SECTION 1. The term Branch shall apply to any membership division of TNG-CWA. The term Shop shall apply jointly to all the departments of any one news publication or to all the departments of any one bureau or office maintained by any one wire service, syndicate, photo agency, news ticker service, on-line service, or radio news service in which there are employees eligible for Guild membership. The term Unit shall apply to the organization of all Guild members employed in one Shop or Shops as provided by Article XI, Section 16. The term Local shall apply to a Local Guild. The term Governing Body applies to the Executive Committee of Locals. The term Representative Assembly applies to a body of delegates elected by local membership, in such units or membership divisions as local by-laws may prescribe, to represent and exercise the authority of the membership.

SECTION 2. The following abbreviations when used in the Constitution of TNG-CWA shall have the annexed meaning:

1. TNG-CWA - The Newspaper Guild Sector of the Communications Workers of America, AFL-CIO, CLC.

2. E.C. - TNG-CWA Executive Council.