Code of Federal Regulations (Last Updated: July 5, 2024) |
Title 29 - Labor |
Subtitle B - Regulations Relating to Labor |
Chapter IV - Office of Labor-Management Standards, Department of Labor |
SubChapter A - Labor-Management Standards |
Part 452 - General Statement Concerning the Election Provisions of the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959 |
Subpart E - Candidacy for Office; Reasonable Qualifications |
§ 452.43 - Representative categories.
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§ 452.43 Representative categories.
In the case of a position which is representative of a unit defined on a geographic, craft, shift, or similar basis, a labor organization may by its constitution or bylaws limit eligibility for candidacy and for holding office to members of the represented unit. For example, a national or international labor organization may establish regional vice-presidencies and require that each vice-president be a member of his respective region. This kind of limitation would not be considered reasonable, however, if applied to general officers such as the president, vice-president, recording secretary, financial secretary, and treasurer. If eligibility of delegates to a convention which will elect general officers is limited to special categories of members, all such categories within the organization must be represented.