Opinion ID: 761232
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Heading: Failing Timely to Elect a Chapel Representative

Text: 26 Appellants' second contention that the Union violated its bylaws by failing timely to elect a chapel representative other than a chapel officer 2 is meritless for the reasons stated by the district court. See Sim, 1998 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 3513, at  9, 1998 WL 132793. First, Robert Smith, a chapel member and Union Vice President--but not a chapel officer--was elected to serve on the Wage and Scale Committee in 1987, and remained, unchallenged, as a Committee member through the duration of the wage reopener negotiations. It was reasonable for the Union to interpret Smith's continuing service on the Committee as fulfilling the bylaw requirement. 27 In any event, Ralph Tuttle was elected as a chapel representative to the Wage and Scale Committee before the last bargaining session with the Times, thereby curing any possible defect in Smith's service on the Wage and Scale Committee.