ARTICLE 53
Canadian Local Unions
Section 1. The International Executive Board may upon application, exempt in whole or in part, all Local Unions in Canada from application of any provisions of this Constitution adopted to provide for conformity with United States legislation.
Section 2. The International Executive Board shall have the authority to:
(a) Transfer and assign to National Automobile, Aerospace and Agricultural Implement Workers Union, CAW-Canada ("CAW-Canada") jurisdiction over certain Local Unions and certain bargaining rights, collective agreements and administrative powers and responsibilities of the International Union, all of which are administered or serviced in Canada by Canadian Region, District 7;
(b) Permit the separation of certain Local Unions in Canadian Region, District 7, as an operating group;
(c) Transfer and assign to CAW-Canada certain employee benefit plans, rights, properties and liabilities of the International Union;
(d) Make a contribution to CAW-Canada.
All as provided for in an agreement made as of the 28th day of May, 1986, between UAW and the new Canadian Trade Union to be known as CAW-Canada (the "Agreement"); and
Take and do all other necessary steps and procedures as it, in its sole discretion, deems to be necessary to implement the transactions contemplated in the Agreement.
Section 3. The International Union shall have the authority to negotiate, enter into and execute the Agreement.
Section 4. The 28th Constitutional Convention hereby ratifies the Agreement and the negotiations which led to the Agreement.