Special Election Sunday, June 2nd 2024

During our June 2nd General Membership Meeting, Local 80 will be holding a special floor election to fill the vacancies of Secretary-Treasurer, and Trustee.  Below you will find the eligibility requirements for the following:

  1. Eligibility for Office
  2. Nominations Requirement
  3. Eligibility Requirements to Vote
Duties of Secretary Treasurer Duties of Trustee

Eligibility for Office

Taken from the Local 80 Constitution and By-laws

ARTICLE III , Section 1a Eligibility for Office (from 1985):  To be eligible for office, other than as a delegate, a candidate must have been a member in continuous good standing for at least two (2) years prior to the date of nomination for office and as of the election and his/her dues must be paid through the month prior to the month in which the nominations meeting and election are held.

ARTICLE III, Section 2 Non-Eligibility:  Any member of this Local who either by his/her own admission or by being found guilty of violating his/her pledge to this Local or the I.A.T.S.E. and M.P.T.A.A.C. of the United States, and Canada shall not be eligible to hold either an elective or appointive office or any committee of this Local.

ARTICLE XVI, Section III Nominations Eligibility Preview (from 1985):
Any prospective nominator and/or candidate may request the Executive Board to review his/her eligibility to nominate or run for office prior to the nominations meeting. The Executive Board must respond to such requests in writing no later than seven (7) days upon its receipt of such a request.  (Please send requests to [email protected])

ARTICLE XVI, Section V Acceptance of Nomination (from 1985):  Every nominated candidate must accept the nomination either in person, or in writing if absent, prior to the close of the nominations meeting.

ARTICLE XVI, Section VI Choice of One Office (from 1985):  No member in good standing shall be permitted to accept the nomination for more than one (1) office other than as a delegate.

Taken from the IATSE Constitution and By-Laws

ARTICLE 19, Section 4.  Officers:  (2nd paragraph): Officers or affiliated local unions must be members of such local unions, but to be eligible for elected or appointed office in any local union of this Alliance a person shall be actively engaged in the industry within the Local’s jurisdiction and have worked for at least one hundred and twenty (120) days in the past thirty-six (36) months, and have been a member of that local union in continuous good standing for two (2) years, except that this provision shall not apply to any newly-chartered Locals or where such requirement has been waived in writing by the International President in special cases where the circumstances, in the International President’s judgment, warrant it.  Time served as an officer or employee of a local union or the International shall be applicable towards the “one hundred and twenty (120) days in the past thirty-six (36) months” requirement.  The continuous good standing for two (2) years is not broken unless the member has been suspended under the Local’s Constitution and Bylaws.

The term “in good standing” as used in this Constitution and Bylaws shall be construed to mean that the member has fulfilled the requirements for membership in their local union and/or the International, and has not voluntarily withdrawn from membership, nor been expelled or suspended from membership either for being in arrears in their financial obligations or for any offense after appropriate trial proceedings consistent with Article Sixteen of this Constitution and Bylaws.

Further disqualification can result from criminal records as defined below

Taken from the OLMS (Office of Labor Management Fact Sheet)

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What are the crimes that result in a person being barred from holding Union Office?  Conviction for several types of crimes will bar a person from serving in prohibited capacities, including but not limited to the following examples:

• Generic criminal offenses; specifically, murder, assault with intent to kill, assault that inflicts grievous bodily injury, rape, arson, extortion, burglary, grand larceny, robbery, bribery, embezzlement, or violation of narcotics laws

• Violations of Title II or Title III of the LMRDA, which include knowingly making a false statement of material fact or failing to disclose a material fact in any labor organization report, labor organization officer or employee report, or other report required by the LMRDA; willfully failing to file a required report; willfully violating the recordkeeping requirements in Title II or Title III; willfully making a false entry in labor organization records or other documents required to be kept by the LMRDA or willfully concealing,
withholding or destroying such records; willfully and improperly transferring funds from a trusteed local to the parent body imposing the trusteeship; or willfully counting the votes of delegates from a trusteed local under certain circumstances;

• Any felony involving abuse or misuse of an individual’s position or employment in a labor
organization or employee benefit plan in order to seek or obtain an illegal gain at the expense of the members of the labor organization or the beneficiaries of the employee benefit plan;

• Conspiracy to commit any of the above crimes;

• Attempting to commit any of the above crimes;

• Any crime in which any of the above crimes is an element; or

• Any crime that is equivalent to the above crimes; for example, obtaining money by false pretenses in certain cases can be equivalent to the listed crimes of grand larceny or embezzlement.

Regarding federal sector unions, the prohibitions are also applicable to any person who has been convicted of, or who has served any part of a prison term resulting from his conviction for making a false statement, in violation of 18 U.S.C. 1001, in any report required to be filed pursuant to the federal sector Standards of Conduct provisions or who has been determined to have willfully violated such provisions prohibiting certain acts relating to a subordinate body under trusteeship, pursuant to 29 C.F.R. 458.27

Nominations Requirements

Taken from the Local 80 Constitution and By-laws

ARTICLE XVI, Section IV Nominations Requirement (from 1985):  Every member of this union in good standing as of the date of the nominations meeting shall be eligible to nominate a candidate of his/her choice.  Additionally, every member of this union in good standing shall be eligible to nominate and be nominated for the position of delegate.

ARTICLE XVI, Section V Acceptance of Nomination (from 1985):  Every nominated candidate must accept the nomination either in person, or in writing if absent, prior to the close of the nomination meeting.

ARTICLE XVI, Section VIII Notice of Nominations Meeting (from 1985): Written notification of a nominations meeting and subsequent election shall be mailed to each member of this union in good standing at least fifteen (15) days prior to the nominations meeting and election at his/her last known home address.

ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS TO VOTE

Taken from the Local 80 Constitution and By-laws

ARTICLE XVI, Section XII Eligibility Requirements to Vote (from 1985)

For a member of this union to be eligible to vote in an election, dues must be paid up through the month prior to the month in which the election is held .