BE IT RESOLVED:

That the International Union Constitution, Article III, Section 2, is amended to read as follows:

Section 2. Any member who retires may continue membership in AFSCME in the following manner:

A. If the retiring member is an incumbent officer of a local, council or the International Union, such retiring member may, by the payment of the full amount of dues, retain full membership status until the end of the term of such office, except as provided below. At the end of said term, the retiring member shall be eligible to become and remain a retired member with the rights specified below, and shall lose eligibility for full membership status. If the retiring member is an International Vice President, and such retirement occurs prior to a regular International Union convention at which elections are not scheduled, such member shall lose eligibility for full membership status at the conclusion of that convention, and an election shall be held at that convention to fill the vacancy for the remainder of the unexpired term of office, unless the vacancy shall have been filled earlier pursuant to Article VIII, Section 11 of this Constitution. Notwithstanding the contrary provisions of this Section, a subordinate body may provide in its constitution that retiring incumbent officers of such subordinate body are not eligible to continue as full members or officers of such subordinate body following their retirement.

B. If the retiring member is not an incumbent officer of a local, council, or the International Union, said retiring member shall be eligible to become and to remain a retired member with the rights specified below, and shall lose eligibility for full membership status.

C. A retired member shall have the right to membership in the appropriate AFSCME retired employee chapter or sub-chapter. No retired member or member of a retired employee chapter or sub-chapter shall be a candidate for any elected office in a local, council or the International Union.

SUBMITTED BY:

Victor M. Guadalupe, President
AFSCME Local 1113 and Council 37

Helen Greene, Secretary, DC 37 & President
AFSCME Local 758, Council 37

Anthony Bigone, President
AFSCME Local 1501, Council 37

Carolyn Harper, President
AFSCME Local 1251, Council 37

Joseph Vicinanza, President
AFSCME Local 1407, Council 37

Ralph F. Carbone, President
AFSCME Local 1359, Council 37

Caludia Allum, President
AFSCME Local 436, Council 37

Walthene Primus, President
AFSCME Local 957, Council 37

Roy Commer, President
AFSCME Local 375, Council 37

Charles S. Ensley, President
AFSCME Local 371, Council 37

Patrick J. Bahnken, President
AFSCME Local 2507, Council 37

Jacob Azeke, President
AFSCME Local 374, Council 37

Franklyn Paige, President
AFSCME Local 461, Council 37

Peter Stein, President
AFSCME Local 508, Council 37

Donald Afflick, President
AFSCME Local 1655, Council 37

Jackie Beckett, President
AFSCME Local 1559, Council 37

Michael DeMarco, President
AFSCME Local 1455, Council 37

Magda DeJesus, President
AFSCME Local 1219, Council 37

John Socha, President
AFSCME Local 1321, Council 37

Joan Reed, President
AFSCME Local 2054, Council 37

Clifford Koppelman, President
AFSCME Local 1070, Council 37

Leonard Davidman, President
AFSCME Local 1189, Council 37

Leonard Allen, President
AFSCME Local 2021, Council 37

James Welsh, President
AFSCME Local 924, Council 37

Victor Emanuelson, President
AFSCME Local 1087, Council 37

James Tucciarelli, President
AFSCME Local 1320, Council 37

Mario Braga, President
AFSCME Local 1931, Council 37

Melvin Bentley, President
AFSCME Local 1502, Council 37

Edna Williams, President
AFSCME Local 1597, Council 37
New York