2010 BCTGM International Constitutional Convention

The 38th Constitutional Convention of the BCTGM will be held at Bally's Las Vegas, July 28 - August 3, 2010.

Delegates to the Convention, per Article III, Section 5 of the Constitution, must have been a continuously good-standing, dues-paying member of the International Union and Local Union the delegate represents for at least two (2) continuous years prior to next election.

According to the official Convention Call, which will be published in the March/April 2010 BCTGM NEWS and mailed to all Local Unions on April 1, 2010, delegate elections are "subject to the provisions of the International Constitution and the Labor Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959 (Landrum-Griffin Law)." Because there will be an election of officers at the Convention, the Landrum-Griffin Act requires that the delegates to the Convention who will be voting for officers must be elected in secret-ballot elections. That means that all local unions must select their delegates by secret-ballot elections either at union meetings or by mail ballot referendum. Notice must be given to the membership of the time and place for nomination and election of delegates. Delegates cannot be elected by voice vote or by show of hands.

Local Union officers are urged to keep the local union up-to-date in its reports and per capita tax payments to the International Union to ensure participation in the BCTGM's 38th Constitutional Convention in 2010.