1. Any person of good moral character who is employed in a craft or
2. vocation, whether public or private employment, represented by the
3. United Transportation Union is eligible to membership.
4. To gain admission or readmission, an applicant must execute and
5. file with the local Treasurer an official application for membership which
6. must be accompanied by cash, check, or money order to cover one
7. month’s dues and assessments.
8. No application for admission or readmission shall be accepted by
9. the Treasurer or considered in any manner until three (3) members of
10. the local have signed the same certifying that to the best of their belief
11. the applicant is of good moral character and if admitted to membership
12. in the United Transportation Union will be a worthy member. Upon
13. receipt of a properly executed application accompanied by the required
14. dues and assessment, the local Treasurer will issue to the applicant an
15. official receipt and will promptly forward to the General Secretary and
16. Treasurer the completed application, together with the required dues
17. and assessments. The local Treasurer will report at each meeting all
18. admissions and readmissions occurring subsequent to the last meeting
19. of the local.
20. Notwithstanding the foregoing the International President may
21. waive compliance with the provisions of this Article where he/she is
22. satisfied that an application for certification will be made by the United
23. Transportation Union to any Labour Relations Board in Canada; in such
24. case, compliance by any person in Canada with the minimum
25. requirements of the appropriate Labour Relations Board respecting
26. membership in a trade union shall be considered as conferring
27. membership upon such person.
28. The official membership application form will include the following
29. statement which will be subscribed to, and signed by, the applicant in
30. the presence of an officer or member of the local who shall witness the
31. applicant’s signature and certify by signature that he/she has done so:
32. “I pledge my honor to faithfully observe the Constitution
33. and Laws of the United Transportation Union, including
34. the by-laws of my local; to comply with the rules and
35. regulations for the government of the United
36. Transportation Union; not to make known to outsiders
37. any private proceedings of the United Transportation
38. Union; to faithfully perform all the duties assigned to me
39. to the best of my ability and skill; to so conduct myself
40. at all times as not to bring reproach upon my union and
41. at all times bear true and faithful allegiance to the
42. United Transportation Union.”
