Read the constitution to see how the membership elects the convention delegates, in turn elect the International Officers. International officers are elected at the conventions:
http://www.twu.org/i...ional_officers/
I ARTICLE XV - Local Union Elections
SECTION 1. The term of office of Local officers and Executive Board members shall be three (3) years except that the International Administrative Committee shall have the authority to approve a by-law provision establishing, or maintaining, a two-year term for the officers and Executive Board members of any Local which petitions and submits satisfactory reasons for such approval, and except further such term may be extended for good cause shown to four (4) years where the law permits.
Elections under this section shall be by a plurality of the secret ballot votes cast.
I have read the TWU constitution how the members elect the delegates thru a plurailty of votes that is to say you anly need to be the top vote getters you do not have to get a majority of the people voting to become a delegate and then as was the case in the last convention you get there and Jim Little and all of the intl leadership plus all of the ATD leadership run unopposed so no vote is even needed. not sound like the members had a voice to me!
Go here to see how a member can be brought up on charges if they are valid If you read several other areas of the constitution you will see it is well covered: http://www.twu.org/i...x_-_discipline/
Who was talking about bringing members up on charges the questiion was about the removal of intl officers we all know the members get the short end of the stick!!
If you go here you will see how the International pay is calculated. Read section 10 it is simuliar thru-out the constitution:
http://www.twu.org/i...onal_president/
ARTICLE V - Powers and Duties of the International President
SECTION 10. The International President shall perform all such other duties as pertain to his/her office. He/she shall receive Seventy-Two Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($72,500) per annum, payable weekly in equal amounts, and when performing duties away from the International Office he/she shall receive his/her expenses, which shall be subject to the approval of the International Executive Council. The salary of the International President shall be adjusted as of the first day of January 1983 and on the first day of each
January by the weighted average percentage increase in wages or salaries received by the Union membership during the fiscal year ending on the preceding August 31st in bargaining units of Five Hundred (500) or more.
This is my favorite of all, when we took the concessions in 2003 The intl boys/girls did not have to take pay cuts, you will notice it does to say if the weighted average is negative that he will take a pay cut. Now when we got some of the concession back the intl was given raises beacuse the weighted average went up, so basicly the intl got 2 raises one for the first time we got the money and then again when we got it back, what a scam. So to summarize it benifits the intl for us to take pay cuts and then recover some of the cuts, because they get a raise every time we do but it does not cost the company money TWU at its finest.
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