Article 5
Membership

5.04 Termination

5.04.01 Membership in the Union shall be terminated when a member accepts a position, which would render the member ineligible for membership. Bargaining units may provide that a member who temporarily assumes such a position may retain membership. In doing so, bargaining units may further provide that the member shall not hold any office within the Union or attend any Local or other Union meetings during the temporary position and, except where prohibited by law, shall not have any voting privileges until thirty (30) days after the return to the unit.

5.04.02 Membership may be terminated by expulsion as provided in this Constitution.

5.04.03 A member who has been dismissed shall retain membership status provided a grievance is filed against the dismissal. Such person shall lose membership status on any of the following dates:

 

5.04.03.01 The date on which the grievance is withdrawn or dropped;

5.04.03.02 The date on which, by settlement, the grievor ceases to be covered by the collective agreement under which the grievance was filed, unless the grievor has been transferred to another bargaining unit for which the Union acts as the bargaining agent;

5.04.03.03 The date of the arbitration award sustaining the dismissal or, where proceedings for judicial review are taken, the date such proceedings are dismissed.

 

5.04.04 A member in default, without good cause, in the payment of any instalment of per capita for ninety (90) days from the date such amount becomes due, may be suspended from the rights of membership and, if the default continues without good cause for an additional thirty (30) days after notice in writing by the Secretary-Treasurer, may be expelled from the Union. "Good cause" shall be that which the National Executive Board of the Union determines to be good cause.