I.A.T.S.E. LOCAL 24
TOLEDO, OH
International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees, Moving Picture Technicians, Artists and Allied Crafts
The President shall preside at all meetings of the membership and of the Executive Board and shall at all times conduct same in accordance with this Constitution and Bylaws and the standing rules attached hereto. For misconduct during the course of a meeting, a member may be summarily fined in an amount not to exceed twenty-five ($25.00) for each separate offense, or at the discretion of the President, may be summarily ejected from the meeting if his or her conduct persists in disrupting the meeting.
In absence of a specific law to govern a given condition the President shall decide the matter in a spirit of fairness and equity, and such ruling shall be enforced unless changed by the Executive Board or the membership.
He/she shall see that all officers perform their duties as prescribed by the Constitution and Bylaws and shall be a member Ex-officio of all committees.
He/she shall, with the consent of the Executive Board, use all moral and financial aid in enforcing the rules, wage scale and conditions of this Local.
He/she shall appoint the members of all committees.
The President shall also be empowered to appoint Delegates to such conventions or trade assemblies (other than those named in Article VI, Section 1 hereof) as shall be of interest and importance to this Local.
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I t s h a l l b e t h e d u t y o f t h e V i c e - P r e s i d e n t t o b e i n c h a r g e o f a l l g r i e v a n c e s f i l e d w i t h t h e L o c a l . H e / s h e s h a l l o v e r s e e t h e c a l l s t e w a r d . I n t h e a b s e n s e o f t h e c a l l s t e w a r d , w i l l a s s u m e t h e r e s p o n s i b i l i t y o f s u c h .
I t s h a l l b e t h e d u t y o f t h e R e c o r d i n g S e c r e t a r y t o a t t e n d a l l m e e t i n g s o f t h e m e m b e r s h i p a n d o f t h e E x e c u t i v e B o a r d a n d t o k e e p m i n u t e s , b u t n o t n e c e s s a r i l y v e r b a t i m , o f t h e p r o c e e d i n g s o f s u c h m e e t i n g s i n a b o o k p r o v i d e d f o r s u c h p u r p o s e s . H e / s h e s h a l l c r e a t e a n d k e e p a d u p l i c a t e c o p y o f c o r r e s p o n d e n c e b e t w e e n t h e E x e c u t i v e B o a r d , c l i e n t s , a n d t h e m e m b e r s h i p , a n d m a i n t a i n t h e f i l e s f o r a r c h i v e s o f t h e L o c a l .
I t s h a l l b e t h e d u t y o f t h e S e c r e t a r y - T r e a s u r e r t o a t t e n d a l l m e e t i n g s o f t h e m e m b e r s h i p a n d o f t h e E x e c u t i v e B o a r d a n d s h a l l k e e p t h e s e a l i n h i s p o s s e s s i o n .
I t s h a l l b e t h e d u t y o f t h e S e c r e t a r y - T r e a s u r e r t o k e e p a t r u e a n d a c c u r a t e r e c o r d o f a l l i n c o m e a n d d i s b u r s e m e n t s a n d a l l a s s e t s a n d l i a b i l i t i e s o f t h i s U n i o n .
H e / s h e s h a l l d e p o s i t a l l m o n e y i n a b a n k a p p r o v e d b y t h e E x e c u t i v e B o a r d , s a m e t o b e i n t h e n a m e o f t h e L o c a l , s u b j e c t t o w i t h d r a w a l b y c h e c k s .
H e / s h e s h a l l c o l l e c t a l l d u e s , f i n e s a n d a s s e s s m e n t s f r o m t h e m e m b e r s a n d s h a l l r e p o r t q u a r t e r l y t o t h e m e e t i n g t h e s t a n d i n g o f a l l m e m b e r s .
H e / s h e s h a l l d e l i v e r t o t h e C h a i r m a n o f t h e B o a r d o f T r u s t e e s f o r a u d i t i n g p u r p o s e s a l l b o o k s a n d p a p e r s i n h i s / h e r p o s s e s s i o n a n d s h a l l a t t e n d s u c h a u d i t i n g m e e t i n g s .
T h e B u s i n e s s R e p r e s e n t a t i v e s h a l l s u p p l y e m p l o y e r s w i t h m a n p o w e r w h e n c a l l e d u p o n t o d o s o . H e / s h e s h a l l k e e p a c o r r e c t l i s t o f a l l w o r k g i v e n o u t , a s w e l l a s a l i s t o f t h e u n e m p l o y e d .
