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OUR UNION ? OUR MEMBERS ? OUR STRENGTH

CONSTITUTION

AND RITUAL

REVISED AND AMENDED BY AUTHORITY OF THE

1ST SMART GENERAL CONVENTION

Held in Las Vegas, Nevada | AUGUST 11?15, 2014 INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF SHEET METAL, AIR, RAIL AND TRANSPORTATION WORKERS

And Affiliated Local Unions, State, District, Provincial And Regional Councils

General Officers of the International Association of Sheet Metal, Air, Rail and Transportation Workers

Joseph J. Nigro General President Joseph Sellers, Jr. General Secretary-Treasurer Bruce W. Word 1st General Vice President Ronald H. Whatley 2nd General Vice President David C. Zimmermann 3rd General Vice President Mark Curtis 4th General Vice President Patrick C. Landgraf 5th General Vice President Derek Evans 6th General Vice President Joseph B. Powell 7th General Vice President Norm L. Whiteman 8th General Vice President John Helak 9th General Vice President Arthur B. Tolentino 10th General Vice President Rocco Terranova 11th General Vice President

General Office Address United Unions Building 1750 New York Avenue, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20006-5386

John Previsich President Transportation Division General Vice President

John J. Risch III General Vice Prestident/U.S. National Legislative Director

David Wier General Vice President Vice President/International Representative

John E. Lesniewski General Vice President Vice President/International Representative

Troy Johnson General Vice President Vice President/International Representative

John England General Vice President Vice President/International Representative

CONSTITUTION

AND RITUAL

OF THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF SHEET METAL, AIR, RAIL AND TRANSPORTATION WORKERS

Affiliated with American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations, Building and Construction Trades Department, Metal Trades Department, Maritime Trades Department, Union Label and Service Trades Department, Transportation Trades Department,

Public Employee Department, and Railway Labor Executives' Association, and the Canadian Labour Congress.

REVISED AND AMENDED BY AUTHORITY OF

1st SMART General Convention Held at Las Vegas, Nevada August 11-15, 2014

Preamble

Realizing the advantage and necessity of cooperative effort properly and legally directed to fully develop and demonstrate the possibilities of our trade in the various fields of industry and to protect our rights in connection therewith, we hereby pledge our united efforts and support as members of the International Association of Sheet Metal, Air, Rail and Transportation Workers to the accomplishment of said purpose.

In this age of organized effort, it is essential that those engaged at our trade must likewise organize in order to establish and maintain desirable working conditions and thus provide for themselves and their families that measure of comfort, happiness, and security to which every good citizen is entitled in return for his or her labor from a deep sense of pride in our trade, to give a fair day's work for a fair day's pay.

For reasons stated herewith, we adopt this Constitution and Ritual and pledge our support and allegiance to the International Association of Sheet Metal, Air, Rail and Transportation Workers of the United States and Canada, and as members thereof, we agree to be governed by the provisions, requirements, purpose and intent of this Constitution and all subsequent amendments thereto.

Article Twenty-One B (21B) sets forth the political structure and functioning of the Transportation Division including the selection, authority, duties and responsibilities of its officers. Other parts of the Constitution govern the operation of the association as a whole, including the Transportation Division. Where application of other parts of the Constitution to the Transportation Division would negate the provisions of Article Twenty-One B (21B), it is presumed that this is not the intent of the Constitution. Some provisions of the Constitution plainly apply to sheet metal workers and are to be interpreted as applying only to sheet metal workers unless there is no conflict between such provisions and Article Twenty-One B (21B) and application is necessary to address questions not answered in Article Twenty-One B (21B) or to provide uniformity in the administration of the association.

Table of Contents

Article One (1) -- International Association

1

Section 1 Name and Location

1

Section 2 Membership

1

Section 3 Government

1

Section 4 Government Between Conventions

1

Section 5 Trade Jurisdiction

2

Section 6 Revenue and Funds

13

Section 7 Dissolution

17

Section 8 Assessments

17

Section 9 Insurance Benefits

18

Section 10 Responsibility

19

Section 11 Service By Mail

19

Article Two (2) -- General Officers

19

Section 1 Numbers and Titles

19

Section 1(A) Financial Support for Campaign

19

Section 2 Qualifications

20

Section 3 Automatic Convention Delegates

20

Section 4 Mandatory Tender of Resignation

20

Section 5 Time of Election

20

Section 6 Method of Election

21

Section 7 Election Protest

21

Section 8 Term of Office

22

Section 9 Filling Vacancy In Office of General President

22

Section 10 Filling Vacancy In Office of General Secretary-Treasurer

22

Section 11 Filling Vacancies in Other General Offices

22

Section 12 Compensation and Expenses

23

Section 13 Pensions

23

Section 14 Charges and Trials of General Officers

24

Section 15 Surrender of Property

26

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