SIGN IN PROCEDURES
Upon becoming unemployed*, all applicants will sign in on the proper Referral Book IN PERSON.
Hours to sign the out-of-work list are between 7:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. MONDAY through FRIDAY, excluding Holidays.
· Please fill out the sign-in sheet, time stamp the sign-in sheet with the time clock, and place the sign-in sheet either at the basket at the front desk or the basket at the dispatch window if the dispatcher is in.
· Please remember to fill in all of spaces including your last employer and termination date.
*The definition of unemployed is "not employed by a signatory contractor."
DISPATCH HOURS
Dispatch hours are 8:00 a.m. for job calls on the recorder, excluding emergencies.
The Business Manager is responsible to fill calls in a timely manner as needed by employers. This means in an emergency, referral may have to be made outside normal hours using whatever means are available to fill calls and place registrants
RE-SIGN PROCEDURES
In order to remain current on the referral list, an applicant must re-sign in person
the second Wednesday of each month from 7:00 a.m. through the end of the Inside Wireman’s Unit Meeting of that evening.
Failure to follow this procedure may cause you to lose your place on the out-of-work list.
The exceptions to re-signing on Wednesdays would be proof of Jury Duty, Military Duty, Picket Duty, Disability, Salting, and Vacation.
SHORT CALLS
An applicant who is referred to an Employer, and through no fault of his/her own receives an eighty (80) hour or less call shall, upon re-registration, be restored to his/her appropriate place on the out-of-work list. On such short calls, any overtime worked will not be counted towards the eighty-hour maximum.
Members on the book will be limited to a total of eighty (80) hours short call. After the 80 hours are worked, one will be ineligible for a short call until each member on the book has been offered a total of eighty (80) hours short call.
Re-sign after a short call may be done by phone. Members must call between 7:00 a.m. and 8:00 a.m. of the day following being laid off.
STRIKES / TURN DOWNS
Registrants will be allowed two (2) turndowns without penalty and will be rolled to the bottom of the book for the third (3) turndown. The exception to a refusal of a job opportunity would be residential, maintenance work or specialty calls - i.e. welder-instrument technician. Applicants may also register with the dispatcher for a "No Refinery" exemption. This exemption will become effective with dispatch the following day and may be removed at any time, becoming effective with dispatch the following day.
There shall be no strikes for short calls.
VACATIONS AND DISABILITY
Members placing their name on the book under "disability" must do so within one week of the injury.
Any applicant who goes on vacation while on the out-of-work list must register with the dispatcher.
An applicant may register for only one week in any one unemployment period.