President

Gary Van Hoogstraten P. O. Box 645 Bay City, MI 48707   Home:  (989) 894-2656

MPWU Constitution states the duties of position are: 

It shall be the duty of the President to preside at all Conventions and meetings of the Executive Board. The President shall be a member of all Committees. The President shall appoint necessary Committees at each Convention. The President shall fill all vacancies, for any cause whatsoever, until such vacancy is filled by an election. The President shall have as one of his/her primary responsibilities of organizing and administering the MPWU Legislative program. The President shall be the Chairman of the Organizing Committee. The President shall submit to each convention a written report of the President’s official acts during his/her term of office. The President shall sign all orders of the Secretary-Treasurer and shall approve no more than five (5) days, per month per person of lost time. When the President approves actual lost time in excess of five (5) days, a full explanation of its use shall be made at the following Executive Board meetings. The President shall have jurisdiction over the functions of the Officers of this Union. The President shall retain a master set of this Constitution and these By-Laws, show the latest amendments and have the same available to all Conventions and meetings of the Executive Board.   It shall be the responsibility of the MPWU President to convene one-day MPWU Local Presidents conferences, at various sites around the State. The President will have the printing done by the MPWU, consolidated by May of 2002.