Are you interested in taking an active role in your local and help set the priorities? Then we need you. Our local is run by members like you! Local 313 Officer Elections will be held November 18th at the monthly general meeting at 6:00 pm.
Location: Olive Garden, 16405 SE Mill Plain Blvd, Vancouver, WA 98683. Please RSVP here so we can get a proper headcount for the restaurant.
The following positions will be up for election:
- President
- Vice President
- Secretary
- Treasurer
- At Large Position 1
- At Large Position 2
- At Large Position 3
- Trustee 1
- Trustee 2
- Trustee 3
All local 313 members in good standing are eligible to be nominated and elected to a position. While elections must be held in person, a member does not need to be present at the election to be nominated and elected. If more than 1 person is nominated for a position, then a secret ballot election will take place.
Duties of Officers and Executive Board
- President
- Preside at all meetings of the local union and of the executive board.
- Be a member of all committees except election committees.
- Countersign all checks drawn against the funds of the local.
- Appoint all standing committees and all special committees of the local, subject to the approval of the executive board.
- Report periodically to the membership regarding the progress and current standing of the local and regarding the president’s official acts.
- Be the automatic delegate to AFSCME and Labor Council conventions.
- Vice-President
- Assist the president in the work of the president's office.
- In the absence of the president or in their inability to service, preside at all meetings and perform duties otherwise performed by the president.
- Upon approval by the local executive board, be authorized to act as a co-signer of checks drawn on the local funds in place of either the president or the treasurer.
- Secretary
- Keep a record of proceedings of all membership meetings and all executive board meetings.
- Carry on the official correspondence of the local, except as the executive board may otherwise.
- Perform such other duties as the executive board may require.
- Treasurer
- Receive and receipt for all monies of the local union.
- Deposit all money so received in the name of the local union in a bank or banks selected by the executive board, and money so deposited shall be withdrawn only by check signed by the president and the treasurer.
- Prepare and sign checks for such purposes as are required by the constitution or are authorized by the membership or the executive board.
- Prepare and submit the monthly membership report to the International Union office and see that a check is drawn in payment of the local’s per capita tax each month and sent to the International Secretary-Treasurer.
- Keep an accurate record of receipts and disbursements and shall once each month submit to the membership a monthly operating statement of the financial transactions of the local for the previous month.
- Act as custodian of all properties of the local union.
- Give a surety bond for an amount to be fixed by the executive board of the local union, at the expense of the local union and through the International Union.
- See that any financial reports required by the International Union Constitution to be submitted to the International Union are submitted in accordance with the International Union Constitution.
- At Large
- Support the duties of the executive board and the local as needed.
- Attend executive board meetings.
- Help with committees as needed.
- Trustees
- The trustees shall make or cause to be made at least semi-annually an audit of the finances of the local and shall report to the membership and the results of such audit.
