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

B. EXECUTIVE BOARD

1. The executive board shall consist of the officers and three members from each of the ten campus/laboratory locations, to be elected by members of the locals. For purposes of this article, the ten locations are: Berkeley, Davis, Irvine, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Los Angeles, Riverside, Santa Barbara, Santa Cruz, San Diego, San Francisco. If DANR or UCOP employees work at one of these locations, they would be part of that local; otherwise, they and all other UCOP employees, are part of the Berkeley local. Employees in Santa Monica would be part of the UCLA local. The Board shall also include a chief steward. The chief steward will work with locals to provide training and education regarding grievance and representation matters, and to help locals identify and foster new stewards. The chief steward will work with locals to track unfair labor practice charges and other formal actions against UC and will serve on any board or subcommittee authorized to decide whether a grievance should be forwarded to arbitration. The term of office for Chief Steward is two years.
2. The executive board shall meet three times a year, in person, with additional meetings/discussions to be held, between in-person meetings, in other forums, such as phone and e-mail. Thirty days advance notice of in-person meetings shall be given to all members. An agenda of the meeting shall be available upon request one week in advance. Executive board meetings are open to all members unless they deal with personnel matters. The in-person meetings shall be located alternately in the North and the South of the state as nearly as is possible.
3. All matters affecting the policies, aims and means of accomplishing the purposes of the union not specifically provided for in this constitution or by the actions of the membership (such as literature, legislative campaigns, alliances with other organizations or coalitions) shall be decided by the executive board. A majority of the members of the executive board shall be required for a quorum. The executive board shall be accountable to the members.
4. The executive board shall maintain or designate maintenance of statewide data and membership records and all other records of the organization. The Board shall give all reasonable requested help to Locals in their maintenance of records kept at the Local level.
5. The statewide board has a responsibility to help develop membership and strong local structures at each campus.
6. The executive board may call for a convention to be held, subject to approval of the membership by referendum vote. The board shall set a formula for representation of locals by delegates to be elected by members on each campus in accordance with Appendix A to this constitution. An agenda shall be made available upon request one week in advance. Conventions will be open to all members, but only delegates may vote. A convention shall not have the authority to elect officers or amend the constitution. It will have the authority to adopt other motions binding on CUE. It will have the authority to rule on election appeals that have been forwarded to the convention according to Appendix A of this constitution.
7. The executive board shall review arbitration requests from members, members' representatives, or locals to determine whether a case shall proceed to arbitration. The relevant local shall review the request for arbitration before it is forwarded to the statewide executive board. A Local may take a case to arbitration despite non-approval by the statewide executive board (or delegated subcommittee of the board) but in such cases, the local must bear the entire cost of the arbitration and associated expenses.
8. Eligibility. Executive board members shall be members of the bargaining unit, members of CUE and members of a local.
9. Term of office. The term of office for member of the executive board is two years.
10. Term limits, if any, for the three campus representatives to the statewide board, shall be set by each Local. Term limits for chief steward shall be two consecutive terms. An individual may not hold that office again until out of that office at least one year. During that period the individual may hold any other officer position.