Olms interpretative Manual

MERGERASTRUSTEESHIP

306.005IN GENERAL

Amergerof twolocals toforma newlocal ortheconsolidation ofone localintoanotherlocal,whenproperlyconducted, doesnot in and ofitself create a trusteeship.

306.100ELIMINATIONOF OFFICERS

Amergerinwhichtheofficers’positionsceasedtoexistwouldnotnecessarilyamounttoatrusteeship, although a parent organization cannot arbitrarily replace the officers of a subordinateunionwithout creatingatrusteeship.

306.200COURT’SJURISDICTIONINMERGER

A United States District Court in New York held that it could not take jurisdiction over acase in which a local union sought to enjoin its international from forcing a merger on it in orderto derive the local of its autonomy. The local argued that, in effect, this action constituted theimpositionofa trusteeshipfor apurpose notallowable undersection 302.The courtrejected thisargument, and concluded that nothing in the legislative history of LMRDA indicates an intent toaffect mergers.

Brewery Bottlers and Drivers Union Local 1345, Brooklyn, New York, of InternationalBrotherhoodofTeamstersv.International BrotherhoodofTeamsters, 202F.Supp. 464,468,49
LRRM2712 (E.D.N.Y.1962).
See alsoLocal No. 48v. United Broth. of Carpenters and Joiners, 920 F.2d 1047, 1056-57, 136LRRM2001, 2008-09 (1st Cir.1990);Masseyv.Curry, 46 LRRM 2140 (Sup. Ct.Ga. 1960).

(TechnicalRevisions:Dec. 2016)

REVOCATIONANDREISSUANCEOFCHARTERASTRUSTEESHIP

307.005REVOCATION OF CHARTER

The revocation of a local’s charter terminates its affiliation with the international, and itcannolongerberegarded asa“subordinatebody” oftheinternationalthereafter for trusteeshippurposes.Nothing in the Act prevents the creation of a new local even though it may becomposed primarily of the same individuals formerly belonging to the local which has had itscharterrevoked.

Local Union No. 14 of United Association of Journeymen and Apprentices of Plumbing andPipefitting Industryv. United Association of Journeymen and Apprentices of Plumbing andPipefitting Industry, 160 A.2d 664, 671-72 (1960); page 130 of the Secretary of Labor, UnionTrusteeships: Report to the Congress (1962); and Parksv. International Brotherhood of ElectricalWorkers,314 F.2d 886, 923-24 (1963 4th Cir.),cert.denied,372 U.S. 976 (1963).

However,courtshavealsoheldthatprovisionsofaparentunion’s ConstitutiongivingitsPresidentthe authorityto suspend orrevoke alocal’s charter and“createaprovisional

government” for that local also serve as implied authority for the parent union to imposetrusteeships.See,e.g.,McVickerv.InternationalUnionofDistrict50,327F.Supp.296(N.D.Ohio 1971); Local No. 2, International Brotherhood of Telephone Workersv. InternationalBrotherhoodof TelephoneWorkers,261 F.Supp. 433 (D. Mass.1966).

(Revised:Dec. 2016)