THE CONSTITUTION OF NEW YORK CITY
OFF-TRACK BETTING CORPORATION EMPLOYEES,
ARTICLE I
NAME
The name of
this organization shall be New York City Off-Track Betting Corporation
Employees,
ARTICLE II
AFFILIATIONS
This local
union shall be affiliated with New York City District Council Number 37 of the
American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees; the New York
State AFL-CIO; and the New York City Central Labor Council, AFL-CIO.
ARTICLE III
OBJECTIVES
The
objectives of this local union shall be to: carry out on a local basis the
objectives of the AFSCME, to work toward the improvement of salaries, hours,
and all terms and conditions of employment for the membership, to work toward
the improvement for the entire N.Y.C.O.T.B. Corporation program, and to obtain
for the membership, a real voice in decisions bearing on their conditions of
work and of service to their customers.
ARTICLE IV
MEMBERSHIP AND DUES
Section
1. All
employees of the New York City, New York, Off Track Betting Corporation are eligible
for membership in this local union, subject to the requirements of the
Constitution of the International
Section
2.
Application for membership shall be made on a standard application form. Unless
such form includes a valid authorization for payroll deduction of dues, the
application shall be accompanied by the current month's dues.
Section
3. The dues
of this local union shall be $19.30 bi-weekly per pay period for all full-time
employees. The dues of this local union for part-time employees, who work 20
hours or 25 hours per week, shall be $12.75 bi-weekly per pay period. Hourly
employees shall pay $12.75 bi-weekly per pay period.
Section
4.
Membership dues shall be payable monthly in advance to the local secretary-treasurer
and in any event shall be paid not later then 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 consecutive months shall stand suspended. Provided,
however, that any person who is paying 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 every
other month, except in the months of July, August and December. The time and
place of these meetings shall be fixed by the membership or the executive
board.
Section 2. A quorum shall consist of at least 40
members.
Section 3. Special meetings may be called by the local
president, the local executive board, or by petition filed with the president
and signed by 100 of the members of the local. Special meetings may also be
called by the International President or his authorized representative. A quorum
shall consist of at least 40 members.
Section 4. The local executive board shall meet once
each month except during July, August and December, at a time and place to be
fixed by the executive board.
Section 5. The local shop stewards meetings shall be
held once each month except during July, August and December immediately
following the executive board meeting at a time and place to be fixed by the
executive board.
Section 6. A. Due notice of all meetings shall be given
to membership, in writing, whenever possible.
B. All
meetings shall be carried out in conformity to the constitution. Meetings shall
be carried out accordingly to Roberts Rules of Order, Revised, except where
otherwise specified in the constitution.
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 officers shall constitute the
local union executive board. Officers shall be elected for a term of three
years, beginning in 1973. In addition, there shall be elected three members who
shall serve as trustees. Trustees shall be elected to three (3) year term,
except that in the initial election, one shall be elected for a one (1) year
term, one for a two (2) year term, and one for a three (3) year term.
Section 2. Nominations shall be made at a regular or
special meeting to be held in April. 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.
Section 3. To be eligible for office, a member must be
in good standing for one (1) year immediately preceding the election. No
retired member from this local shall be eligible to run for office.
Section 4. Officers shall be elected by secret ballot
vote, and the balloting shall be conducted as to afford all members a
reasonable opportunity to vote. At least fifteen (15) days advance notice be
given the membership, otherwise election shall take place in the month of June.
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 office shall be filled for the
remainder of the unexpired term by vote of the executive board except in the
event the office of the president falls vacant, the vice-president shall become
president for the remainder of the unexpired terms and the office of the
vice-president shall be filled for the remainder of the unexpired term by vote
of the executive board.
Section 7. 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 be chief executive of this
local. He shall preside at all meetings and shall be chairman of the executive
board. He shall be also be an ex-officio member of all
committees. He shall be chairman of the locals' delegation to all conventions,
conferences and seminars. He shall appoint such other committees as may be
required and shall be responsible to see that the committee so appointed
carries out the purpose for which it was created. He shall call regular
committee reports and shall perform such other further duties as may be imposed
by the executive board. He shall sign all documents of this local and
countersign all checks. He shall periodically report to the membership
regarding the progress and standing of the local and regarding his official
acts. He shall be subject to call for counsel for any discussion, formal or
informal, concerning members of the local.
