax is paid into the Fed-
eration during the twelve month period
ending on the last day of the third month
immediately preceding the month of the
opening date of the convention, as deter-
mined by dividing the total amount paid
during each period by sixty cents.

However, an organization exonerated
from payment pursuant to the provisions
of Article XIV, Section 1, or Section 2,
hereof, shall be entitled to representation
and vote as determined by the Executive
Council as therein provided.

(b) Central bodies and other similar
bodies and councils eligible for affiliation
under subsections (b), (c) and (d) of
Section 1, Article III, shall be entitled to
two delegates. Each delegate shall be
entitled to one vote.

Section 4. Each incumbent officer of
the Federation may participate in the con-
vention with voice and one vote even
though he is not a delegate.

Section 5. No proxies shall be allowed,
but on roll call or per capita vote, one del-
egate, upon prior written approval of all
co-delegates, may vote for the entire dele-
gation.

Section 6. No delegate shall be per-
mitted to represent more than one organi-
zation, but a delegate from a central la-
bor body or other similar body or council
eligible for affiliation under subsections
(b), (c) and (d) of Section 1, Article III,
may also represent the affiliated local un-

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ion in which he holds membership in good
standing, if he has credentials from such
local union; provided, further, a delegate
may represent up to three affiliated local
unions, affiliated with the same National
or International Union, with a combined
per capita vote of not more than 1200, if
the delegate is a member in good stand-
ing in at least one of such locals from
which he has received credentials.

C. CERTIFICATION OF DELEGATES

Section 1. Delegates and alternates to
the convention of the Federation shall be
elected or otherwise designated by the
affiliate and shall receive credentials from
the secretary of such affiliate. A duplicate
of the same shall be forwarded by such
secretary to the Secretary-Treasurer of
the Federation at least two weeks prior
to the convention.

Section 2. If any alternate presents
credentials and is seated in place of the
delegate-elect, he or she shall be the rec-
ognized representative throughout the re-
maining sessions of the convention.

Section 3. The Secretary - Treasurer
shall prepare a preliminary roll of dele-
gates where no contest is filed, from dup-
licates in his possession, and such dele-
gates so returned by the Secretary-Treas-
urer shall have the power to transact busi-
ness until the report of the Committee on
Credentials is received and adopted.

Section 4. Delegates from central la-
bor bodies and other similar bodies and
councils eligible for affiliation under sub-
sections (b), (c) and (d) of Section 1,
Article III, shall not be seated in the con-
vention unless the local union in which
they hold membership in good standing is
affiliated with the Federation.

Section 5. In the event credentials are
properly presented by any eligible or-
ganization for any person who, after a
hearing by the Credentials Committee,

(a) is shown to be a member of any or-
ganization which is dual to the AFL-CIO,
or

(b) is shown to be a member of any
Communist, Fascist or other totalitarian
group, organization or movement, or is
shown to have been a member of any such
group, organization or movement, or to
have consistently aligned himself with
such group, organization or movement, in
the course of his conduct and has not pre-
viously dissociated himself from such
group, organization or movement, the Cre-
dentials Committee shall reject the cre-
dentials of such person in its report to

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the convention, and upon the adoption of
the Credentials Committee's report, such
person shall not be seated in the conven-
tions of the Federation.
D. RESOLUTIONS

Section 1. All resolutions to be con-
sidered by the convention shall be for-
warded in triplicate to the Secretary-
Treasurer on or before the fifteenth day
immediately preceding the opening day
of the convention except in instances
where such resolutions have been acted
upon and approved by regularly consti-
tuted and affiliated statewide organiza-
tions at conventions or conferences held
during the 15-day period immediately pre-
ceding the opening day of the convention,
in which event such resolutions shall be
received by the Secretary-Treasurer not
later than 9 p.m. on the day immediately
preceding the opening day of the conven-
tion. The Secretary-Treasurer shall num-
ber the resolutions in the order received,
and shall refer them to the proper com-
mittee.

