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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 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 and that it will
not be the subject of a
grievance or arbitration.
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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