2006 - 2011

United Association of Journeymen and Apprentices of the

Plumbing and Pipe Fitting Industry of the United States and Canada

(a) Officers of a Local Union may be fined, reprimanded, or removed from office, for just cause, after notice and trial. Charges may be preferred against any officer by a member of the United Association in good standing who has personal knowledge of the offense committed. The charges shall be made in writing to the Local Union to which the officer is attached, within sixty (60) days after discovery of the offense, stating with reasonable certainty the nature of the offense charged, the time and place of the occurrence, the date of discovery of the offense, naming the witnesses and the sections of the laws of the Local Union and the Constitution of the United Association that have been violated by the officer, and it shall require a majority vote of the membership in attendance at a regular or special called union meeting to whom the charges are referred, to accept such charges, and the charges must be signed by a member of the United Association, in good standing.

(b) When the charges have been made and are accepted by the Local Union as hereinbefore provided, the entire matter shall be referred to the Local Union Executive Board for hearing. A copy of the charges, together with a notice setting the time and place of hearing, shall be served the accused officer at least ten (10) days before the hearing.

(c) The Local Union Executive Board shall hear all witnesses and, if the charges are sustained, shall then make its findings and recommendation of a fine, reprimand, or removal from office, to the Local Union at the next regular or special meeting. On a report of the charges being sustained by the Local Union Executive Board, it shall take a two-thirds vote of the members of the Local Union in attendance at a regular or special called meeting of the Local Union to sustain the charges and remove the officer, or fine or reprimand him.

(d) Any officer disciplined under the provisions of this section shall be entitled to appeal the decision of the Local Union to the General Executive Board. The General Executive Board may, in its discretion, stay the execution of the Local Union’s decision until the action on the appeal is concluded.