To the Officers and Delegates of the 55th Convention of the Amalgamated Transit Union:

We, your Committee on Rules and Order, submit the following rules to govern the course of this 55th Convention:

Rule 1. The Convention will be called to order at 9:00 a.m. each day and will remain in session until concluded at the discretion of the International President, except that the meeting of Thursday, September 20, 2007, shall both commence and adjourn at the discretion of the International President.

Rule 2. Any delegate desiring to enter the floor of the Convention hall must present properly accredited credentials to a Sergeants-at-Arms placed at the door and, except as otherwise provided by Rule 11, no one except accredited delegates to this Convention shall be seated on the floor.

Rule 3. When any delegate is about to engage in debate or otherwise present or second a motion or resolution, such delegate shall rise from his or her seat and respectfully address the Chair. Once duly recognized by the Chair, the delegate shall first state his or her name together with the number of his or her Local Union or, as the case may be, the name of the Joint Council he or she represents. The delegate shall then confine his or her remarks to the subject introduced or under debate and avoid personalities.

Rule 4. Any delegate to the Convention shall be entitled to the privilege of speaking on all questions, speeches limited to 4 minutes, and no delegate will be allowed to speak more than once on any subject until all other delegates who wish to speak on the subject have been heard. Provided that limitation has been satisfied, a delegate may have the privilege of speaking a second time, again subject to the four-minute rule. Any further privilege of speech shall be afforded only by majority consent of the assembly.

Rule 5. When a delegate is recognized by the Chair to address the assembly, no other delegate shall leave his or her chair or engage in conversation.

Rule 6. When the Chair is putting a question or when a vote is being taken, no accredited delegate shall leave the hall.

Rule 7. All cellular telephones and pagers must be silenced in the Convention hall. No delegate or guest shall be permitted to engage in oral communications by means of any cellular or wireless device within the bounds of the Convention hall.

Rule 8. When the Convention is about to adjourn, delegates shall keep their seats until the Chair announces the adjournment.

Rule 9. Except by unanimous consent of the delegates present, no resolution shall be received after the Convention’s adjournment on Tuesday, September 18, 2007.

Rule 10. Every accredited voting-delegate present shall vote on all questions unless excused by the Chair.

Rule 11. Non-voting delegates seated by majority action of the accredited delegates in Convention shall be entitled to the privilege of speaking on all questions put before the Convention or its committees, subject to Rule 4. When about to engage in debate, a non-voting delegate shall rise from his or her seat and respectfully address the Chair. Once duly recognized by the Chair, the delegate shall state his or her name together with the number of his or her Local Union or, as the case may be, the name of the Joint Council he or she represents and otherwise indicate that he or she is a non-voting delegate. In accordance with Rule 3, the delegate shall confine his or her remarks to the subject under debate, avoiding personalities.

The Chair shall ensure that non-voting delegates do not participate in any votes or elections. If the Chair so instructs, all non-voting delegates shall leave the floor when a vote is being taken. Except as otherwise provided herein, non-voting delegates shall not be entitled to any privileges vested in accredited delegates.

Rule 12. The nomination and election of all International Officers, Delegates and Alternates to the AFL-CIO Convention shall take place in the regular order of business of the Convention at such time on Thursday, September 20, 2007, as the Chair may provide and shall be conducted in accordance with the following specifications:

(a) There shall be no campaigning or distribution of any campaign literature or materials at any location within the Convention hall which is within 200 feet of the polling booths nor within 10 feet on either side of any entrance doorway to the Convention hall.

(b) Nominations shall be called for each office separately and in the following order:

International President

International Executive Vice President

International Secretary-Treasurer

International Vice President Positions

Delegate to the AFL-CIO Convention Positions

Alternate to the AFL-CIO Convention Positions

Voting shall be called for each office before proceeding to the next office. All nominations shall be made from the floor and may be made by any accredited voting delegate. Nominating speeches shall be limited to 4 minutes in duration. Except as otherwise specified immediately hereafter, seconds shall be limited to 3 and each shall not exceed 1 minute in duration. In cases where more than one individual is nominated for an office, seconds shall be unrestricted in number but each beyond the first 3 shall be limited to 30 seconds in duration. Following the completion of nominations for each office, those nominated shall be afforded the opportunity to decline, and the name of any nominee who declines shall not appear on the ballot. Nominees shall not be permitted to make acceptance or declination speeches.

(c) In the case of an election contest where there is more than 1 candidate for the same office, the voting shall be by secret ballot. Where there is but 1 candidate, no secret ballot vote shall be necessary and the Chair shall instruct the International Secretary-Treasurer to cast the unanimous vote.

(d) Only an accredited delegate to the Convention who has been elected delegate by secret ballot vote among the membership of his or her Local Union, Joint Council, or Joint Conference Board, and whose name appears on the list of delegates certified by the Credentials Committee as eligible to vote, shall be allowed to vote in the elections.

(e) Each delegate on the voting eligibility list shall be entitled to one vote in each election. No proxy voting shall be permitted.

(f) It shall require a plurality of all votes cast to constitute an election. In the event of a tie and no candidate receives a plurality of the ballots cast, there shall be a run-off among the candidates receiving the tie votes, and in the run-off, the candidate receiving a plurality of the votes shall be declared elected.

(g) In case of a contest for any office, the chairperson of the Balloting Committee shall appoint from among the committee’s membership a sufficient number of tellers to receive and count the vote. Upon presentation of the credentials by each accredited delegate registering to vote, the tellers shall check off the delegate’s name on the voting eligibility list at the time of entry to the voting booth. All eligible voters shall be afforded a reasonable opportunity to vote. Only tellers, official observers, representatives of the Legal Department, and accredited delegates in the process of voting shall be permitted access to the polling locations.

(h) Each candidate whose name is to appear on the ballot shall have the right to designate, and have present at each polling location and at the count, up to 4 official observers of his or her own choosing. This right encompasses the right to be present at every phase and level of the voting process, including the presentation of credentials and registration of eligible voters, the observation of each polling location, the counting of ballots, and certification of the tally. Any candidate wishing to have an observer at the polling place must submit the name of the observer to the International Secretary-Treasurer prior to the commencement of voting for the contested office.

(i) The International Secretary-Treasurer shall have official custody of, and the duty to preserve for 1 year, the credentials of the delegates and all minutes and other records pertaining to the elections.

Rule 13. When the forgoing Rules of this Convention or the Constitution and General Laws do not otherwise govern, Robert’s Rules of Order, Newly Revised, shall determine any point in question.

The Committee recommends the adoption of these rules and, on behalf of the Rules Committee, I hereby move adoption of this completed Report.