Local No. 261, International Union, United Automobile, Aircraft & Agricultural Implement Workers v. Schulze

Unless the “escape” clause in the maintenance-of-membership provisions of the collective-bargaining contract superseded article 6, section 16, of the constitution of the International Union, the plaintiff Union is entitled to prevail in this action. This is because the defendant, upon becoming a member of the plaintiff Union, became bound by all legal provisions of the International Union’s constitution by reason of the membership application blank which she had signed.

Such constitution constitutes a binding contract between the Union and its members. Herman v. United Automobile, A. & A. I.…