Amend Article V, Section 1 as follows (new language in bold and italics)
The officers shall consist of a President, a Secretary-Treasurer and an Executive Vice President, who shall be the Executive Officers, and 51 55 Vice Presidents; provided that between conventions the Executive Council shall have the power in the event of either an affiliation with the AFL-CIO of a presently unaffiliated national or international union, or the arising of other circumstances that implicate the solidarity of the labor movement, to create one or more additional Vice Presidencies pending the next regular election of Vice Presidents and to select members to fill those positions until the next regular election; provided further that the number of such additional Vice Presidencies shall not exceed eight.