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DISPATCH RULES FOR FOREMEN - LOCAL 94
 
Adopted by Membership November 5, 2009
   
1.
MEMBERS WILL CHECK IN TOTAL HOURS FOR ALL JOBS RECEIVED FOR THE MONTH.
   

 

 

EXCEPTION:  ALL WORK PERFORMED ON BULK DOCKS SHALL BE FREE HOURS.
                           THESE JOBS SHALL BE DISPATCHED IN NORMAL ROTATION AND                                    SHALL BE CONSIDERED "FLOP JOBS" IF NOT TAKEN.
   
2.
HOURS SHALL RETURN TO 'ZERO' ON THE FIRST DAY OF EACH MONTH.
 
3.
JOBS WILL BE DISPATCHED IN ROTATION.  LOW-HOUR FOREMEN OUT FIRST.
 

4.

FOREMEN WHO FLOP SHALL ADD TEN (10) HOURS FOR KEY AND ELEVEN (11)
HOURS FOR FLEX JOBS.  THEY CANNOT WORK THEIR PRIMARY SHIFT.  FOREMEN WHO CHECK-IN FOR A DOUBLE SHIFT AND FLOP ONE OF THEM SHALL FLOP  BOTH AND ADD THE COMBINED TOTAL OF BOTH SHIFTS.
 
 

5.

 

CHECK-IN TIME DEADLINES:  DAYS 3:30 PM;  NIGHTS 1:00 PM.  ANY HALL FOREMEN
NOT TOLD TO CHECK-IN BY 3:00 PM SHALL BE PAID FOR THE FOLLOWING DAY AT THE PREVAILING RATE:
10 HOURS FOR KEY. ANYONE NOT CHECKED-IN ON TIME SHALL BE DISPATCHED AS A LATE CHECK-IN.
 
   

6.

 

 

JOBS WILL BE DISPATCHED AT THE FOLLOWING TIMES:  DAYS-AFTER 4:00 PM;
NIGHTS-AFTER 2:00 PM.  PLEASE DO NOT CALL FOR YOUR JOB BEFORE THESE
TIMES.
MEMBERS LEFT ON THE BOARD WILL REMAIN AVAILABLE UNTIL 5:30 PM
ON NIGHTS AND 7:30 AM ON DAYS.  ALL MEMBERS NOT RECEIVING A JOB WILL
BE CARRIED OVER.
   

7.

 

 

DAYS OFF:  HALL FOREMEN MAY SQUARE-OFF ANY THREE DAYS/NIGHTS OF EACH PAYROLL WEEK (THEIR PRIMARY SHIFTS WITHOUT TAKING AVERAGE. HALL FOREMEN SHALL BE AVAILABLE/WORK FOUR (4) DAYS/NIGHTS OF THIER PRIMARY SHIFT OR TAKE AVERAGE. FLOPS DO NOT COUNT AS A DAY/NIGHT OF AVAILABILITY.  TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR PGP YOU MUST BE AVAILABLE MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY UNLESS EXCUSED BY A DOCTORS APPOINTMENT, SERVED A SUBPOENA, VERIFIED UNION BUSINESS WITH DOCUMENTATION.
 
   
8.
ALL FOREMEN SHALL TAKE COMEBACKS OR CALL A REPLACEMENT.
   

9.

MEMBERS CAN CALL A REPLACEMENT AFTER THE FIRST DAY ON THE JOB WITHOUT TAKING HOURS. FOREMEN MUST TAKE THEIR PRIMARY SHIFT OFF AFTER CALLING A REPLACEMENT.
 
   

10.

DURING THE HOURS OF DISPATCH (1:00 PM TO 5:00 PM) ONLY MEMBERS WITH UNION BUSINESS OR EMERGENCIES WILL BE ALLOWED IN THE OFFICE.
 
   

11.

ALL HALL FOREMEN SHALL BE DISPATCHED BEFORE ANY STEADY THAT
VOLUNTEERS.
 
