Union Security and Check-Off

(a) It shall be a condition of continued employment for all employees covered by this Agreement to be a member or to become a member, and to maintain membership in good standing in the Union. (b) A person working through permit shall be considered to have the status of "in good standing in the Union".

The Company shall give preference of employment to, and employ members in good standing in the Union, provided they are capable of satisfactorily performing the work required. However, should the Union be unable to furnish the workers required within forty-eight (48) hours, the Company may hire employees from other sources, who, as a condition of employment, will become members of the Union within seven (7) days.

A check-off system for initiation and assessments, using the Rand Formula, shall be made operative for the life of this Agreement. The Employer will transmit the monies collected to the officials designated by the Union, together with a list of all employees from the union on whose behalf such deductions have been made, no later than the fifteenth (15th) of the following month. Any monies held by an Employer pursuant to this Article, whether before or after the date they are to be transmitted to the Union, shall be deemed to be held in trust.

When selecting new employees for a job, the Employer shall name hire directly his supervisors (i.e.: General Foreperson and Foreperson) and one-half (1/2) of his additional Journeyperson requirements. Balance of manpower requirements shall be hired by the Union submitting to the Employer individual names which the Employer shall have the right to refuse before hiring. When any name is refused, the Union shall supply another name to the Employer.

Distribution of hiring for the work force shall be performed in such a manner as to maintain as near as is possible the ratio established in the preceding paragraph throughout all classifications of employees. Transfer and lay-off will likewise be implemented so as to maintain such ratio.

The Employer shall deduct from the employee a sum equal to four percent (4%) of his gross earnings on industrial work and two percent (2%) on commercial work, to be forwarded to the Secretary Treasurer of: Ironworkers, Local Union No. 764 38 Sagona Avenue Donovan's Industrial Park Mount Pearl, Newfoundland A1N 4R3 along with the employee’s name and social insurance number, not later than the fifteenth (15th) of each month.