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Article 6 - Employment Policy and Union Membership |
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6.01
- The Union and the Employer will cooperate in
maintaining a desirable and competent labour force.
- The
Employer shall give preference to qualified Union members who
are able to meet the requirements of the job. The Employer
shall contact the Union prior to the commencement of work, to
determine which members are available for work. The Employer
endeavors to work with the Union to maximize the use of
current Union members, foreman and general foreman excepted.
This process will be determined and outlined for each project
in the Pre-Job conference.
- The Union and the Employer agree
to a local hiring preference. The Union shall inform the
Employer of available and qualified local Union members who
shall be hired prior to other Union members.
- If the Union is
unable to supply qualified workers the Employer may hire from
outside the Union membership. Such workers shall join the
Union within thirty (30) days and remain a member in good
standing of the Union as a condition of continuing employment.
6.02 If applicable and subject to 6.01 b), the Employer
and the Union agree to give preference to permanently laid-off
tradespersons of the Union’s in-plant bargaining unit. Such
employees shall be employed in the same trade as they were
formerly employed in the Union’s in-plant bargaining unit,
provided that trade is listed in Schedule A. Members employed
according pursuant to this clause shall be entitled to the
rights and conditions of this Agreement.
6.03 If applicable and subject to 6.01 b) the Employer
and the Union agree to give preference to permanently laid-off
production workers of the Union’s in-plant bargaining unit.
Members employed pursuant to this clause shall be entitled to
the rights and conditions of this Agreement and shall be paid
not less than the rate of the Construction Labourer as
outlined in Schedule A. At no time shall these employees
receive travel or accommodation allowance.
6.04 If applicable and subject to 6.01 b) the Employer
and the Union agree to negotiate hiring conditions suitable
for temporarily laid-off tradespersons and production workers
of the Union’s in-plant bargaining unit. These negotiations
are to be determined at the Pre-Job Conference.
6.05 Pre-Job Conference
- The Employer shall notify the union that a project has been
awarded to the Employer following the award. Prior to the
start of each project, a pre-job conference shall be held to
determine all site-specific issues as outlined in the
Agreement. This conference may be conducted via telephone,
through a scheduled meeting or by some other practical means
as agreed to by the parties.
- A copy of the pre-job
conference report shall be provided to the Employer, the Union
and the job steward(s). A copy shall also be posted on the
bulletin board(s) at the jobsite.
6.06 Subject to Article 6.01, the Employer shall not
discriminate against any employee because of Union membership
or lack of it, and shall inform all new employees of the
contractual relationship between the Employer and the Union.
Before commencing work, or as soon as reasonably possible
after commencing work, new employees shall be referred by the
Employer to a Union steward or Representative in order to
describe the Union’s purpose and representation policies to
such new employees.
6.07 The Union agrees that it shall make membership in
the Union available to all employees covered by this Agreement
on the same terms and conditions as are applicable to other
members of the Union.
6.08 New employees will be hired on a sixty (60) days
worked probationary period and thereafter will attain regular
employment status subject to the availability of work. The
parties agree that the discharge or layoff of a probationary
employee is at the absolute discretion of the Employer.
6.09 Probationary employees are covered by the
Agreement, excepting those provisions which specifically
exclude such employees.
6.10 Employees laid off for a period longer than twelve
(12) months and recalled by the employer will re-serve a new
probationary period. An employee who quits or is terminated
for just cause and is rehired will serve a new probation
period.
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