BY-LAW 3

MEMBERSHIP

Section (1) - Regular Membership

All Public Service employees as referred to in By-Law 2, Section (1), except those designated under the authority of the Public Service Staff Relations Act as being in a managerial or confidential capacity, shall be eligible for regular membership in a Local of this Component. Employees located in an area where no Local exists shall be eligible to join the Component as Members At Large.

Section (2) - Associate Membership (Employees)

Any employee of this Component or of any Local thereof, who is not also a dues paying member of the Component by virtue of membership prior to the election or appointment to a full-time office, may, in accordance with Section 4, Sub-section (6) of the Public Service Alliance of Canada Constitution, be granted an Associate Membership in the Component and be issued by the Assistant to the President with a card which certifies the holder to be an Associate Member.

Section (3) - Associate Membership (For Benefit)

Any Local of this Component may, subject to Local By-Laws, retain as associate members of the Local former employees of the Department whose employment with the Department is terminated by reaching the minimum statutory retirement age; ill-health, when such is certified by the Department as the reason for retirement; or who, by reason of the abolition of position, are separated from their continued employment in the Public Service. Associate members shall not be eligible for executive office in this Component, shall not have voice or vote in meetings of this Component, but may be accorded such other privileges of membership for such length of time as may be provided by regulations to these By-Laws.

Section (4) - Honorary Membership for Retired Members

Through application by a Local to the National Executive and with the approval of the National Council, a member who has retired on superannuation or who has left the service may be granted honorary membership for outstanding service to the Component and/or the PSAC. Honorary members shall not be required to pay dues and shall not be entitled to vote at meetings or to hold office in the organization, but shall be entitled to all other rights and privileges of membership in this Component.

Section (5) - Honorary Membership for Non-Members

This Component may, by decision of the National Council or by decision of the National Convention, or by Local proposal concurred in by the National Council, elect to honorary membership in the Component anyone who is deemed to merit such honour and is not eligible for regular membership.

Section (6) - Life Membership

A life membership may be awarded to any member, who, through personal and devoted efforts in the affairs of this Component, has performed exemplary services for the membership provided, however, that there shall not be more than ten (10) such life memberships at any one time. The awarding of life memberships shall be in accordance with regulations adopted by the National Council.

Section (7) - Dues Exemption

With the exception of those memberships provided by Sections 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6, all members shall be required to pay dues as provided in By-Law 5.

Section (8) - Membership Cards

With the exception of those memberships provided by Sections 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6, all members shall be issued with an identification card as approved by the National Board of Directors of the Public Service Alliance of Canada as evidence of their membership in this Component and the Public Service Alliance of Canada.

Section (9) - Proof of Membership

With the exception of those memberships provided by Sections 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 of this By-Law, the receipt by this Component or by the Alliance Centre of the official form authorizing payroll deduction of dues or any other form approved by the PSAC or where facilities are not available for payroll deduction of dues, the receipt of a cash payment for one month of the applicable dues shall constitute evidence of membership for the issuance of identification cards, for representation to Conventions, and for the granting of all rights and privileges as outlined in the Constitution of the Public Service Alliance of Canada and these By-Laws.