[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: 29CFR452.50]

[Page 183]
 
                             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. 452.50  Disqualification as a result of disciplinary action.

    Section 401(e) was not intended to limit the right of a labor 
organization to take disciplinary action against members guilty of 
misconduct. So long as such action is conducted in accordance with 
section 101(a)(5), a union may, for example, if its constitution and 
bylaws so provide, bar from office for a period of time any member who 
is guilty of specific acts, such as strikebreaking, detrimental to the 
union as an institution. However, if a union has improperly disciplined 
a member and barred him from candidacy, the Secretary may, in an 
appropriate case, treat him as a member in good standing entitled to all 
of the rights of members guaranteed by title IV.