Alexis M. Hermon Secretary of Labor v. Local 1011, United Steelworkers of America, Afl-Cio, Clc

POSNER, Chief Judge.

Section 401(e) of the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959, 29 U.S.C. § 481(e), makes all union members in good standing eligible to run for office in the union’s elections subject to “reasonable qualifications uniformly imposed.” The constitution of the steelworkers international union conditions eligibility for local office on the member’s having attended at least eight of the local’s monthly meetings (or been excused from attendance at them, in which event he must have attended one-third of the meetings from which he was not excused) within the two…