Section 1. Dues Collection. UC-AFT shall be the authorized recipient of dues, security fees, and any information on union or unit membership that the University has a duty to provide. In the event that the University provides data to UC-AFT that it does not provide concurrently to the locals (for example, unit data in digital form), UC-AFT shall make available to each local information on its unit and union membership.

Section 2. Standing. If the Council or Executive Board finds that a local has engaged in a serious violation of the provisions of the Constitution, by-laws or Council policy, or has violated the trust of the local or denied proper representation to members of the local, the Council or Executive Board shall notify the local president of the violation by certified mail. The local shall have two weeks from the receipt of the letter to explain the violation or to request a hearing. The Executive Board shall conduct a hearing if requested, either in person, which should be done whenever feasible, or by phone. After the hearing or, if no hearing has been requested, at any time subsequent to the receipt of the response of the local, or if after two weeks no response is forthcoming, the Executive Board shall decide whether to place the local in bad standing. The Board may decide instead to defer the question to the full Council. A decision of the Executive Board placing a local in bad standing may be appealed to the full Council at the next Council meeting. The Council may also review a decision of the Executive Board declining to place a local in bad standing and may overturn the Executive Board?s decision.

Section 3. Consequences of Bad Standing. Upon a local's being placed in bad standing, the Council may deprive it of any or all of the following privileges:

1. vote at Council meetings;
2. reimbursement of funds;
3. staffing.

A local in bad standing may be placed in receivership. During the time in which a local is in receivership, authority over local decisions shall be made by a person or persons appointed by the Executive Board or Council.

Section 4. Notification of Bad Standing.

1. When a local is in bad standing, all members of units covered by statewide contracts shall receive a letter from the Council notifying them that their local is in bad standing and informing them from whom they can obtain grievance/arbitration representation, if needed.
2. Both the systemwide and local labor relations offices of the University of California shall receive a letter from the Council indicating that the local is in bad standing and who the responsible parties are for grievances and other matters.