LOCAL 2300
HIRING REGULATIONS AND DISPATCH SYSTEM
DECEMBER, 1998

1.

All dispatching will be done by the Local 2300 office under direction of the union hiring
committee.

2.

No member will report to a job without a signed dispatch.

3.

Calls will be made during office hours.
It is the Members Responsibility to check on the office hours.
It is the Member Responsibility to be available for the call.
If a spouse has been given permission to accept or reject a call, it is the Members
Responsibility to notify the office by letter of such an arrangement and so note on the members
card.
All members must state their qualifications by filling out a printed card.

4.

The dispatcher will keep records of all persons called, jobs refused or accepted and the
number oftimes jobs were refused. Three (3) consecutive refusals and member moves to the
bottom of the board.

5.

After four (4) unable to reach a member via telephone, a registered letter will be sent
requesting work status to be returned within (10) days. Failure to do so, will result in moving
to the unavailable for dispatch board. After a person has received 3 registered letters they will
be moved to the bottom of the call-out board.

6.

Unemployed members will be dispatched in rotation IF QUALIFIED. (Name requests
excepted, who will be dispatched as per agreement). Their cards are then immediately tagged
on the board and then moved to the working board after ten (10) working days.

7.

A member may work ten (10) days and retain their position on the board. On the eleventh
(11) day the member will either be put on the bottom of the list or on the working board.

8.

The duration of the job will be taken from the first day of work to the day the job is reported
finisbed by the member. It is the Member’s Responsibility to report to the office any change
in the job status. Names will appear on the hiring board and recorded the day the member
reports into the office.

9.

A member may work three (3) short term jobs and retain his position on the unemployed
board. For scaffolding only: original dispatch for erection and recall for dismantle will count
as one (1) call. Must comply with Section 7.

10.

A member quitting or requesting a layoff without just cause within the ten (10) day term will
be moved to the bottom of the list

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11.

Members will be dispatched if more than three (3) months in arrears provided that such
arrears are paid at time of dispatch.

12.

No member is allowed to solicit their own work with Union Certified Contractors.

13.

Members clearing in from other locals will be required to go on the “Third List’ as stated in
the Kootenay District Bylaws.

14.

It shall be the sole responsibility of the hiring committee to administer the working and non­
working boards.

15.

All applications for membership will be dealt with by the hiring committee.

16.

The hiring committee in conjunction with the apprenticeship trustee will select qualified
persons for apprenticeships.

17.

These hiring rules may be amended by the hiring committee as deemed necessary. The
amendments must be re-affirmed at a special called meeting of Local 2300.

18.

The hiring committee has the right to assess fines and penalties for violations of these hiring
regulations.

19.

All disputes arising from the hiring regulations shall be brought to the hiring committee in
writing. The hiring committee’s decision will be final

QUALIFICATIONS

ACOUSTICS

AIR BRAKES

ARBORITE APPLICATOR

EQUIPMENT OPERATOR

DOOR HANGER

SPECIAL DRIVERS LICENCE

OCCUPATIONAL FIRST AID

LATHER

SUSP. CEILINGS

SCAFFOLDING

FINISHER

SIDING - WOOD

FIXTURE PLACING

- VINYL

FOREMAN

STEEL STUDS

FRAMING

STUCCO WIRE

INSULATOR

CERTIFIED SURVEYOR

JOB STEWARD

TAPER & DRYWALL

LAYOUT

W.H.M.I.s.

MOVABLE WALLS

WELDING - TICKETED

RIGGING (TICKETED)

OTHER TICKETED TRADE

BRICK LAYER (TICKETED)

HELPER/MATERIAL HANDLER

Please state your occupational first aid ticket Level ________
Please state your other ticketed trade and TQ#

Please state your specific drivers'

licence

Please state what equipment you have a licence to operate:

Please state Welding Ticket

NAME:
ADDRESS :
PHONE:
SOCIAL INSURANCE NUMBER:
TQ NUMBER:

INTERPROVINCIAL NUMBER: