BY-LAW 12
DISCIPLINE
Section (1)
The National
Council of this Component shall have the authority to recommend to the National
Board of Directors that any Local Officer or member be suspended or expelled
from membership for contravening any provision of the By-Laws of this Component
or the Constitution of the Public Service Alliance of Canada or for cause as
listed in Section (5) Sub-sections (a) to (m) inclusive of this By-Law.
Section (2)
A Local of this
Component shall have the authority to recommend to the National Council that
any Local Officer or member be suspended or expelled from membership for
contravening a provision of the Local By-Laws, a provision of these By-Laws,
the Constitution of the Public Service Alliance of Canada, or for cause as listed
in Section (5), Sub-sections (a) to (m) inclusive of this By-Law.
Section (3)
A Local Officer
or member, so dealt with as provided in Section (1) or (2) of this By-Law,
shall have the right to appeal such decision to the National Council. Further appeal against the decision of the
National Council may be taken to the Triennial National Convention of this
Component and the procedures for the disposition of such matters shall be in
accordance with Section 22 of the Constitution of the Public Service Alliance
of Canada.
Section (4)
A Local which
has not carried out the responsibilities required by these By-Laws shall be
considered inactive and the National Council shall have the authority to
appoint a trustee with responsibility to manage the Local's affairs and to
bring about its reactivation with minimum delay.
Section (5)
A Local Officer
or member, proven to have committed any of the offences listed in Sub-sections
(a) to (m) may be penalized as provided in Sections (1) and (2) of this By-Law.
(a) Violating
any provision of the Local By-Laws, the By-Laws of this Component or the
Constitution of the Public Service Alliance of Canada.
(b) Obtaining
membership or soliciting members by misrepresentation.
(c) Instituting, urging or advocating that a member
of any Local institute action in a court against this Component or the Public
Service Alliance of Canada or any of its officers or against a Local or any of
its officers without first exhausting all remedies through appeal within the
organization.
(d) Advocating
or attempting to bring about the withdrawal from this Component or any Local of
any member or group of members.
(e)
Publishing or circulating among the members false reports or
misrepresentations.
(f)
Working in the interests of a rival organization.
(g) Libelling, slandering or wilfully wronging an
officer or member of this Component or its locals or the Public Service
Alliance of Canada.
(h) Using
abusive language or disturbing the peace of any meeting in or around any office
or meeting place of this Component or its Locals.
(i) Fraudulently receiving money due to this
Component or any of its Locals or misappropriating the monies of this Component
or any of its Locals.
(j) Using the name of a Local of this Component
for soliciting funds, advertising, and the like of any kind, without the
consent of the Local concerned or the National Executive of this Component
respectively.
(k) Furnishing a complete or partial list or any
information on the membership of this Component or of any Local to any person
or persons other than those whose official position entitles them to have such
a list.
(l) Deliberately
interfering with an official of this Component or its Locals or the PSAC in the
discharge of their duties.
(m) Any other conduct prejudicial to the good order
and welfare of this Component or the PSAC.