29 CFR § 452.42 - Membership in particular branch or segment of the union.

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title: "29 CFR § 452.42 - Membership in particular branch or segment of the union."
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title_name: "Labor"
section_number: "452.42"
section_name: "Membership in particular branch or segment of the union."
chapter_name: "OFFICE OF LABOR-MANAGEMENT STANDARDS, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR"
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part_name: "GENERAL STATEMENT CONCERNING THE ELECTION PROVISIONS OF THE LABOR-MANAGEMENT REPORTING AND DISCLOSURE ACT OF 1959"
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authority: "Secs. 401, 402, 73 Stat. 532, 534 (29 U.S.C. 481, 482); Secretary's Order No. 03-2012, 77 FR 69376, November 16, 2012."
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# 452.42 Membership in particular branch or segment of the union.

A labor organization may not limit eligibility for office to particular branches or segments of the union where such restriction has the effect of depriving those members who are not in such branch or segment of the right to become officers of the union. 
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<sup>27</sup> *Hodgson* v. *Local Unions No. 18, etc., IUOE,* 440 F. 2d 485 (C.A. 6), cert. den. 404 U.S. 852 (1971); *Hodgson* v. *Local 610, Unit. Elec. Radio & Mach. Work. of Am.,* 342 F. Supp. 1344 (W.D. Pa. 1972).