UNION SECURITY
3.01
(a) The Employer will request and the Union will furnish competent and qualified workers, all workers so furnished will be recruited from the Province of Newfoundland and Labrador, insofar as possible. If, after a period of five (5) days, excluding Saturdays, Sundays and statutory holidays from the time the request is made, the Union is unable to supply the quantity and/or skills in the classification required, the Employer may procure such workers elsewhere. All workers secured from other sources will be cleared by the Union before commencing work for the Employer. (> Syi (b) All members shall be dispatched by way of referral slip issued by the local union and authorized by the business representative. When members are transferred from one job site to another job site, both the employer and employee must notify the union office.
3.02
(a) Whenever the Local Union is unable to supply sufficient Millwrights to meet the needs of the Employer and the Employer hires Millwrights so hired must, within seven (7) working days of the commencement of their employment, make application to join the Local Union. Failure on the part of the applicant to make application within the above stated time limit for membership shall be cause for immediate discharge. (b) Should the Local Union be able to supply Union workers before the applicant has become a member, the Union worker shall replace the applicant after forty-eight (48) hours’ notice by the Union, and provided that the applicant has been employed for minimum of thirty (30) calendar days, unless otherwise mutually agreed. (c) When selecting employees for each individual separate contract/job, the employer shall select the first six (6) employees, exclusive of forepersons. Notwithstanding the aforementioned, the third employee hired shall be supplied by the union and appointed Steward. Subsequent selection of journeypersons and/or apprentices for that separate contact/job will be shared on a 50-50 new hire basis through the union office. The union agrees to furnish competent and qualified workers, in so far as possible. The union will endeavour to supply workers within the free zone whenever possible.
3.03
The Company shall give preference of employment to and employ members in good standing in the Union, provided that they are qualified to perform the work required. However, should the Union be unable to furnish the workers required within five (5) working days, the Company may hire employees from other sources, who, as a condition of employment, will become members of the Union within seven (7) days. Only after the employer has been informed by the Union that no union workers are available, may non-union workers be hired, and such non union employees shall be replaced immediately by union members, should the union request such replacement.
3.04
When travel and room and board provisions apply, the Employee being replaced will not be paid return compensation, nor will the replacing employee receive compensation for travelling to the job. The replacing employee shall receive compensation for return travel.
3.05
Where on a normal reduction of work force, layoff occurs, the Millwright members of Local Union 1009 shall at all times be given preference of employment over non- union employees and/or work permits and travel cards.
3.06
The Employer shall deduct each month, from the wages of each employee within the Union jurisdiction, three percent (3%) of gross earnings, excluding, room and board, vacation pay, holiday pay, and travel expenses, and on their behalf remit same to the Local Union.
3.07
If employees are not members of the union and wish to become members, the employer agrees that it will deduct union initiation fees from their pay and remit same to the Millwrights local union office.
3.08
(a) Remittances of all deductions accompanied by an itemized list, showing social insurance number, name and amount of individual and total deductions, shall be sent to the Local Union as soon as possible, but in any event, not later than the 20" day of the following month. (b) Failure by the Employer to comply with 3:08(a), the Union shall have the right to submit the matter to a sole arbitrator immediately. Should the decision of the arbitrator find the employer was delinquent in submitting the deductions as outlined in 3:08(a), the employer shall pay interest in the amount of 3% per month for all money owed.
3.09
A member shall not be eligible to be requested by the employer until they have been members of Local 1009 for twelve (12) consecutive months, and in good standing for a least three (3) consecutive months, prior to the request.
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