SECTION 1. The Guild shall operate as a Sector of CWA. Its affairs shall be governed by the terms of the Agreement for Affiliation and Merger between The Newspaper Guild, AFL-CIO, CLC and the Communications Workers of America, AFL-CIO, CLC (hereinafter referred to as the "Merger Agreement" and appended to this Constitution) or, on matters not addressed by the Merger Agreement, by the CWA Constitution and by this Constitution. The membership of TNG-CWA shall function through local Guilds. All local Guilds shall automatically become local unions of the CWA. A Local shall consist of the members within a city or specified area, organized under a charter granted by the former TNG or CWA. On matters not governed by the Merger Agreement or CWA Constitution, the Sector Conference, composed of delegates of Locals, shall be the supreme authority of TNG-CWA, except as the membership overrides an act of the Sector Conference by subsequent referendum. Between Sector Conferences, the affairs of TNG-CWA shall be administered by the E.C.

SECTION 2. (a) TNG Canada is an autonomous body within TNG-CWA having constitutional jurisdiction within Canada over its constituent Locals.

(b) TNG Canada shall be comprised of all former TNG Local Unions in Canada and former Local Unions of CWA and any other Local Unions in Canada that become part of TNG Canada.

(c) The affairs of TNG Canada shall be governed by the Merger Agreement, CWA Constitution, this Constitution, and the by-laws of TNG Canada.

SECTION 3. Units shall be formed within the Locals to the extent and for the purposes hereinafter provided.

SECTION 4. Two or more Locals may form Districts in the manner provided for purposes specified by this Constitution.

SECTION 5. Voting by proxy shall not be permitted in TNG-CWA or any of its Branches except as provided for in Article XXIV of the CWA Constitution.

SECTION 6. Majority rule shall prevail throughout TNG-CWA, and in no case shall more than a majority of votes be required to decide an issue, except as otherwise specifically provided in the CWA Constitution.

SECTION 7. Where practicable and where it would not adversely affect the over-all organizing policies and objectives of TNG-CWA or CWA, the E.C. shall give all affected Locals 15 days' notice prior to reassigning an existing Unit to another Local or extending one Local's jurisdiction into another Local's area. Any decision by the E.C. may be appealed to the CWA Convention or CWA Executive Board in accordance with Article 13, Section 3 of the CWA Constitution.