NOTICE OF NOMINATION AND ELECTION
OF OFFICERS OF LOCAL UNION 331

Notice is hereby given of the nomination and election of the following officers of Local Union 331: President (Principal Executive Officer), Secretary-Treasurer, Vice-President, Recording Secretary, and three Trustees. The terms of office for these officers will commence upon The General President's decision to release the Local from trusteeship and conclude on December 31, 2011.


Nominations

Nominations will be accepted at a Special Membership Meeting of Local Union 331 to be held on March 25, 2009 at 5:30 p.m. The meeting will be conducted at the Local Union hall, 117 W. Washington Avenue, Pleasantville, N.J.

Nominations must be made and seconded from the floor by members of Local Union 331, in good standing with dues paid through February 2009. Any back dues or fees may be paid at the Local Union office through 4:00 p.m. on March 24, 2009. Nominees must accept nomination in person, or if absent, in writing for only one office. Written acceptances must be submitted to the Trustee no later than the start of the nomination meeting. Written acceptances must specify the office for which nomination is accepted and be signed by the nominee.

Eligibility to Run for Office

In order to encourage members to participate in the election, the General Executive Board has waived the continuous good standing requirement of the International Constitution. Thus, to be eligible to be nominated for Local Union office, a member must be current in the payment of dues. Members must also have been actively employed in the craft within the jurisdiction of the Local.
A member on dues check off will not lose good standing as a result of a delay or default by the employer in sending dues to the Local or because of an employer’s failure to make the proper deductions from the member’s pay in any month in which the member had any earnings from which deductions could have been made.

Potential candidates are encouraged to check their eligibility, and the eligibility of their nominators and seconders, prior to the nominations meeting by submitting a written request to the Trustee.

Election

The election will be conducted by mail ballot. Ballots will be mailed to all active members and new applicants eligible for membership in Local Union 331 on or about April 6, 2009. All ballots must be received at the designated Post Office Box by 10:00 a.m. on April 30, 2009 to be counted. Members who have not received a ballot by April 13, 2009 should call the Local Union Office to request a ballot. Duplicate ballots may be requested through April 22, 2009.

It is your responsibility to notify the Local Union if you have changed your address. If you have not received a copy of this Notice in the mail, you need to contact the Local to update your address.

Instructions for the completion of the ballot will be enclosed in the ballot package. This is a secret ballot vote. You should mark your ballot in private and mail your ballot, sealed in the secret ballot envelope, to the designated post office box in the postage paid Business Reply Envelope provided. Do not give your ballot to anyone.

Eligibility to Vote

To be eligible to vote in this election a member of Local Union 331 must be in good standing through March 2009. Members have until April 29, 2009 to pay their dues at the Local Union office in order to have their votes counted. Under the International Constitution, any member on dues checkoff shall not lose good standing as a result of a failure by an employer send deducted dues to the Local or to make a proper deduction from the member’s pay in any month in which a member has any earnings from which dues could have been deducted.

Elected officers of the Local Union shall, by virtue of such election, be delegates to any Joint Council with which the Local is affiliated, as well as to any convention of any subordinate body which may take place during their term of office. Elected Local Union Officers shall be delegates to such bodies in the order of priority set forth in the Local Union Bylaws.
Copies of the Articles of the International Constitution, the Local Union 331 Bylaws, and the Rules governing the conduct of this election are available, upon request, from the Local Union.

This is an Official Election Notice which must remain posted until April 30, 2009