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<blockquote data-quote="hondo" data-source="post: 4972656" data-attributes="member: 8661">BUMP[USER=48491]@542thruNthru[/USER] , sorry for the delay in responding to this. It is possible under the IBT constitution, and was done to freight bargaining units in four Locals (179, 673, 705, &amp; 710). Their autonomy was revoked by the IBT, and &quot;merged&quot; (the term used in the contracts) into Central Region Supplements. In 2009 under NMFA (YRC &amp; Holland), and it looks like in 2013 for ABF. <a href="https://teamster.org/divisions/freight-dvision/" target="_blank">Link to Freight Division page, you can click thru to Supplements </a>For ABF see Art.69 page 233, YRC/Holland Local Cartage Art.64 pg.9, Over-the-Road Art.69 pg.10I&#039;m not going to search for/link to/copy &amp; paste the language in the IBT Constitution, but rest assured it didn&#039;t go unchallenged. JRH respected the vote of the members back when the NMFA was formed, it was JPH (and his General Executive Board) who decided to dilute these members&#039; negotiating/voting power.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="hondo, post: 4972656, member: 8661"] BUMP [USER=48491]@542thruNthru[/USER] , sorry for the delay in responding to this. It [COLOR=rgb(184, 49, 47)][I][B][I]is[/I][/B][/I][/COLOR] [B][I][COLOR=rgb(184, 49, 47)]possible[/COLOR][/I][/B] under the IBT constitution, and [B][I][COLOR=rgb(184, 49, 47)]was done[/COLOR][/I][/B] to freight bargaining units in four Locals (179, 673, 705, & 710). Their autonomy was revoked by the IBT, and "merged" (the term used in the contracts) into Central Region Supplements. In 2009 under NMFA (YRC & Holland), and it looks like in 2013 for ABF. [URL='https://teamster.org/divisions/freight-dvision/']Link to Freight Division page, you can click thru to Supplements [/URL]For ABF see Art.69 page 233, YRC/Holland Local Cartage Art.64 pg.9, Over-the-Road Art.69 pg.10 I'm not going to search for/link to/copy & paste the language in the IBT Constitution, but rest assured it didn't go unchallenged. JRH respected the vote of the members back when the NMFA was formed, it was JPH (and his General Executive Board) who decided to dilute these members' negotiating/voting power. [/QUOTE]

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