[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: 29CFR452.43]

[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. 452.43  Representative categories.

    In the case of a position which is representative of a unit defined 
on a geographic, craft, shift, or similar basis, a labor organization 
may by its constitution or bylaws limit eligibility for candidacy and 
for holding office to members of the represented unit. For example, a 
national or international labor organization may establish regional 
vice-presidencies and require that each vice-president be a member of 
his respective region. This kind of limitation would not be considered 
reasonable, however, if applied to general officers such as the 
president, vice-president, recording secretary, financial secretary, and 
treasurer. If eligibility of delegates to a convention which will elect 
general officers is limited to special categories of members, all such 
categories within the organization must be represented.