Section 2. The vice-president shall assist the president
in the works of his office. In the absence of the president or in his inability
to serve, the vice-president shall preside at all meetings and perform all
duties otherwise performed by the president. He may with the approval of this
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 shall carry on the official correspondence of the Local, except as
the executive board may direct. He shall perform such other duties as the
executive board may require.
Section 4. The secretary-treasurer shall receive and
receipt for all monies of the local union. He shall deposit all money so
received in the name of the local union in an bank or
banks selected by the executive board, and money so deposited shall be
withdrawn only by checks signed by the president, secretary-treasurer and the
vice-president, if authorized by the executive board. He shall prepare and sign
checks for such purposes as are required by the constitution or are authorized
by the membership or the executive board, he shall prepare and submit the
monthly membership report to the International Union office and see that a
check is drawn in payment of the Locals' per capita tax each month and sent to
the International Secretary-Treasurer. He shall keep an accurate record of
receipts and disbursements and shall, at each general membership submit to the
membership a monthly operating statement of the financial transactions of the
local for the previous month. He shall act as custodian of all properties of
the local union. He shall at the expense of the local union and through the
International
Section 5. The trustees shall make or cause to be made
at least semi-annually an audit of the locals
finances, and shall report to the membership on the results of such audits.
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 a 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 of 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.
Section 7. The duties of the shop stewards are to
protect the employees’ rights. This means settling grievances and watching for
violations of established working conditions, or the agreement. Other duties
outlined in the Shop Stewards Manual of the AFSCME, AFL-CIO are required. Shop
stewards are required to attend all shop steward meetings.
Any charge
against a shop steward for failure to perform the responsibilities at a shop stewards
meeting, and can upon review and recommendations of the executive board, result
in disciplinary action up to and including termination of their services.
Shop
stewards shall be elected for a term of one (1) year after which new elections
shall be held. Shop stewards may be removed for cause by the members he or she
represents.
ARTICLE VIII
STIPENDS FOR OFFICERS
Section 1. No officer or executive board member shall
receive any compensation for services rendered unless the same shall have first
been approved by the members at a regular meeting except as hereinafter
provided in this article.
Section 2. The president of this local shall receive an
expense allowance of six hundred fifty dollars ($650.00) a month.
Section 3. The vice-president of this local shall
receive an expense allowance of four hundred dollars ($400.00) a month.
Section 4. The treasurer of this local shall receive an
expense allowance of two hundred eighty-five dollars ($285.00) a month.
Section 5. The recording secretary of this local shall
receive an expense allowance of two hundred twenty-five dollars ($225.00) a
month.
Section 6. The executive board members shall receive a
rebate of their union dues in the amount of $54.14 for each meeting that they
are required to attend other than the general membership meetings. The District
Council 37 delegates, other than those receiving an expense allowance,the
shop stewards and trustees shall receive a rebate of their union dues in the
amount of $32.49 for each meeting that they are required to attend other than
the general membership meetings.
ARTICLE IX
GENERAL MEMBERSHIP PROCEDURE
Section1.
Procedure of all membership meetings of this local shall be in accordance with
the following order of business:
(1) The president
or chairman of the meeting calls the meeting to order.
(2) Roll call of the executive board.
(3) Reading of the minutes from the previous meeting.
(4) Report of officers and committees.
(5) Unfinished business.
(6) New business.
(7) Good and welfare.
(8) Adjournment.
ARTICLE X
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
Section 1. This local union shall at all times be
subject to the provisions of the constitution of the AFSCME, AFL-CIO.
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 or by the executive board.
Section 3. All members of the local shall receive a copy
of the local constitution.
Section 4. Upon request, all members in good standing
shall have union representation at all security grievance and disciplinary
hearings, etc.
Section 5. Wherever in this constitution a male pronoun
is used it is intended to include the equivalent pronoun of the feminine
gender.
Section 6. At all meetings, the president of this local
or the presiding chairman, shall at his discretion, select from members in
attendance of these meetings as many sergeants-at-arms as he deems necessary.
ARTICLE XI
AMENDMENTS
This
constitution may be amended, revised, or otherwise changed by a vote of
two-thirds (2/3) of the members present and voting on such proposed change and
such change shall take effect only 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.
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