Agenda Item # 12

ASSOCIATION OF FLIGHT ATTENDANTS-CWA, AFL-CIO FORTY THIRD BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING APRIL 28 – 30, 2015
LAS VEGAS, NEVADA

 

 

SUBJECT:    Election Process – Postmark Dates (Section IX.)

STATEMENT OF QUESTION:

Should the requirement for a postmark date be eliminated from the process to elect Local Officers?

SOURCE AND DATE SUBMITTED:      International President – February 27, 2015

BACKGROUND INFORMATION:

The Department of Labor (DOL) publishes guidelines for electing Local Union Officers by mail. Within those guidelines, DOL direction is that the Union must establish a date and time by which voted ballots must be received in order to be counted, and that it must clearly announce this deadline in the voting instructions.

The DOL specifically states “do not use a postmark date for the ballot return deadline date because a significant percentage of mail is not postmarked.” Additionally, the DOL will normally defer to a process that is more inclusive. If a ballot is received before the count date, but has a late postmark, then not counting the ballot would go against the desire to be inclusive.

PROPOSED RESOLUTION:

WHEREAS, the Department of Labor (DOL) specifically states “do not use a postmark date for the ballot return deadline date because a significant percentage of mail is not postmarked;”

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, the International Secretary-Treasurer is directed to make the necessary changes in Section IX of the AFA CWA Constitution and Bylaws so as to remove the requirement for a postmark date in any Local Officer election, and ensure that the appropriate deadline for the date that ballots must be received by is noted.

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(Office-2015) Date:   4/29/15 Time:  12:30 pm

2015 COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION FORM

 

Agenda Item              12

Committee                  4

 

Subject:                      Elections – Postmark Dates (Section IX.)

 

The Committee recommends the resolution be adopted as proposed.

 

 

Signature:      Laura Masserant______

Committee Chairperson

 

 

Action Taken by the Board:      Voice   X          Division of the House           Roll Call____

 

___X___Adopted                              Date:   4/29/15                        Time:  3:50 pm

_______Adopted as Amended

_______Not Adopted

_______Tabled

_______Recommitted to Agenda Committee

_______Withdrawn