   
12.
ALL THIRD SHIFT JOBS SHALL BE VOLUNTEER FOR BOTH DAY AND NIGHT MEMBERS.
   

13.

STEADY FOREMEN CHECKING-IN TO VOLUNTEER SHALL GIVE TOTAL HOURS
WORKED OR PAID FOR THE MONTH ON FRIDAY.
 
   

14.

ALL JOBS SHALL BE DISPATCHED BY CHECK-IN HOURS.  NO PRIORITY SHALL BE
GIVEN TO THOSE FOREMEN WISHING TO DOUBLE BACK ON THEIR OWN JOBS
(NIGHTSIDE).  ANY FOREMEN WISHING TO VOLUNTEER SHALL BE DISPATCHED BY
HOURS. THOSE CHECKING-IN WITHOUT HOURS SHALL THEN FOLLOW.
 
 
   

15.

FOREMEN SHALL NOT BE PERMITTED TO WORK MORE THAN TWO (2) CONSECUTIVE SHIFTS.
 
   

16.

SEQUENCE FOR WORKING DAYS-TO-NIGHTS OR NIGHTS-TO DAYS:
DAY DISPATCH: 1) DAY HALL, 2) NIGHT HALL, 3) DAY STEADY, 4) NIGHT STEADY.
NIGHT DISPACTH; 1) NIGHT HALL, 2) DAY HALL, 3) NIGHT STEADY, 4) DAY STEADY.
 
   
17.
MEMBERS WILL TAKE AVERAGE AFTER BEING OFF THE BOARD THREE (3) OR MORE CONSECUTIVE DAYS/NIGHTS IF THE MEMBERS IS BELOW AVERAGE.
   

18.

 

IF A MEMBER FLOPS THREE (3) OR MORE CONSECUTIVE DAYS/NIGHTS WITHOUT
WORKING, THE MEMBER MUST TAKE AVERAGE ON THE FOURTH (4TH) DAY/NIGHT
OR THE NEXT DAY/NIGHT THE MEMBER CHECKS IN PROVIDING THE MEMBER IS
BELOW AVERAGE.
   

19.

 

ANY COMBINATION OF RULES SEVENTEEN (17) AND EIGHTEEN (18) WHICH EQUALS
THREE (3) DAYS/NIGHTS OF NON AVAILABILITY, MEMBERS SHALL BE REQUIRED
TO CHECK-IN ON AVERAGE.
   

20.

ALL MEMBERS SHALL BE REQUIRED TO BE CHECKED-IN BEFORE BEING
DISPATCHED TO WORK (PER MEMBERSHIP MEETING OCTOBER 6, 2005).
 
 

21.

 

VISITORS SHALL BE ALLOWED TO CHECK-IN AND WORK OUT OF THE DISPATCH
HALL ON A NO-COMEBACK BASIS. THE RECIPROCAL DISPATCH RIGHTS SHALL
APPLY.
   
   
 
UNION POSITION REGARDING THIRD SHIFTS
 
AS APPROVED ON DECEMBER 8, 2006
   
1.
THE THIRD (3rd) SHIFT IS VOLUNTEER ONLY , WITH LOWEST HOURS FIRST OUT IN
IN THE FOLLOWING SEQUENCE: 1) HALL; 2) STEADY.
   
2.
ALL THIRD (3rd)  SHIFT JOBS ARE ONE SHIFT ONLY WITH NO COMEBACKS .
   
3.
THE PRIMARY SHIFTS FOR ALL FOREMEN IS EITHER THE FIRST (1st) SHIFT (DAYS) OR THE SECOND (2nd) SHIFT (NIGHTS).
   

4.

 

ALL HALL FOREMEN, DAY OR NIGHT, MUST ADD TEN (10) HOURS OR BE CHECKED-IN ON THEIR RESPECTIVE PRIMARY SHIFT (1st or 2nd) IN ORDER TO BE DISPATCHED TO THE THIRD (VOLUNTEER) SHIFT.
 
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