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MEMORANDUM To: Dan, Emma, Amy, Bill, Larry Afilliates, Chapters & Clubs From: Alex Rabb, Emma Wolfe, Bill LiptonAlex RE: Voting on the WFO NYCCC and SC This memo will hopefully answer the questions some of you you’ve have been asking about voting on the WFO NYCCC and SC. I’ve included some examples – please note that the examples assume that the affiliates are paid up and current. Please feel free to call me if you have questions. Overall vote cap for related organizations Organizations that are affiliated to the same parent organization may each affiliate with the WFO. No grouping of such organizations and their parent organization may have more than 15 State Committee votes. Organizations requesting exemption from the voting cap may appeal to the Executive Committee. Because no affiliate has been affected by the limit yet, none have requested an exemption. There are no guidelines for what factors the EC should consider, but during the bylaws revision process affiliates discussed as factors: separate endorsement processes, very large numbers of members, and independence from an international or other locals. Examples: • UFCW 1500, RWDSU, and RWDSU 338 are capped at 15 votes total – this has not been an issue because they have 12 votes. • SEIU locals are capped at 15 votes total. Practically, this has not been an issue in the past, because 1199 has had 8 votes, 32BJ has had 6, and o the other locals that have affiliated (200United, etc.) rarely vote at the state committee o There is no other SEIU local affiliated to the NYC Coordinating Council (758 merged with HERE Local 6) • The Hotel and Motel Trades Council is a separate parent organization from UNITE HERE, and although they are both parents to Local 6, they are not capped at 15 votes, because there are at least 25,000 UNITE HERE members in NYC and NYS who are not Local 6 members (so local 6 is considered not to have affiliated through UNITE HERE). Limits on affiliations by locals If a district or statewide body of given organization is NOT affiliated, but four or more if its component organizations are, voting power will be based on the cumulative number of members affiliated from all the component organizations. Example:

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At one point, 10 XX Teamsters organizations (xx9 IBT locals and ALA 1) werehave affiliated with the WFO for a total of 14 votes. However, since no statewide or district IBT organization has affiliated, their combined voting strength on the SC NYCCC is based on the number of members affiliated, not the amount of dues paid. Since they have affiliated a combined maximum of 18,990 members, they can exercise a maximum of 6 votes combined. Note that their actual combined number of members may actually be lower.

For the purposes of this section, a district or statewide body is considered to have affiliated once it has affiliated at least 15,000 members. Examples: • IBT international must affiliate at least 15,000 members (at a dues level of $22,500) in order to lift this limit. • SEIU has not been subject to this limit – the justifications that have been offered are that 1199 has at times functioned as the SEIU NYS council within SEIU and at least one SEIU local has affiliated more than 15,000 members. Deadlines After May 1, an affiliate’s voting strength is based on its payment (or compliance with an approved payment plan) as of 60 days prior to the vote. Before May 1, an affiliate’s voting strength is based on its dues paid during the previous year. Payment plans Affiliate dues shall be paid on or before the last day of February. Affiliates that are unable due to budgetary or organizational constraints to comply with this deadline shall, on or before the last day of February, declare their dues level for the year and develop a payment plan with the Executive Director. The Executive Director must report all payment plans to the Executive Committee. Any affiliate whose payment plan is rejected by the Executive Director may appeal to the Executive Committee. Affiliates’ votes on the NYC coordinating council. An affiliate’s votes on the NYC Coordinating Council are the same as its votes on the State Committee, but limited by the number of members it has in New York City. Example: o An organization that has affiliated 10,000 members statewide (at a dues level of $15k) but has only 4,000 members in NYC will have 5 votes on the state committee but 3 votes on the NYCCC. Vote scale The vote scale on both the NYCCC and the SC is:

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Affiliates 100 members 1 vote 1,000 members 4,000 members 7,000 members 10,000 members 15,000 members 20,000 members 25,000 members

2 votes 3 votes 4 votes 5 votes 6 votes 7 votes 8 votes

No single organization may hold more than 8 votes. Add section on Chapter and club votes Add section on citywide endorsements requiring 2/3. Chapters or “Borough Committees 100 members 1 vote 200 members 2 votes 250 members 3 votes 300 members 4 votes Clubs 50 members 1 vote 100 members 2 votes 200 members 3 votes 300 members 4 votes ** Citywide Endorsements* According to Section 8.2 of the Coordinating Council rules, Council endorsements for citywide races must be approved by a 2/3 vote.