[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 29, Volume 2]
[Revised as of July 1, 2005]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 29CFR452.42]

[Page 182]
 
                             TITLE 29--LABOR
 
  CHAPTER IV--OFFICE OF LABOR-MANAGEMENT STANDARDS, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
 
PART 452_GENERAL STATEMENT CONCERNING THE ELECTION PROVISIONS OF THE 
LABOR-MANAGEMENT REPORTING AND DISCLOSURE ACT OF 1959--Table of Contents
 
        Subpart E_Candidacy for Office; Reasonable Qualifications
 
Sec. 452.42  Membership in particular branch or segment of the union.

    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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