Art II: Objectives

Art III: Membership
and Dues

Art IV: Local Structure

Art V: Statewide Structure

Art V.A.1: Officers:
Eligibility

Art V.A.2: Officers:
Duties

Art V.A.3: Officers:
Terms of Office

Art V.A.4: Officers:
Term limits

Art V.B: Executive
Board

Art V.C: Trustees

Art V.D: Election
Appeal Panel

Art V.E: Salaries

Art VI: Elections

Art VI.G: Elections:
Recall

Art VII: Staff

Art VIII: Collective
Bargaining

Art IX: Strike
Votes

Art X: Referenda

Art XI: Amendments

Art XII: Parliamentary
Procedure

Art XIII: Miscellany

Art XIV: Bill of
Rights of Members

Art XV: Affiliation
or Dissolution

App A: Elections
Code

App A: Elections
Code: Challenges

App B: Protecting
the Union

IV. LOCAL STRUCTURE

1. The statewide executive board shall have the authority to charter locals consistent with this Constitution with the goal of having one local on each campus or medical center. Such charter is the property of CUE and can be revoked by a two-thirds vote of the executive board. The executive board shall assign the number, name, and jurisdiction for each local. The application for a CUE local charter shall include the names and addresses of at least ten members of the proposed local. No person may be a member of more than one local.
2. All locals shall have a constitution which must be approved by the statewide executive board. The local constitution shall be consistent with the state constitution and its appendices.
3. Financial and legal obligations and liabilities incurred by each local are the responsibility of that local. CUE statewide shall not be responsible for or assume such liabilities or legal obligations. Such expenses and obligations include but are not limited to lawsuits arising from local activities, unpaid bills, staff salaries, and credit obligations.
4. The financial records of each local shall be open for inspection upon request by the President or Treasurer of statewide CUE.
5. No funds or property of a local shall be distributed to members. Such funds or property shall become the property of CUE upon dissolution of the local.
6. All elections of officers and board members (or local equivalent) and representatives to the statewide executive board shall be in conformance with the election provisions outlined in Appendix A of this constitution. Each local may establish the size of its executive board, steering committee, or equivalent board, the date of elections to it, and the terms of office. For its three representatives to the statewide board, each local will establish the date for elections.
7. This constitution shall constitute a contract between CUE and each chartered local. All locals shall at all times be subject to the provisions of this constitution.
8. Upon approval of a local's charter by the executive board, dues income shall be shared between statewide CUE and the local on a per capita basis, with 50% going to the local, and 50% going to statewide CUE for statewide operating expenses.
9. Expenses - mailings and staff: Each local shall be responsible for a portion of the expense of statewide mailings, based on the size of the jurisdiction at that location, the exact portion to be determined by the statewide executive board. For staff hired by the statewide executive board, each local shall be responsible for a portion of the salaries for staff working at that location, the exact portion to be determined by the statewide executive board.
10. Expenses - arbitrations: Arbitration costs will be split between the local and the state organization, with 50% being paid by the local and 50% by the statewide organization. For an exception to this, see V.B.7.
11. Expenses - travel: Travel expenses for members of the statewide executive board to attend statewide board meetings will be the responsibility of the statewide organization. Travel expenses for CUE member delegates or members to attend statewide conventions and other meetings will be the responsibility of the locals.