ARTICLE 34
District Councils
Section 1. When a majority of Local Unions of this International Union representing a majority of the membership within their geographical district request the establishment of a District Council, such Local Union representatives shall be assembled by the Regional Directors of that area for the formation of such a Council.
Section 2. When such a District Council is established, it shall be mandatory for all Local Unions of this International Union to affiliate with the Council of their geographical district and obtain a charter from the International Union.
Section 3. The purpose of the District Council shall be to recommend to the Regional Director and the International Union, constructive measures for the welfare of Local Unions and their members. It shall discuss comparative wages, rates, agreements, methods of approach, organizational problems, national, state and provincial legislative programs and such other problems as may be of general interest to the Local Union membership.
Section 4. The District Council shall be composed of delegates elected from the Local Unions in accordance with appropriate procedures established in the bylaws of each member's Local Union. The term of the delegates elected by a Local Union shall be three (3) years. To avoid unnecessary expense in District Councils, Local Unions may empower as many delegates as they desire to carry and vote the entire vote of the Local Union.
Section 5. Activities of the District Councils shall be financed by the payment of a per capita tax by each Local Union affiliated with the District Council, which shall require the approval of the International Executive Board.
Section 6. The per capita tax may be used to assist in organizational work, prepare educational literature, lobby for legislative programs and programs of benefit to its affiliated Local Unions.
Section 7. When a subordinate body has failed to report and pay the per capita tax to the District Council, the District Council Secretary-Treasurer shall report this fact to the International Secretary-Treasurer; the International Secretary-Treasurer shall notify the subordinate body President and Board of Trustees. Such subordinate body shall stand suspended until such deficiency is made good.
Section 8. The District Council shall draft its by-laws in conformity with this Constitution and subject to the approval of the International Executive Board.
Section 9. To dissolve a District Council the Regional Director(s), on the request of three (3) Local Unions within the geographical district, shall call a special meeting of the Council to be held within thirty (30) days of such request, with proper notice of the purpose of the meeting to vote upon the dissolution of the Council. At this meeting the District Council may be dissolved by a vote of a majority of the Local Unions representing a majority of the membership within the geographical district.