The Board of Directors has established Thursday, October 29, 2026, as the date of the next General Election for Local 6. Voting is by mail ballot, and a secret ballot with instructions will be mailed to all eligible members no later than 21 days prior to the election date.
VOTING ELIGIBILITY: To be eligible to vote, members must be paid through the second quarter, which ends Tuesday, June 30, 2026, and must have paid any required initiation fees in full. The deadline for paying second quarter dues is August 31, 2026.
NOMINATIONS FOR OFFICE: Any member who meets the qualifications stated in this notice may be nominated and become a candidate for any office or delegation of this union, and thereby be entitled to have his/her name placed upon the ballot, as follows:
President (and delegate to the 2026 AFM Convention)
Vice President
Secretary-Treasurer (and delegate to the 2026 AFM Convention)
Board of Directors – five positions
Delegates to the 2026 AFM Convention – four positions
Diversity Delegate to the 2026 AFM Convention – one position
All officer and board positions are for 3-year terms, commencing on the first Monday following the January General Meeting 2027.
- Nominees must be, and have been, full members in good standing of Local 6 for a period of two (2) years preceding Friday, August 28, 2026, which is the deadline for filing nomination petitions;
- Nominees must be U.S. citizens;
- Nominees must not have been found guilty of any malfeasance in office or theft of union property.
Nomination petitions, available online or by request, containing ten (10) or more signatures of members in good standing must be submitted to the Secretary-Treasurer no later than 4:00 p.m. on Friday, August 28, 2026.
RESOLUTIONS & AMENDMENTS: Proposed amendments to the Constitution or Bylaws of Local 6 must be submitted in writing on the proper form (available online or by request), accompanied by signatures of twenty-five (25) or more members in good standing, to the Secretary-Treasurer’s office no later than 4:00 p.m. on Friday, July 10, 2026, so that they may be transmitted to the Law & Legislative Committee by July 15, 2026, as required by the Bylaws. For any additional information regarding election procedures, please refer to Article IV of the Local 6 Constitution and Bylaws online or contact the office of the Secretary-Treasurer.
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