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IBEW, LOCAL UNION 86

2300 E. River Rd., Rochester, NY 14623

 

REFERRAL OPERATING PROCEDURE

This procedure shall become effective June 1, 2008

Registrants who are on the "Available for Work List" at the time of implementation shall retain their position on the appropriate lists so long as they continue to remain current under the new procedure.  Resign dates established under the previous system shall still be applicable and enforceable.

 

Section 1 - Registration/Re-Registration

    1.  Applicants for employment within the IBEW, Local 86 referral system must                      make original registration, in person, at the Local 86 Referral Office                         between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. on normal business days (Monday                through Friday except holidays), using the registration form supplied by the                 Local Union for that purpose.

      2.   Applicants shall be assigned to the highest priority group for which they

            qualify within the appropriate classification(s) and placed on the

            appropriate lists(s) in chronological order determined by the date and

            time of original registration.

      3.   Applicants who wish to be considered for "specialty" calls (i.e. welding,

            instrumentation, etc.) MUST register their specialties with the referral

            agent.  Anyone not registered shall not be considered for such calls. 

            Proof of qualification for a specialty will be required.

      4.   Registration on the out-of-work lists shall only be valid for thirty (30)

            days.  In order to maintain their position on the referral lists, applicants

            must re-register and confirm their availability for employment every

            thirty (30) days or less.  Re-registration (re-sign) may be accomplished

            in person at the Local 86 Referral Office between 8:00 a.m. and 4:30

            p.m. on normal business days or by US mail, fax or e-mail (as described

            in items 5, 6 and 7 below).  The thirty (30) day re-registration deadline

            shall be determined by the most recent previous registration.  Failure to

            re-register during this period shall cause removal from the "List(s)" at

            the start of business on the thirty-first (31st) day.  Applicants sub-

            mitting untimely re-signs via US Mail, fax or email will be notified of

            their removal.  If removed, an applicant's original list position shall be

            forfeited and a new, original, in-person registration will be required to

            once again be considered an applicant for employment.

      5.   Applicants for employment who wish to re-sign via US Mail must

            complete and submit the Mail/Fax Re-Registration Form supplied by

        the Local 86 Referral Office. In order to be considered a valid

            re-sign, this form must be RECEIVED by the Local 86 Referral Office

            on or before the thirtieth day following the applicant's most recent

            previous registration date.  Only the form supplied by Local 86

            (or a copy thereof) will be accepted.  Forms will be supplied at the

            time of original registration.  New registrations must always be made in

            person.

      6.   Applicants for employment who wish to re-sign by fax must complete

            and submit the Mail/Fax Re-Registration Form supplied by the Local

        86 Referral. In order to be considered a valid re-sign, the fax must

            be RECEIVED by the Local 86 Referral Office prior to 4:30 p.m.

            (Rochester time) on the Thirtieth day following the applicant's most

            recent previous registration date.  Only the form supplied by Local 86

            (or a copy thereof) will be accepted.  Forms will be supplied at the time

            of original registration.  New registrations must always be made in

            person.

      7.   Applicants for employment who wish to re-sign via e-mail must do so

            through the IBEW, Local 86 website: www.ibewlu86.org. The re-sign

            form may be accessed through the Resign link on the homepage.  The

            form must be completed in its entirety and submitted no later than 4:30

            p.m. (Rochester time) on the thirtieth day following the applicant's most

            recent previous registration date in order to be considered a valid

            re-sign.  New registrations must always be made in person.

      8.   Applicants' names will be removed from the referral list when they

            accept a job assignment through this referral system or become

            employed by a signatory contractor within the jurisdiction of IBEW,

            Local 86 in any capacity.

      9.   Applicants who become employed: 1) outside of the geographical

            jurisdiction of Local 86; 2) within the geographical jurisdiction of Local

            86 by other than a signatory employer; or 3) by a signatory employer

            within the geographical jurisdiction of Local 86 in other than a Bargaining

            Unit position, shall notify the Local 86 referral office.

