Telephone Referral system 623-9158 EXT. 20
1. Effective January 14, 2003
2. Job calls will be listed on a recorder after
4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday
3. Any member currently on the out-of-work list who is interested in one or more of the available jobs shall make him/herself available to the union hall by the following method: call the recorder between 4:30 p.m. and 8:00 a.m. If there are any available jobs that you are interested in, leave your name and phone number where you can be reached at and which job or jobs you are available for.
4. Jobs will be filled by the hall between 8:30
a.m. and 10:00 a.m. by the order the interested members appear on the
out-of-work list. You are expected to be
at the telephone number left on the recorder, if you are not, referral will
continue down the list of members who have called in to the recorder until the
jobs are filled. If a member is working out of town and needs to be
contacted in an alternate manner please indicate this in your message
5. The union, its officers, agents, and
representatives undertake no obligation to search for, or by no means locate a
member on the out-of-work list who is not at the phone
number they leave on the recorder.
6. If you are on the out-of-work list, and
interested in working in the Local, it is your responsibility to call the
recorder between the hours of 4:30 p.m. to 8:00 a.m. for a list of the
available jobs.
7. Any unfilled calls will be filled at the
discretion of the Business Manager
The Business Manager shall maintain an "Out of Work
List" which shall list the applicants within each Group in chronological
order of the dates they register their availability for employment. (If
a member is on furlogh and waiting to see if any additional work will come up
in the next few weeks will not be backdated on the list)
Members may call in or may come in in person to be added to
the out of work list.
( The union steward
will call in all of the names of the persons laid off )
Members are considered unemployed when they apply for or are
receiving unemployment benefits from any state.
An applicant who has registered on the "Out of Work
List" is required to resign once a month during the first three
business days to keep their place on “The List” by one of the following
methods. Phone 207-623-9158 ext 20, Fax 207-626-9261 Postcard, E-mail Wayne
wribew@midmaine.com Calvin Murphy
cmibew@midmaine.com or in person.
Please leave a message with Wayne or Calvin
only!
NEW An
applicant who is hired and who receives, through no fault of his or her own
less than 30 days employment (weekends included) will keep his or her
appropriate place within his Group.
After 30 days the applicant then shall be taken off the list.
Short Calls Any member accumulating 30 working days (weekends
included) will have have their name promptly removed from the list.
Employers shall
advise the Business Manager of the Local Union of the number of applicants
needed. The Business Manager shall refer
applicants to the Employer by first referring applicants in Group I in the
order of their place on the "Out of Work List" and then referring applicants
in the same manner successively from the "Out of Work List" in Group
II, then Group III and then Group IV.
Any applicant who is rejected by the Employer shall be returned to his
appropriate place within his Group and shall be referred to other employment in
accordance with the position of his Group and his place within the Group.
The only exception
which shall be allowed in this order of referral are as follows:
a. When the Employer states bona fide
requirements for special skills and abilities in his request for applicants,
the Business Manager shall refer the first applicant on the register possessing
such skills and abilities.
b. The age ratio clause in the Agreement calls
for the employment of an additional employee or employees on the basis of
age. Therefore, the Business Manager shall
refer the first applicant on the register satisfying the applicable age
requirements provided, however, that all names in higher priority Groups, if
any, shall first be exhausted before such overage reference can be made.
A copy of the
Referral Procedure set forth in this Agreement shall be posted on the Bulletin
Board in the offices of the Local Union
Apprentices shall be hired and transferred in
accordance with the apprenticeship provisions of the Agreement between the
parties.