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| General Statement Concerning the Election Provisions of the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959 |
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| Candidacy for Office; Reasonable Qualifications |
A labor organization may not limit eligibility for office to
particular branches or segments of the union where such restriction has
the effect of depriving those members who are not in such branch or
segment of the right to become officers of the union. \27\
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\27\ Hodgson v. Local Unions No. 18, etc., IUOE, 440 F. 2d 485 (C.A.
6), cert. den. 404 U.S. 852 (1971); Hodgson v. Local 610, Unit. Elec.
Radio & Mach. Work. of Am., 342 F. Supp. 1344 (W.D. Pa. 1972).
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