H e / s h e s h a l l r e p o r t t o t h e E x e c u t i v e B o a r d a l l a l l e g e d v i o l a t i o n s b y m e m b e r s o f t h e l a w s o f t h e L o c a l .
H e / s h e s h a l l p e r f o r m s u c h d u t i e s a s o r d e r e d b y t h e m e m b e r s h i p o r b y t h e E x e c u t i v e B o a r d b e t w e e n m e m b e r s h i p m e e t i n g s . H e / s h e s h a l l r e p r e s e n t t h e L o c a l i n a l l d e a l i n g s w i t h e m p l o y e r s , b u t s h a l l a t a l l t i m e s b e u n d e r t h e s u p e r v i s i o n o f t h e E x e c u t i v e B o a r d .
T h e b o o k s o f t h i s U n i o n m u s t b e a u d i t e d e v e r y s i x ( 6 ) m o n t h s b y t h e B o a r d o f T r u s t e e s , w h o w i l l m a k e a d e t a i l e d r e p o r t o f t h e i r f i n d i n g a t h e n e x t r e g u l a r m e e t i n g s . T h e B o a r d o f T r u s t e e s i s c h a r g e s w i t h r e s p o n s i b i l i t y o f s e e i n g t o i t t h a t a n y o f f i c e r s a n d e m p l o y e e s o f t h e U n i o n w h o h a n d l e i t s f u n d s a n d p r o p e r t y a r e b o n d e d t o t h e e x t e n t a n d i n t h e a m o u n t a n d f o r m r e q u i r e d b y l a w . T h e e x p e n s e o f s u c h b o n d s s h a l l b e b o r n e b y t h e L o c a l . T h e B o a r d o f T r u s t e e s s h a l l a l s o b e r e s p o n s i b l e f o r s e e i n g t o i t t h a t a l l b o o k s a n d r e c o r d s o f t h e L o c a l , u s e d a s t h e b a s i s f o r p r e p a r i n g r e p o r t s r e q u i r e d b y l a w t o b e f i l e d w i t h t h e G o v e r n m e n t , a r e p r e s e r v e d f o r a t l e a s t f i v e y e a r s f r o m t h e d a t e s s u c h r e p o r t s w e r e f i l e d .
T h e E x e c u t i v e B o a r d s h a l l i n v e s t i g a t e a l l c o m p l a i n t s o f m e m b e r s a n d d e c i d e , i f p o s s i b l e , u p o n a l l q u e s t i o n s i n d i s p u t e b e t w e e n e m p l o y e r a n d e m p l o y e e , a c c e p t i n g a n y h o n o r a b l e m e a n s t o w a r d a n a m i c a b l e s e t t l e m e n t t h a t m a y b e d e e m e d e s s e n t i a l t o t h e b e s t i n t e r e s t o f t h i s o r g a n i z a t i o n .
T h e E x e c u t i v e B o a r d s h a l l d e c i d e u p o n a l l m a t t e r s r e f e r r e d t o t h e m b y t h e m e m b e r s h i p a n d t h e i r d e c i s i o n s h a l l b e b i n d i n g u n l e s s r e v e r s e d b y a m a j o r i t y v o t e o f t h e m e m b e r s p r e s e n t a t a r e g u l a r o r s p e c i a l m e e t i n g t o t h e L o c a l . T h e E x e c u t i v e B o a r d s h a l l a c t a s a t r i a l b o a r d o f t h i s L o c a l u n l e s s t h e m e m b e r e l e c t s t o b e t i e d a t a n o p e n m e e t i n g a s p r o v i d e d i n A r t i c l e 1 2 , S e c t i o n 1 5 h e r e o f . T h e y s h a l l h a v e t h e p o w e r t o s u m m o n a s a w i t n e s s a n y m e m b e r s a n d t h o s e f a i l i n g t o a n s w e r m a y b e a d j u d g e d i n c o n t e m p t a n d p e n a l i z e d f o r s a m e b y f i n e o r s u s p e n s i o n .
I t s h a l l b e t h e d u t y o f t h e S e r g e a n t - a t - A r m s t o b e p r e s e n t a t a l l m e m b e r s h i p m e e t i n g s , s e e t h a t a l l m e m b e r s p r e s e n t s i g n i n , a n d s e e t h a t n o n e b u t m e m b e r s e n t e r t h e m e e t i n g h a l l a n d ca r r y o u t s u c h i n s t r u c t i o n s a s a r e g i v e n t o h i m / h e r b y t h e p r e s i d i n g o f f i c e r .