Section 2 - Dispatch/Job Assignments

       1.   Normal dispatch hours shall be between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and

            10:00 a.m. on regular business dyas.  Applicants for employemnt shall

            be responsible to make themselves available for job assignments during

            these hours. 

      2.   It is the Business Manager's responsibility to fill employer man-power

            requests in a timely fashion.   Therefore, in an emergency, calls may be

            filled outside of normal dispatch hours by whatever means necessary to

            meet this obligation.  When calls are made outside of normal dispatch

            hours, a refusal will not be assessed for a non-response.

      3.   When there are employer manpower requests to be filled, the referral

            agent will contact applicants registered on the "Available for Work List"

            by phone between 8:00 a.m. and 10:00 a.m. daily.  The calls will be made

            in  chronological order based on original registration date by priority

            group number, and will be made to the phone number listed on the

            Referral Registration Form filed by the applicant.  Should an applicant's

            phone number be changed, it is the applicant's responsibility to notify

            the referral agent of said change, in writing.

Section 3 - Referral "Call-Outs" and Dispatch

Normal dispatch hours shall be between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and

12:00 noon on regular business days.  Dispatch may occur on weekends

and/or holidays as necessary.

Duly registered applicants for employment may apply for Journeyman Wireman

job assignments using the following procedure:

      1.   A list of available job assignments may be obtained by calling the

            referral office voice-mail system at (585) 235-1510 ext. 2 or

            1-(800) 356-7090 from 5:00 p.m. on normal business days until 900 a.m.

            (Rochester time) of the next business day.  From time to time, referral

            calls must be filled on weekends and/or holidays to allow for Sunday or

            Monday work starts.  It is therefore not advisable for applicants to wait

            until Sunday or Monday to check for weekend job availability.

      2.   Applicants who are interested in accepting one or more of the listed

            employment opportunities MUST get registered on the daily checkk-in

            list by calling the referral office voicemail system at (585) 235-1510

            ext. 2 or 1-(800) 356-7090 from 5:00 p.m. on normal business days until

            9:00 a.m. (Rochester time) of the next business day and leaving the

            information listed in Step 3 of this Section on the recorder.

      3.   Registration on the daily check-in list requires the following information:

            1) appllicants name and card #; 2) what job or jobs the applicant would

            be willing to accept in order of preference; and 3) a phone number

            where the applicant can be reached or a message may be left between

            the hours of  9:00 a.m. and 12:00 noon.

      4.   The referral agent will begin contacting applicants registered on the

            daily check-in list for job referral assignments at some time after 9:00

            a.m. in chronological order of original registration by priority group. 

            Calls will be made only to phone number registered on the daily check-in

            list.

      5.   If there is no response at the registered number within a reasonable

            time, the referral agent will proceed to the next person on the list until

            all calls are filled.

      6.   If there is no response from the applicant at the registered number and

            a voice message may be left, the referral agent will indicate to what job

            the applicant has been assigned (based on his/her position on the "list")

            and when and where he/she is to report.  This message shall be

            considered a job assignment and the registrant is responsible to man

            the job at the designated date and time.

      7.   If the registered number is a beeper, the referral agent will consider

            the call unanswered and the applicant shall receive a refusal if there is

            no response from the applicant within thirty (30) minutes of the time the

            beeper message is left.

      8.   Job assignment calls may be recorded on a random basis as part of

            Local 86's record keeping system.

      9.   Due to the Business Manager's responsibility to fill employer man-power

            calls in a timely fashion, emergency calls and open calls not filled by the

            phone-in procedure which cannot wait another day due to employer

            needs (as determined by the Business Manager through the referral

            agent) will be filled using the "traditional" method of calling applicants

            from the referral list in chronological order by priority group.  Due to

            the very nature of emergency calls, applicants from the referral list

            cannot be contacted within a reasonable period of time (as determined

            by the Business Manager through the referral agent) will be skipped

            over and the referral agent will proceed to the next person on the list

            in an attempt to fill the job(s).

