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Constitution & Bylaws: Membership Review & Vote

CPPW members:

The Constitution & Bylaws Committee has completed work on drafting our formation documents for the CPPW. This step is the precursor to elections for our officers and board members.

The Organizing Committee has received the draft Constitution & Bylaws from the Committee and approved it for review and voting by the members.

Voting will take place electronically on November 28, 29, & 30th. You will only be permitted to vote once and a link to vote will be sent to members in good standing on November 27th after 5 PM.

To ensure you’re a member in good standing, sign a membership card electronically [ HERE ].

• Click here to review the CPPW Constitution & Bylaws in PDF format.

Comments and suggestions can be provided on the Google Docs document [ HERE ]. We will close editing on Friday, November 17.

Elections will be announced once the Constitution is adopted and the Elections Committee is formed.

Become A Member!

Join The Union

Membership is the only thing that makes a union a Union!

By law, the City of Portland Professional Workers Union must represent and advocate all persons in our bargaining unit. However, only members in good standing receive all the benefits of the union. To become a member in good standing you must complete the form confirming your membership in the union.

Membership rights and duties include:

Contributing dues at an amount agreed upon by the membership.
Having a voice through participation in union decision making, voting on the contract and officers.
Representing the union as an officer, steward, serving on committees.

Most importantly, membership matters. The more people who become members, the stronger our union is and the more likely we will be to win a powerful contract with fair wages, working conditions, and strong protections for all of us.

Didn’t I Already Sign A Card?

Many of us signed cards before our May election. Those were the petition to have an election to establish the CPPW as your union, which we of course, won overwhelmingly. Those petition cards do not count as a membership card, so we are back to starting from the beginning and signing you all up as members.

Note that signing the cards will obligate one to pay dues once those are established. By becoming a member you will have input on the decision on how much those dues will be. (Currently there are no dues.)

Join the Constitution & Bylaws Committee

Members:

We need to draft a constitution & bylaws before we can conduct our elections this fall. We want a document that has many voices of input and is patterned after known, successful constitutions of other labor organizations. We have scheduled meetings each WED at noon.

Most of the work of this committee will be completed offline and by use of Google docs to comment and edit our working draft(s). So the good news is that you will not always need to attend the weekly meeting.

If you can offer your help, please email the treasurer with your information so we can include you as part of the committee.

UPDATE: The draft constitution is complete and has been submitted to the Organizing Committee for review and then a vote by the members.

Donate

Kick in for your union! In order to get this union fully functional we have fees to pay, legal bills to negotiate a contract, and costs to host meetings. You won’t pay dues until we have a contract, but you can voluntarily kick in as much as you like now.

You can donate by clicking on the PayPal or Venmo links below or scan the QR code with your mobile device. Onward to a contract!

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