Any resolution not submitted within the
time specified in this Constitution but
which is delivered to the Secretary-Treas-
urer prior to noon on the first day of the
convention shall be reported to the conven-
tion by the Secretary prior to the adjourn-
ment on the first day of the convention as
a late resolution and shall not be referred
to any committee for consideration unless
and until the convention so orders by a
vote of two-thirds of the members present
and voting on such first day of such con-
vention on request of a delegate.

Section 2. No resolution shall be re-
ceived unless signed by an executive offi-
cer of an affiliate of the Federation or
bearing the seal of such affiliate.

Section 3.  The Secretary - Treasurer
shall cause all resolutions properly filed
with him under Section 1 of this Article
and all resolutions, statements of policy
and similar matters submitted to the con-
vention by the Executive Council under
the authority of Section 10, Article IX to
be printed, and copies distributed to the
delegates of the convention prior to the
opening session thereof or as soon there-
after as practical, but not later than the
opening of the second day's session to-
gether with the proceedings of the first
day. The printing of resolutions shall in-
clude the number assigned each resolu-
tion by the Secretary-Treasurer, and the
name of the committee to which it has
been referred, as well as the name or
names of the delegate or delegates of the

affiliate or affiliates which introduced it
and the name and/or number of the affili-
ate or affiliates.

E. COMMITTEES

Section 1. Subject to the provisions of
Article VI, Section 1 (i) herein, five days
prior to the assembling of the regular con-
vention, the President shall appoint a
Committee on Credentials of delegates-
elect who shall apportion the vote of each
as provided in Section 3 of Article XV B
and report the same to the convention in
writing on the first day of the convention.
The President, in appointing this commit-
tee, shall choose from delegates - elect
against whom no contest has been filed,
and, if practical, from those residing in
the vicinity where the convention is to be
held. Members of this committee shall be
reimbursed for expenses in an amount de-
termined by the Executive Council.

Section 2. Subject to the provisions of
Article VI, Section 1 (i) herein, ten days
prior to the assembling of the regular con-
vention, the President shall appoint com-
mittees on Resolutions, Legislation, Con-
stitution and Rules and Order of Business,
the members of which shall be reimbursed
for expenses in an amount determined by
the Executive Council. The committees
appointed under this section shall con-
sider all resolutions submitted to the con-
vention and referred to them by the Sec-
retary-Treasurer under Section 1 of Ar-
ticle XV D and also all statements of pol-
icy, appeals and related matters referred
to them by him, and shall report thereon
to the convention.

Section 3. The minimum number of
members on any committee shall be fif-
teen.

ARTICLE XVI

Autonomy

Section 1. This Federation recognizes
the right of each affiliate to manage its
own affairs, and guarantees autonomy to
all its affiliates.

ARTICLE XVII

Compliance With National Body

Section 1. This Federation shall com-
ply with all rules and regulations of the
AFL-CIO and all Codes established by the
AFL-CIO for state central bodies in ac-
cordance with the AFL-CIO Constitution.

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ARTICLE XVIII

Strikes, Lockouts and Boycotts

Section 1. All affiliated organizations
desiring the assistance of the Federation
in labor disputes shall submit to the Sec-
retary-Treasurer of this Federation, for
approval by the Executive Council, a full
statement of the grievances. Organiza-
tions violating this section shall forfeit
all claims upon the Federation for sup-
port.

Section 2. Where a lockout occurs,
which, upon investigation, proves to have
been unavoidable by the affiliate involved,
compliance with Section 1 of this Article
shall not be necessary. In such instances,
the members of the affiliate affected shall
be entitled to assistance.

Section 3. Subject to Section 1 of this
Article, any affiliate having the sanction
of its National or International in any
strike shall be accorded the endorsement
of this Federation, if no jurisdictional dis-
pute is involved between affiliated or-
ganizations.

Section 4. The amount of support the
Federation may grant shall be determined
by the funds it has on hand.

