1

All applicants for employment must sign the appropriate "Available for Work" (List), and fill out all applicable registration forms.  Each applicant must have a signed “Letter of Introduction” from their home Local Union Business Manager in order to sign the available for work list. Each applicant shall be registered numerically in the group list for which he qualifies in accordance with the Local 1340 Inside Agreement. 

2

All applicants shall be required to furnish verified or documented proof of work experience approved by the Business Manager or his designated representative to qualify for employment.

3

Available-for-work (List) registration hours are from 8:00am to 12:00pm and 1:00pm to 5:00pm Monday through Friday.  

4

It is the responsibility of the applicant to notify the Local Union office of any address, phone number or point of contact change.

5

RE-SIGN – Applicants must re-sign the available-for-work list between the 10^th and the 16^th of each calendar month between 8:00am to 12:00pm and 1:00pm to 5:00pm.   Applicants may re-sign in person, via fax, email, certified, regular mail or online at:  http://www.ibew1340.com

6

Each applicant is permitted two (2) job turndowns without penalty, and will be removed from the list for a third (3^rd) turndown.  Any applicant removed from the available for work list must resign in person.  There shall be no distinction between a short call turndown and full call turndown.

Example:  There are 100 persons on the available for work list and there are calls for 4 Journeyman Wireman (JWs).  Number 37 on the list mans the last job.  Every applicant from #1 to #36 that did not take a job or was unavailable gets a turndown (ding) regardless of the type of call.  As stated previously, an individual receiving three (3) turndowns (dings) will be promptly removed from the available for work list. 

7

Failure to report for a call you have accepted and were assigned will result in the immediate removal of the appropriate available for work list.  Any applicant removed from the available for work list must resign in person.

8

The Business Manager is responsible for filling calls for manpower in a timely manner as needed by employers.  The referral of applicants shall be conducted in accordance with these rules and Article 4 of the Inside Collective Bargaining Agreement.  Applicants will be contacted via telephone and referred out in numerical order in accordance with their position on the available for work list.  In the event of an emergency, the referral of applicants may be made outside of normal business hours using whatever means available to fill calls and place applicants.  Upon completion of a call and re-registration, the applicant shall be placed at the bottom of the appropriate available for work list. 

9

In accordance with Category 1 language adopted December 23, 2008 – “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 re-qualify unless he qualifies for, requests and is granted Group I status in another local union.  If that situation occurs, the applicant would have to re-qualify for group I status in any previous local union(s) in which he enjoyed Group I status.” 

10

The use of the masculine or feminine gender in this procedure shall be construed as including both genders and not a sex limitation unless the procedure clearly requires a different construction.