The 42nd Constitutional Convention of the BCTGM International Union will be held July 28-30, 2026 at the Diplomat Beach Resort in Hollywood, Fla.
Delegates to the Convention, per Article III, Section 5 of the Constitution, must have been a continuously good-standing, dues-paying member of the International Union and local union the delegate represents for at least two (2) continuous years next prior to election.
Per the official Convention Call, which will be posted online by May 1, 2026, published in the January/February/March 2026 BCTGM NEWS and mailed to all local unions by May 1, 2026, delegate elections are “subject to the provisions of the International Constitution and the Labor Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959 (Landrum-Griffin Act)”.
International Union officers will be elected at the Convention; the Landrum-Griffin Act requires all Convention delegates that vote in officer elections to have been elected by secret ballot to represent their local union. This means that local union officers, not serving as a Convention delegate by virtue of their office, must be elected in a special delegate secret ballot election. Notice must be given to the membership of the time and place for the nomination and election of delegates. Delegates cannot be elected by voice vote or by show of hands.
Local union officers are required to keep their local union up-to-date with its reports and per capita tax payments to the International Union to allow participation in the BCTGM’s 42nd Constitutional Convention in 2026.
