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 Name Clause 1. The name of the organization shall be the ONE BIG UNION.

Membership Clause 2. Membership in the O. B. U. shall be open to all wage-workers.

Initiation Fee Clause 3. The maximum initiation fee to be charged by local units for new members shall be One Dollar.

Shop Cards Clause 4. Union shop cards shall be issued to those local units desiring same for display in such places of employment where all the employees are members of the O. B. U.

Certificates Clause 5. Certificates shall be issued to Central Labor Councils and District Boards and isolated units; said certificates shall designate the jurisdiction of the organization to which they are issued.

Executive Board Clause 6. A General Executive Board shall be elected consisting of a chairman, secretary and representatives of the various industries (number to be set by the next convention).

Clause 7. The General Executive Board shall be elected for a period of six months by and from the duly accredited delegates attending conventions. The Executive Board shall remain in office until their successors are elected. The wages of the officers of the General Executive Board shall be $40 per week. Expenses of organizers away from home shall be $4.00 per day.

Clause 8. The members of the General Executive Board shall act as general organizers; they shall at all times be in active touch, and conversant with, the industry which they represent, and shall be at all times under the general direction of the chairman.

Clause 9. It shall be the duty of the chairman to preside at all meetings of the General Executive Board. He shall have charge of, and be responsible for, the general administration of the organization.

Clause 10. It shall be the duty of the general secretary to keep a true account of all monies received, and all monies paid out; he shall deposit all monies or cheques received by him in such bank or banks as may be named by the Executive Board; he shall be at all times in a position to render to the Executive Board an account of the financial condition of the organization; he shall keep the minutes of all meetings of the General Executive Board in a book provided for that purpose; he shall pay all bills when satisfied of their correctness, and shall sign all cheques; he shall be bonded in a responsible surety company for the sum of five thousand dollars ($5000) and the bond shall be approved of and paid for by the General Executive Board.

Recall Clause 11. A member holding office on the General Executive Board must at all times maintain his credential both from his own local unit to Central Council or District Board, and from his Central Council or District Board to the convention. Any local unit withdrawing the credential of an Executive Board member from Local Central Council or District Board shall provide statement