     10.   Referral slips must be picked up at the Local 86 busines office prior to

            reporting for a job assignment unless otherwise instructed by the referral

            agent.  Upon an employer's refusal to hire or termination of employment,

        referral slips must be completed and signed by the employer or a

        representative thereof and returned to the referral office.  Properly

        completed and signed referral slips shall be required proof of 1) employer

        refusals; and/or 2) employment duration for the purpose of list reinstate-

        ment under Section 1, Step 10 of this Referral Procedure.

Section 4 - "Refusals" (The Ding System)

      1.   Any registrant receiving a third turndown (refusal/ding system) will be

            removed from the applicable "List(s)" (not rolled to the bottom).  If

            removed, the applicant's original list position shall be forfeited and a

            new, original, in-person registration will be required to once again be

            considered an applicant for employment.

      2.   Registrants will be assessed a refusal when:

                 A.  a job assignment is offered by the Business Manager, referral

                      agent or designee and cannot be filled with Book 1 registrants

                 B.  they cannot be reached during normal dispatch hours to respond

                      to a job

                 C.  applicant for employment does not possess the required safety

                      training (i.e. Kodak card, 10 Hr. OSHA card etc.) in order to tmely

                      accept the job assignment

      3.   Referral applicants properly registered and current on any Local Union

            86, IBEW out-of-work lists(s) who are working out-of-town under an IBEW

            Collective Bargaining Agreement shall be eligible and have the option to freeze

            their dings on the out-of-work list(s) and not be eligible for future job

            assignments.

            Applicants so frozen, who remain current through re-signs will be returned to the

            normal referral process upon termination of approved out-of-town employment or

            their request to do so being properly received by the referral office in writing.

            Applicants who are not working under an IBEW Collective Bargaining Agreement

            are not eligible for this option.  Verification of employment will be required by

            way of a form signed by the business manager or designee of the local in which

            the work is being performed, or a pay stub, monthly with resign.

            If an available job(s) cannot be filled by non-frozen applicants from the highest

            priority group, applicants on Book II will be called.

            In order to maintain frozen status, applicants must re-register (re-sign) through

            the normal referral process every 30 days or less.  Applicants not so re-signed,

            will be REMOVED from the list(s).

            Once unemployed, frozen applicants are obligated to notify the referral office

            and return to the normal referral process.  Anyone found to be unemployed and

            applying for or maintaining frozen status will be removed from the out-of-work

            list and must report in person to sign Book I and be placed at the back of the

            out-of-work list.  Additionally, the member shall Not be eligible for this option

            for 12 months.

            An Applicant must give the Union Hall 24 hour's written notice to unfreeze

            his/her number on the book.  Once notice has been received, the applicant will

            eligible to take "job calls" 24 hours later.  Change request left on a voicemail

            message will NOT be considered.

Section 5 - Exceptions to a Refusal

    1.   Any applicant serving in the military

      2.   Any applicant working full time for the JATC as a teacher

Section 6 - Out of Town Resigns

     All applicants wishing to resign out-of-town books through the referral office must

request resigns "24 hours" before resign is due.  Please have all proper forms, dates, current dues receipts available for said resigns.

 

"Once an applicant qualifies for, requests and is granted Group I status in any local union, he shall retain that status in the local union and shall not be required to requalify unless he qualifies for, requests and is granted Group I status in another local union.  If that situation occurs, the applicant would have to requalify for Group I status in any previous local union(s) in which he enjoyed Group I status."

           

     

 

           

      

    

   

 

 

 

      

           

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

IBEW Local #86 • 2300 E. River Road • Rochester, NY 14623
Telephone: (585) 235-1510 • 800-356-7090 • Fax: (585) 235-0420

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