SECTION 1. The International President shall be the chief Executive Officer of the International Union. He/she shall enforce the Constitution and be responsible for the proper and effective direction of the affairs and business of the International Union and shall have the full power necessary therefore subject to review by the International Executive Council. He/ she shall interpret the meaning and application of the provisions of this Constitution. Any such interpretation or application may be appealed by any member or by any Local Union adversely affected to the International Executive Council, and thereafter, to the Convention. Unless and until any such interpretation or application of this Constitution, heretofore or hereafter made by the International President, is changed by the Council or by the Convention, the interpretation and application made by him/her shall be deemed true and proper and shall be given full force and effect. He/she shall have the authority to appoint, direct, suspend or remove such organizers and representatives as he/she may deem necessary, and fix their compensation, subject to review by the International Executive Council. He/she shall appoint a Director of Organizing and shall establish an Organizing Department in the International Union. The Organizing Director will be responsible for coordinating and directing the organizing activities of the International Union, and will report directly to the International President.

SECTION 2. He/she shall attend and preside at all International Conventions and at all sessions of the International Executive Council and of the International Executive Board. He/she shall call special meetings of the International Executive Board whenever he/she deems necessary or when requested in writing by a majority of the members of the Council or of the Board, respectively.

SECTION 3. He/she shall have the power, either in person or by a designated representative, to inquire into, examine and inspect all books and records of the International Union, of its Local Unions, and of any division, department or other body within the International Union, including but not limited to the books and records of welfare funds, defense funds, building funds, emergency funds, educational funds, mutual benefit funds, political action funds, welfare trusts, credit union funds, and all other funds of any sort whatsoever, in the negotiation, control, collection or expenditure of which the International Union, or any Local Union, or group of Local Unions or any branch or section of a Local Union, participates in any way, or in which any officer or member of the Union has any interest or power of decision by virtue of his/her office or his/her membership. The fact that such funds may be held in the name of a corporation shall not limit or restrict this power.

SECTION 4. In the event the International President shall have reason to believe that any Local Union is failing to comply with any provision of the Constitution or conducts its affairs in a manner which is detrimental to the interests of the Union, he/she may institute proceedings against the Local Union, with due notice of hearing in writing delivered to the Local President and to the Local Financial Secretary- Treasurer, specifying the section or sections of the Constitution violated or the nature of conduct, before the International Executive Council, or a subcommittee thereof, designated either by the Council or by the International Administrative Committee. Upon the basis of the hearing the International Executive Council is authorized to render a decision, dismissing the charges, suspending or revoking the charter of any such Local Union, or directing such other action as may be necessary to secure compliance with the Constitution, or otherwise to protect and preserve the effectiveness and the best interests of the Union. The decision of the International Executive Council shall be subject to review by the International Convention.

SECTION 5. In the event the International President shall have reason to believe that any officer or member is failing to comply with any provision of the Constitution, or conducts himself/herself in a manner which is detrimental to the best interest of the Union, or otherwise engages in conduct unbecoming a member of the Union, he/ she may institute proceedings against him/her with due notice of hearing, specifying the section or sections of the Constitution violated or the nature of the conduct, before the International Executive Council, or a subcommittee thereof designated either by the Council or by the International Administrative Committee. Upon the basis of the hearing, the International Executive Council is authorized to render a decision, dismissing the charges, suspending, expelling or otherwise penalizing such officer or member, or directing such other action as may be necessary to secure compliance with the Constitution or otherwise to protect and preserve the effectiveness and best interests of the Union. The decision of the International Executive Council shall be subject to review by the International Convention.

SECTION 6. Where the International President invokes the provisions of Section 4 or 5 of This Article, the President may, if in his/her judgment the circumstances warrant it, suspend any officer pending the decision of the International Executive Council, provided that prior to, or simultaneously with the notice of suspension, he/she serve a copy of the charges upon which the suspension is based on the suspended officer and provided further that the International Executive Council or a subcommittee thereof designated by the Council or by the International Administrative Committee holds a hearing on the charges within twenty (20) days from the date of the suspension.

SECTION 7. The International President shall make full report of the Administration of his/her office and the affairs of the International Union to the International Convention. He/she shall be ex officio delegate to all conventions of organizations to which the International Union may be affiliated.

SECTION 8. The International President shall have the power to appoint from among the International Vice Presidents an Administrative Assistant and to delegate to him/her such duties and powers as the International President may determine; and he/she shall have the power to appoint a Director of COPE and define his/her duties. He/she shall establish a Department of Legislative and Political Affairs in the International Union. He/she shall also have the power to assign such staff to the Department of Legislative and Political Affairs as to him/her may appear appropriate.

SECTION 9. Should the International President find himself/herself unable by reason of health to perform the duties of his/her office, he/she may so certify, whereupon the duties and powers of his/her office shall attach to the International Executive Vice President until such time as the International President certifies his/her return to duty.

SECTION 10. The International President shall perform all such other duties as pertain to his/her office. He/she shall receive Seventy-Two Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($72,500) per annum, payable weekly in equal amounts, and when performing duties away from the International Office he/she shall receive his/her expenses, which shall be subject to the approval of the International Executive Council. The salary of the International President shall be adjusted as of the first day of January 1983 and on the first day of each January by the weighted average percentage increase in wages or salaries received by the Union membership during the fiscal year ending on the preceding August 31st in bargaining units of Five Hundred (500) or more.