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CFR	Code of Federal Regulations Pertaining to ESA

 

Title 29

Labor

 

Chapter IV

Office of Labor-Management Standards, Department of Labor

 

Part 452

General Statement Concerning the Election Provisions of the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959

 

Subpart D

Frequency and Kinds of Elections

 

 

29 CFR 452.26 - Elections in local labor organizations.

                   Section Number: 452.26

                   Section Name: Elections in local labor organizations.

    Local labor organizations must conduct their regular elections of officers by secret ballot among the members in good standing. All members in good standing of the local labor organization must be given an opportunity to vote directly for candidates to fill the offices that serve them. Indirect election of officers of a local labor organization would violate section 401(b) of the Act. For example, a procedure whereby the local's membership elects an executive board or some similar body by secret ballot which in turn selects (either from among its own membership or from the local's membership at large) the persons to fill specific offices would not comply with the Act. \21\ Similarly, the election of a chief steward by the shop stewards would violate the Act if the chief steward, by virtue of that position, also serves as a member of the executive board, since members of the executive board must be elected directly by secret ballot among the members in good standing.

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    \21\ Wirtz v. Independent Petroleum Workers of America, 75 LRRM 

2340, 63 L.C. para.11,190 (N.D. Ind. 1970).

 

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