Section 5. In the event of a strike or
lockout, only such affiliates shall be eli-
gible to financial support from this Fed-
eration as have been in good standing in
the Federation for a period of six months
prior to the strike or lockout.

Section 6. Applications by affiliates to
place firms or commodities on the "We
Don't Patronize List" of the Federation
shall not be considered by a convention
unless the Executive Council of the Fed-
eration has had an opportunity to adjust
the differences between the affiliate and
the employer. The Executive Council by
its own action under authority of Section
12, Article IX, may place firms or com-
modities on the "We Don't Patronize List."

Section 7. All of the actions taken by
the Federation under this Article shall be
subject to the Constitution of the AFL-
CIO and the rules and regulations of the
AFL-CIO.

ARTICLE XIX
Political Action

Section 1. There shall be established a
political action body, which shall be the
official political arm of the Federation,
but which shall function independently of
the Federation to meet the need for sound
political education, to endorse candidates

for office, to encourage workers to reg-
ister, vote and exercise their full rights
and responsibilities of citizenship, and to
perform their rightful part in the political
life of the state and nation. The Federa-
tion, however, shall have exclusive author-
ity to pass upon state ballot propositions.

ARTICLE XX

Laws In Book Form

Section 1. Immediately after the ad-
journment of each regular convention, the
Secretary-Treasurer shall have printed in
pocket form the Constitution and Rules
and Order of Business adopted by the con-
vention, on the outside cover of which
shall be printed, in addition to the title,
the year of the convention, and copies of

the book shall be furnished the secretary
of each affiliated organization.

ARTICLE XXI

Amendment of Constitution

Section 1. This Constitution may be
amended or altered by resolution only at
a convention of the Federation. A two-
thirds majority of votes cast shall be re-
quired.

Section 2. Those sections of the Con-
stitution pertaining to officers and their
duties shall go into effect immediately
after their adoption.

Section 3. The Constitution as amend-
ed at each annual convention, shall be in
full force and effect, as a whole, imme-
diately upon the adjournment of the con-
vention.

CONVENTION RULES AND ORDER OF BUSINESS

California Labor Federation, AFL-CIO

1. Roberts Rules of Order. The con-
vention shall be governed by Roberts
Rules of Order on all matters not pro-
vided by the Constitution or specified in
these rules.

2. Rules-Adoption of Standing Rules.
The adoption of the standing rules shall
require an affirmative vote of a majority
of the duly qualified delegates to the
convention, present and voting. When
once adopted, such standing rules shall
remain in effect, unless suspended or
amended as provided in these rules.

3. Amendment of Standing Rules. No
standing rule of the convention shall be
amended except by an affirmative vote of
a majority of the duly qualified delegates
to the convention, present and voting. No
such amendment shall be considered until
it shall have been referred to and re-
ported by the Committee on Rules.

4. Convening the Convention. The con-
vention shall convene at 9:30 a.m. each
day after the opening session which shall
convene at 10:00 a.m. It shall recess from
12:00 to 2:00 p.m. each day and shall re-
cess at 5:00 p.m. each afternoon, unless
the delegates agree to extend the sessions
or to call special night sessions by a two-
thirds vote.

5. Resolutions Defined. Whenever the
word "resolution" is used in these rules,
it shall include constitutional amend-
ments.

6. Committee Reports. All committees

shall report on all resolutions submitted
to them. Whenever there is majority and
minority division on any committee, both
the majority and minority shall be en-
titled to report to the convention. The dis-
cussion and vote of concurrence or non-
concurrence shall be first on the minority
report.

7. Committee Quorum. A majority of
any committee shall constitute a quorum
for the transaction of its business. At least
a majority of all members present and
voting shall be required to adopt a recom-
mendation on a resolution.

8. Passage of Resolutions and Commit-
tee Reports by Convention. (a) A major-
ity of the delegates present and voting
shall be required to act on a committee
report or a resolution except a constitu-
tional amendment which shall require a
two-thirds vote of the delegates present
and voting.

