Section 1
A per capita tax shall be paid upon the full paid-up membership of each affiliated national or international union, organizing committee and ­directly affiliated local union.

Section 2
Beginning with per capita payments for the month of January 2001, each national or international union and organizing committee shall pay on or before the fifteenth day of each month, for the preceding month, a per capita tax of 53 cents per member per month. Beginning with per capita payments for the month of July 2005, each national or international union and organizing committee shall pay on or before the fifteenth day of each month, for the preceding month, a per capita tax of 65 cents per member per month.

Section 3
The per capita payments with respect to categories of associate and retired membership a national or international union maintains for individuals who are not treated as regular members of the union with the full range of international union political rights accorded regular members, pay lesser dues than do individuals in the most comparable regular membership category, and receive less than the full range of the union’s representation services shall be established by the Executive Council.

Section 4
Directly affiliated local unions shall pay on or before the fifteenth day of each month, for the preceding month, a per capita tax established by the Executive Council of not less than $5.00 per member per month. Each directly affiliated local union shall also pay a portion, established by the Executive Council, of the initiation fee received by such union from its members, but such payment in no case shall be less than $5.00 per member.

Section 5
Revenue may also be derived from assessments when and as ordered by a majority vote of a convention. The Executive Council may also declare an assessment not to exceed four cents per member per month on all affiliated unions for a period not to exceed six months in any one year when the interests of the Federation require and when funds available from per capita tax are insufficient to meet the needs of the Federation, except that by a two-thirds vote the Council, or by a two-thirds vote pursuant to Article XI, Section 4 the General Board upon request of the Executive Officers or the Executive Council, may declare an assessment that exceeds four cents per member per month on all affiliated unions for a period to expire no later than the next regular convention when extraordinary circumstances require and when funds available from per capita tax are insufficient to meet those circumstances. In addition, the General Board, by a two-thirds vote pursuant to Article XI, Section 4, may increase the per capita tax.

Section 6
Any affiliated organization that does not pay its per capita tax on or before the fifteenth of the month, and assessments when due and payable, shall be notified in writing of that fact by the Secretary-Treasurer. Any affiliated organization that is three months in arrears in payment of per capita tax or assessments, and is so notified in writing, shall, unless it has returned to good standing within 20 days of such notification, be suspended automatically from the Federation and can be reinstated only after such arrearages are paid in full.

Section 7
Each affiliate, upon the issuance of a certificate of affiliation, shall pay to the Federation the sum of $15.00.

Section 8
The Executive Council may exonerate any national or international union, organizing committee and directly affiliated local union from the payment of per capita tax or assessments due for any month upon a proper showing that, in the opinion of the Executive Council, good cause exists. Exonerated ­affiliates shall be regarded, for the purposes of this Constitution, as paid-up affiliates for the period of exoneration.