The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1871-11-25
ARTICLE TX.
Secretary.

ARTICLE TX.
SEC. 1. All members of local Unions
under the jurisdiction of the international
Union, who do not receive q fair compen-
sation for their labor, shall receive the sup
port of the International Union, so long as
such members are in need and are com
PEELED to remain idle resisting unjust de-
mands
SEC 2. No member or members of a
local Union shall strike without the consent
Of the Union having jurisdiction in their
case.
ARTICLE x.
SEC. /. No local Union shall be entitled
to elect cigar maker who is under charges
of any local Union under the jurisdiction
Of the International Union. Local Unions
shall publish all applicants, state where
said applicants claim TO have worked pre-
vious to their application, and allow thirty
to elapse from time of being published be-
fore being accepted. Should any appli
cant make false statement, he shall be
liable to such fTRther punishment as the
Union that initiates him shall inflict, in &C.
cordance with their laws. Local Unions
failing to comply with this section shall be
held accountable for all charges that may
be brought against such applicant
SEC. g. Each local Union shall require
Union card from any cigar maker obtain
ing employment under its Jurisdiction ;
provided, however, such cigar maker
comes from city, county or district where
local Union exists An applicant for
membership, not having card and claim
ing TO be q member of Union, shall be
allowed sufficient time to hear from the
Secretary of the Union from whence he
came, and he shall deposit a sum, not ex-
ceeding ten dollars, as forfeit, which may
be paid in instruments, provided the card
is not received in the time granted, but in
no case shall the sum be less than the
initiation fee.
SEC. 3. In case any non Union cigar
maker obtains employment under the iuris-
diction Of any local Union, he shall de-
post ten dollars with said Union as a for
felt, which may be paid in instalments
with the consent Of the local Union having
jurisdiction in the case, in consideration of
which he may be allowed to work while
the case is being investigated. In case he
is found to be an unfair man, he shall, by
paying all fines that may have been i'm
posed on him by local Unions and defray-
ing expenses, be accepted as member in
said Union.
SEC. f. Any cigar maker obtaining EN-
ployment in a place where no Union ex-
lists, shall be required to deposit his card
with the nearest Union. For neglecting
to do so, the said Union shall fine him five
dollars.
Sec. 5. All members working outside
where a Union is located, shall receive a
certificate Of membership on depositing
their card; said certificate to be endorsed
by the President and Secretary, and to be
renewed every three months, providing
the dues are paid up, and shall bear the
words: This certificate shall be null
and void three months after date" and in
case the holder of such certificate be com
PEELED to leave without being able to OBJ
tain his card, said certificate to supply its
place until he can have it sent
SEC. g. No travelling cards, certificates
Of membership or retiring cards, shall be
issued by local Unions, except such as
shall be provided by the International
Secretary; and all cards sent by the Inter
national Secretary to local Unions shall
bear the impress Of the International sea-,
with the name of the International Secre-
tary, as proof of their genuineness; and
said card shall be null and void in three
months after its issue
SEC. Z. Local Unions may assist needy
cigar maker who is travelling for employ
msnt, provided his card bears The follow
ing endorsement: This is to certify that
\. is compelled to leave the jurisdic-
ton of this Union" Officers shall in no
case certify that the bearer is compelled to
leave for want of employment, when such
employment can be had under their juris-
diction.
SEC. g. The amount of the loan shall
in all cases be endorsed on the card, Ger
titled by the President, and the address OF
the Secretary of the Union granting the
same shall be attached thereto.
SEC. 9. All moneys received by local
Unions which are due to other Unions
shall be Immediately forwarded to the
Unions to which they are due, as provided
for in Section g. Article VII, and il shall
be the duty of Financial Secretaries of
local Unions TO give correct account at
their regular meetings of all moneys loaned
On cards and all disbursements received
by them.
SEC. 10. When a member of any lo'
Union presents a card with money loaned
endorsed thereon, the Union in which he
deposits his card must collect twenty per
cent of his wages at the end of each week
while such debtor Is in employment, or
they shall be responsible for the same.
SEC. IL. Any cigar maker depositing
his card with q loan thereon, shall receive
from the Financial Secretary a certificate
stating what amount is due different
Unions, in rotation. This certificate shall
be given to the director of the shop. if any.
If there is no other cigar maker at work
In the shop wherein he may obtain employ
meat, then the Corresponding Secretary
shall hold said certificate
SEC. 10. 1t shall berthe duty of the men
in every shop to elect one of their number
a. director, whose duty it shall be TO re-
cave the certificate from snv cigar maker
who may have possession thereof, and col
lect the twenty per cent 1t shall be his
duty to make settlement with the Union
ofall monies 30 collected, at every regular
meeting of the Union, until said card is
clear, when the certificate shall be returned
to the Union.
SEC. IS. In case a cigar maker desires
or q compelled to leave the jurisdiction of
local Union from which he holds a Ger
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