(b) No motion or resolution shall be
finally acted upon until an opportunity
to speak has been given the delegate mak-
ing or introducing same, if he so desires.

9. Roll Call Vote. At the request of
one hundred and fifty (150) delegates
present and voting, any motion shall be
voted on by roll call per capita vote of
the delegates. When a roll call has been
ordered, no adjournment shall take place
until the result has been announced.

10. Precedence of Motions During De-
bate. When a question is under debate

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or before the convention, no motions shall
be received but the following, which shall
take precedence in the order named:

First-To adjourn;

Second-To recess to a time certain;
Third-For the previous question;

Fourth-To set as a special order of
business;

Fifth-To postpone to a stated time;
Sixth-To postpone indefinitely;

Seventh-To refer to, or re-refer to
committee;

Eighth-To divide or amend;
Ninth-To lay on the table.

11. Motions in Writing. Upon request
of the Chairman, a motion shall be re-
duced to writing and shall be read to the
convention by the Chairman before the
same is acted upon.

12. Contents of Motions. No motion
whether oral or written, shall be adopted
until the same shall be seconded and dis-
tinctly stated to the convention by the
Chairman.

13. Motion to Reconsider. A motion to
reconsider shall not be entertained un-
less made by a delegate who voted with
the prevailing side; such motion shall re-
quire a two-thirds vote to carry.

14. Motion to Table. Motion to lay on
the table shall be put without debate.

15. Recognition and Decorum of Dele-
gates. (a) Delegates when arising to
speak shall respectfully address the Chair
and announce their full name and the
identity of the organization which they
represent.

(b) In the event two or more delegates
arise to speak at the same time, the Chair
shall decide which delegate is entitled to
the floor.

(c) No delegate shall interrupt any
other delegate who is speaking, except for
the purpose of raising a point of order or
appealing from a ruling of the Chair.

(d) Any delegate may appeal from a
decision of the Chairman, without wait-
ing for recognition by the Chairman,
even though another d e 1 e g a t e has
the floor. No appeal is in order when
another is pending, or when other busi-
ness has been transacted by the conven-
tion prior to the appeal being taken.

(e) Any delegate who is called to order
while speaking shall, at the request of the
Chair, be seated while the point of order
is decided, after which, if in order, the
delegate shall be permitted to proceed.
The same shall apply while an appeal
from the Chair is being decided.

(f) No delegate shall speak more than
once on the same subject until all who
desire to speak shall have had an oppor-
tunity to do so; nor more than twice on
the same subject without permission by a
majority vote of the delegates present
and voting; nor longer than five minutes
at a time without permission by a major-
ity vote of the delegates present and
voting.

(g) Any delegate may rise to explain a
matter personal to himself, and shall
forthwith be recognized by the Chairman,
but shall not discuss a question in such
explanation. Such matters 6f personal
privilege yield to only a motion to recess
or adjournment.

16. Microphones on Convention Floor.
There shall be placed in convenient loca-
tions on the convention floor an equal
number of microphones designated "FOR"
and "AGAINST". A delegate wishing to
speak on a matter before the convention,
shall use the appropriate microphone
which designates his position on the
subject then pending, but appropriate mo-
tions, appeals and inquiries may be made
from either. The Chair shall rotate speak-
ers so that speakers on each side of the
question shall have equal opportunity to
present their views. Should two or more
delegates rise to speak on the same side
of a question, the Chair shall decide who
is entitled to the floor.

17. Voting Not To Be Interrupted.
When once begun, voting shall not be in-
terrupted. No delegate shall be allowed
to change his vote, or have his vote re-
corded after the vote is announced.

18. Attendance of Delegates. E a c h
delegate shall report to the Sergeant-at-
Arms at the beginning of the session and
shall sign the card presented to him;
except, if unavoidably absent, he shall
have the privilege of reporting to the
Secretary.

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