NOTICE OF MOTION
to amend the LOCAL 500 CONSTITUTION
Article V: Officers & Committee Members: Part D: Elections
The Executive proposes the following Constitutional change:
Currently reads:
Article V: Officers & Committee Members, Part D: Elections Page #13
Section 5. No member may be a candidate for more than one (1) Local Office. An Office Holder (three titled Officers, Despatchers and Business Agents) who wishes to be a candidate for another Local Office shall resign from the Office and make it known prior to nominations opening. However, any candidate for office shall be allowed to run on ballot for Delegates to Conventions and/or Caucuses and for the ILWU Canada/Longshore Contract Executive Board.
Amend to read:
Section 5. No member may be a candidate for more than one (1) Local Office. An Office Holder (three titled Officers, Despatchers, Business Agents, and Trustees) who wishes to be a candidate for another Local Office shall resign from the Office and make it known prior to nominations opening. However, any candidate for office shall be allowed to run on ballot for Delegates to Conventions and/or Caucuses and for the ILWU Canada/Longshore Contract Executive Board; to bring to the Executive for support.
FIRST READING AT THE SEPTEMBER 18, 2024 MEMBERSHIP MEETING
The second (2nd) and final reading of this Notice of Motion will take place at the October 23, 2024 Membership Meeting, at which time it will be debated and voted on if there is a quorum. Two-thirds (2/3) of the Members present at the meeting must vote in the affirmative to pass this motion.
The Executive Board
ILWU Local 500