IUE-CWA LOCAL 808 - ARTICLE III

ARTICLE III - OBJECT

(a) The object and purpose of this local union are to represent, protect, maintain and advance the interests of the workers within its jurisdiction, to improve their wages, hours, and conditions of employment, to engage in legislative, political, educational, civic welfare and other activities which further directly or indirectly, the interests of the membership of this organization of IUE-CWA AFL CIO CLC, and of workers everywhere (without regard to craft, age, sex, race, nationality or creed, sexual orientation, marital or parental status, physical handicap, or status as a veteran), in the improvement of general economic and social conditions in the United States of America and generally in the nations of the world.

(b) To achieve the objectives and purposes of this organization, the funds of this organization are authorized to be managed, invested, expended or used not only for the purpose and objectives expressly set forth in Section (a) of this Article, and otherwise in this Constitution, but also for any additional purposes and objectives not inconsistent therewith as may be contained at any time in the resolution and programs adopted and/or ratified by conventions of IUE-CWA AFL CIO CLC, by the IUE-CWA AFL CIO CLC Executive Board or by the membership of this Local.