Local 276 Nominations Notice
Attention: All Local 276 Members
Local 276 Nominations for Officers will be held under a Special Order of Business at the regular May monthly meeting to be held in Victoria at the Union Hall, 302- 791 Goldstream Ave. on Thursday, May 1, 2025, starting at 5:30 p.m. All elected positions are open for the ensuing 3-year term. Those positions are Business Manager/Financial Secretary, President, Vice-President, Recording Secretary, four (4) Executive positions, four (4)Union Trustees and a combined Conductor/Warden office.
Office of Business Manager/ Financial Secretary is a full-time paid position, enumeration for the position is as per Local 276 bylaws, the bylaws can be found on our website www.smwia276.ca. The successful candidate must be prepared to assume the position as of July 1, 2025
As per the Constitution and Rituals of the International Association of Sheet Metal, Air, Rail and Transportation Workers (SMART) In order to be nominated and hold office members must meet the qualifications as outlined in Article twelve (12), Section three (3) of the SMART Constitution and Rituals (see below). Full Electronic copies of the Constitution are on the International website at www.smart-union.org. Hard copies are also available from the office upon request. Part of the requirement to run for an office is that dues must be paid in advance prior to the month in which nominations are held. This means you will need to ensure that May dues are paid up before the end of April. If you are considering running for a position and have any question pertaining to your dues status or any other qualifications requirements, please contact the Union office.
- Separate notice of election dates and polling station locations will be mailed out after the nomination meeting.
SECTION 3--QUALIFICATIONS
SEC. 3. Under no circumstances shall the offices of president and financial secretary-treasurer be combined, nor shall the president, vice president, financial secretary-treasurer or recording secretary be eligible or permitted to act or serve as trustee of the local union, nor may the business manager or business representatives or trustees be eligible or permitted to act or serve as members of the Executive Board except where the offices of the business manager or business representative have been combined with those of president, vice president or recording secretary, in accordance with this Section.
No member shall be nominated for or elected to two (2) local union offices or positions at the same time unless prior to said nomination such offices had been combined by action of the local union. No member shall be eligible to nomination, election, or appointment, nor shall he or she be permitted to continue to serve as an officer, business manager, business representative, delegate, trustee or other representative of any affiliated local union unless (a) he or she is paying the rate that keeps him or her a member in good standing in such local union, (b) such dues and other obligations due the local union and this Association must be paid before the first day of the current month and are properly recorded on official receipts in his or her possession, and (c) he or she has established a record of continuous good standing in the local union in which he or she is a candidate for a period of not less than two (2) consecutive years, which may include years as an apprentice-member but no longer serving an apprenticeship, immediately preceding his or her nomination, appointment or election, except where a new local union has not been in existence, or where no one willing to accept nomination or appointment to a particular office or position has a record of continuous good standing, for such period, in which cases a shorter period for eligibility may be prescribed with the prior approval of the General President; nor shall he or she be eligible for nomination, election or appointment or permitted to continue to serve if he or she is retired on pension under the provisions of the Social Security Act or Railroad Retirement Act or on a pension from this Association or any local union or council thereof or from any pension plan negotiated with employers unless said retiree has returned to active service and has worked at the trade for not less than one (1) year immediately prior to date of nomination. A new local union as used in this paragraph shall not include a new local union resulting from a merger, amalgamation or separation of other local unions which have been in existence for two (2) years or more.
The foregoing qualifications shall be required of members of local unions which have resulted from amalgamation, merger or separation of local unions except that if good standing has been continuous or unbroken then good standing membership in all local unions involved in the amalgamation, merger or separation shall be counted; however, the local union good standing of members who transfer from one local union to another after the amalgamation, merger or separation has been completed, or following transfer time limits prescribed in connection with the amalgamation, merger or separation, shall commence with the date of transfer
Please take time to participate in this important democratic process.
In Solidarity,
Jason Pedersen
Business Manager, FST,