1. When a strike has been inaugurated by the United Transportation
2. Union, the International President shall be the recognized leader and
3. shall have authority, in conjunction with the Board of Trustees, to
4. appropriate from the Strike Fund such money for legal assistance and
5. incidental expenses as may be required for a successful prosecution of
6. the strike.
7. Every member of the United Transportation Union shall be duty
8. bound to comply with strike orders of the United Transportation Union.
9. A member who neglects or refuses to do so and who takes the place
10. or performs the duties of a striking member shall be expelled from the
11. United Transportation Union upon conviction thereof under the trial
12. procedures of this Constitution.
13. Any member of the United Transportation Union who crosses the
14. picket lines of the United Transportation Union, or the picket lines of
15. any other railroad union(s) that the United Transportation Union has
16. recognized as on legal authorized strike, for the purpose of assisting
17. the struck carrier(s) by rendering service, consultation, or advice for
18. wages, profit, gain, or gratis, will pay a fine of one thousand dollars
19. ($1,000.00), and in addition to such fine if such member received any
20. wages, compensation, or remuneration for time, expense, consultation,
21. for service rendered to such carrier(s) during the strike that member
22. will also be fined two dollars ($2.00) for every one dollar ($1.00)
23. received upon conviction thereof under the trial procedures of this
24. Constitution.
25. The cost and expense of such trials will be borne solely by the locals
26. conducting the trials and all fines collected by such locals will be retained
27. by the local conducting the trial.
28. Any member of the United Transportation Union who participates
29. in a strike which has not been legally authorized shall be expelled from
30. the United Transportation Union upon conviction thereof under the trial
31. procedures of this Constitution.
32. The International President and the General Committee of
33. Adjustment may terminate a strike or discontinue any and all strike
34. benefits. In the event of a difference of opinion between the
35. International President and the General Committee of Adjustment as to
36. the advisability of terminating a strike the matter shall be referred to
37. the Board of Directors for a final decision. A difference of opinion as to
38. the discontinuance of strike benefits shall be decided by the Board of
39. Trustees.
40. Strikes inaugurated by the United Transportation Union – Members
41. of crafts represented by the United Transportation Union who engage
42. in a strike inaugurated by the United Transportation Union, including
43. striking members who were employed under the jurisdiction of another
44. organization, will be paid strike benefits as provided herein beginning
45. with the third day following the day on which the strike was
46. inaugurated.
47. Strikes inaugurated by other recognized Unions – Members of the
48. United Transportation Union, who are unemployed due to any
49. recognized union representing employees of the railroads or other
50. transportation companies being on legal strike, shall be allowed strike
51. benefits for a period not to exceed sixty (60) days as though they were
52. active participants in the strike. However, the sixty (60) days limit may
53. be extended in unusual circumstances determined by the International
54. President, and the Board of Trustees.
55. Qualifications – In order to qualify for strike benefits, members
56. must withdraw from service at the outset of the strike, register each
57. day, and perform or be available to perform picket duty as required by
58. the local having jurisdiction. A member must verify his/her correct
59. address and social security number with the Local Treasurer for the
60. purpose of mailing benefit checks.
61. Strike benefits will be $50.00 per day and will not exceed a
62. maximum of $600.00 per month.
63. Strike benefits shall be allowed for a period not to exceed one
64. hundred twenty (120) days as the result of one strike. However, the
65. one hundred twenty (120) days’ limit may be extended in unusual
66. circumstances determined by the International President, and the Board
67. of Trustees, except as specified in lines 35-43.
68. Procedures for claiming benefits – Upon inauguration of a strike by
69. the United Transportation Union or upon authorization of strike benefits
70. to UTU members in the case of a recognized Union representing
71. employees of railroads or other transportation companies being on legal
72. strike, the International President of the UTU shall notify the General
73. Secretary and Treasurer accordingly.
74. Upon receipt of such notification, the General Secretary and
75. Treasurer shall prepare a list, in duplicate, and furnish each local
76. involved, showing all members of each local having jurisdiction over
77. striking members or members who may be affected by a legal strike or
78. a recognized union as they appear on monthly billing including home
79. addresses, space for social security number or social insurance number,
80. occupation and length of service which shall be identified as Form #1.
81. The President and Treasurer of each local shall complete Form #1 by
82. filling in the required blanks and return one (1) copy to the General
83. Secretary and Treasurer within ten (10) days. Form #1 must be signed
84. by the President and Treasurer of the local and notarized by a notary
85. public.
86. Upon return of Form #1, the General Secretary and Treasurer shall
87. prepare a strike payroll, in duplicate, from the information contained
88. therein. The strike payroll shall be known as Form #2 and shall list
89. striking members in alphabetical order with space provided for number
90. of days for which payment is claimed and amount of payment due.
91. The local treasurer will fill in the spaces as indicated noting any
92. changes from Form #1, i.e., additions, deletions, E-49, sick or injured,
93. vacation, death, retired, or members who, for any reason, are not
94. available for picketing or other duties required by the local. The
95. treasurer shall return the completed Form #2 on the 15th and the last
96. day of the month. The local seal must be affixed to all payrolls.
97. Upon receipt of strike payrolls, the General Secretary and
98. Treasurer, when directed by the International President, shall issue
99. checks drawn upon the strike fund for payment. The General Secretary
100. and Treasurer will mail strike benefits to all members entitled to receive
101. benefits, whose proper address appears on Form #1. A copy of Form
102. #2 will be mailed to the Local Treasurer.
103. In the event of a general strike by the United Transportation Union
104. or by other unions representing employees of railroads or other
105. transportation companies, the International President in conjunction
106. with the Vice President or other officer handling the strike and the
107. Board of Trustees, may suspend all strike benefits if such action
108. becomes necessary for the protection of the United Transportation
109. Union’s funds.
110. When a strike of any other nationally recognized labor organization
111. is in effect and danger to the safety of our members exists in or about
112. the area affected by the strike, and/or if there exists any substantial
113. present or potential threat of danger to the members enroute to or
114. from their work, and/or to the members’ families, it is the policy of the
115. United Transportation Union to support its members in declining to
116. enter the territory directly affected.
