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Section 1. Referenda may be initiated by a majority vote of the Union Council or by a petition from the membership. The Elections Committee shall conduct any referendum as a ballot of the membership.

Section 2. A petition from the membership shall be submitted to the Elections Committee for validation, which shall have ten (10) days to accept or reject the petition. To be considered as valid, a petition from the membership must

a.  Be signed and dated by at least twenty percent (20%) of the members in good standing of the Union, including at least five percent (5%) of the members in good standing on each of any two campuses;

 

b. Contain the full text of the referendum;

 

c.  Have had all of its signatures collected in a continuous period of not more than ninety (90) days.

 

Section 3. Examples of referenda include but are not limited to votes on collective bargaining platforms, on collective bargaining agreements, and on job actions.

Section 4. Referenda may not recall officers, nor amend or contradict this constitution in any way.  Referenda may not alter the Annual Budget. Furthermore, no referendum on a job action shall require that the Union undertake the specified action. Rather, such a referendum shall only grant permission for the Union to undertake the specified action if in the judgment of the Union Council it is deemed necessary.

Section 5. A referendum on a collective bargaining agreement must received a majority of the votes cast overall and a majority of the votes cast on at least two of the three campuses in order to pass. All other referenda shall be passed by a simple majority of the votes cast.