Authority and Name

1.1

In accordance with the Constitution and Bylaws of the Manitoba Teachers’ Society (hereinafter referred to as “the Society”), the Constitution of the Society being The Manitoba Teachers’ Society Act, and the Bylaws of the Society being the Bylaws authorized thereunder, and pursuant to the Charter granted by the Society to form a local of the Society, the Winnipeg Teachers’ Association of the Manitoba Teachers’ Society was formed and has adopted this Local Constitution, which became effective on the date it was approved by the Provincial Executive.

1.2

The name of this Local shall be the Winnipeg Teachers’ Association of the Manitoba Teachers’ Society (hereinafter referred to as “the Local”).

1.3

The Local is permitted to: carry on the work of the Society; enact this Constitution and enact Bylaws for the Local subject to the approval of the Provincial Executive; elect or appoint a Council and elect an Executive in accordance with the Constitution and Bylaws of the Local; elect or appoint Delegates to the Provincial Council; and adopt Policies for the Local without the approval of the Provincial Executive, where those Policies are of a purely local nature.