The following procedures shall be observed in the operation of the Hiring Hall:

Registration

Section 1. All applicants for work shall provide necessary documentation to the hiring agent to [prove] U.S. citizenship or proper U.S. employment authorization. No applicant will be dispatched who is not authorized for U.S. employment.

Section 2. Any applicant for work within the area covered by this Agreement shall register his availability by signing the Applicant’s Out-of-Work Registration Book. In addition to supplying the usual employment data, the applicant shall designate his craft as a plumber, steamfitter, refrigeration/air-conditioning mechanic, or welder. The applicant may list any certifications, licenses, or special skills he possesses that are trade-related on his work card.

Section 3. Where it appears from the applicant’s registration that he has served his apprenticeship at the trade under any system acceptable to the U.S. [Office of Apprenticeship Training, Employer, and Labor Services], or in the alternative, has had no less than four years’ experience in the plumbing, pipefitting, or welding trade and has passed any standard examination determinative of the degree of skill and training he possesses, his name may be placed on the appropriate Hiring Hall register in the order of his registration, provided that his experience or examination is equivalent to the standards prevailing within the jurisdiction of Local 32. Where applicable, union records may be used in determining the applicant’s trade, skill, and experience qualifications. It shall be the burden of the applicant to prove his trade, skill, and competency qualifications.

Section 4. No B, C, D, or E applicant shall register work availability at more than one Hiring Hall (maintained by a labor organization whose members are employed in plumbing, pipefitting, or welding work) during any one period of unemployment. Violators of this rule shall be placed at the bottom of the Local 32 Hiring Hall register. For a second offense, he shall be summoned before the EAB [Examining and Appeals Board] and subject to a suspension from the Hiring Hall register for a period of not more than six months.

Section 5. All applicants from Area One must register or re-register for work in person. All applicants from Area Two may do so by a mail request accompanied with a termination form. This would also apply for all physically incapacitated members from any area.

Section 6. Effective June 1, 1982, any applicant unable to prove that he has submitted himself to an examination designed to determine his skill and competence, shall not be placed on the Hiring Hall register irrespective of his other training and experience. Such an applicant shall be supplied a request directed to the EAB for the examination required by this Agreement. At the time of filing his request with the EAB, the applicant, requesting examination, shall pay to the EAB a fee of $30. The fee shall be used to defray expense of examination. The applicant’s name shall not be added to the Hiring Hall register until Local 32 has received the written notification from the EAB that he has successfully passed the examination.

Section 7. In the event an applicant requests any additional examination for any reason, the standard examination fee of $30 shall accompany each request.

Section 8. An applicant who obtains a position on the Hiring Hall register through fraud, misrepresentation, or other improper means will be subject to downgrading, suspension, or removal from the register depending on the gravity of the offense.

The matter shall be referred to the EAB. If the applicant is found to be guilty [sic] of fraud or misrepresentation, the EAB shall fix the penalty to be imposed according to the gravity of the offense. Penalties shall range from downgrading on the Hiring Hall register through suspension for fixed periods of time.

Section 9. An applicant who has been suspended from the Hiring Hall register may re-register his availability at the end of the suspension period. His name shall then be placed at the bottom of the register.

Section 10. Any applicant whose name may have been stricken from a Hiring Hall register for a period of 30 days or longer may file a petition for reinstatement to the Hiring Hall register. The petition shall detail the change or circumstances relied upon by the petitioner in seeking reinstatement to the Hiring Hall register. The petition shall be addressed to the EAB.

Section 11. Each applicant must be physically available for work offers within 24 hours after call as a condition of retaining his respective position an the Hiring Hall register. For failure to be available within the time specified and without good cause, the applicant shall be charged with a work rejection.

Section 12. In the event an applicant is incapacitated because of either occupational or non-occupational illness or injury, his position on the Hiring Hall register shall continue to move until he is in first position. Upon obtaining a written release from his medical attendant, the applicant shall report that fact to Local 32 for the purpose of work referral. It shall be the burden of the applicant to submit a physician-signed letter to prove physical disability in order to retain his position on the Hiring Hall register.

Section 13. Applicants electing to apply for and receiving vacation status under the terms and provisions of this Agreement shall not lose their place on the Hiring Hall register. Applicants applying for a vacation must first notify the Hiring agent in person, by letter, e-mail, or fax. The request will be processed that night and will be effective the following day. Applicants returning from vacation must first notify the Hiring agent in person by letter, e-mail, or fax. The request will be processed that night and will be effective the following day. Vacations are limited to an accumulation of 30 days per calendar year. In the event applicants should become eligible for work while on vacation, their inability to accept work shall not be charged against them as a work rejection.

Section 14. An applicant shall be referred to work in the order of his precedence an the Hiring Hall register either as a journeyman plumber, steamfitter, welder or refrigeration/air-conditioning mechanic, except—in those instances where the Employer calls for an applicant by name in accordance with Sections 1, 2, 3, and 4 of Dispatch Procedures or specifies particular skill or certification—the applicant shall be referred pursuant thereto who preceded all others possessing the same special skill or certification on the Hiring Hall register.

Section 15. An accurate Hiring Hall register of available applicants shall be maintained. Any applicant who accepts employment for 15 working days or less (excluding Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays) may return to his original place on the out-of-work list without re-registering. The 15 working days may be a composite of short jobs that do not total over 15 working days. The applicant must report himself available for work at the Hiring Hall an any business day within 24 hours (Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays excluded) after termination from the job or company. Any employment accepted over 15 working days (excluding Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays) will require re-registering his availability at the Hiring Hall and taking the bottom position on the out-of-work list.

Section 16. Residents of the Seattle, Wenatchee, and Port Angeles areas, at the time of registration or re-registration, may restrict their availability of jobs in their area of residence. Those who do so will not be offered jobs outside their residence area until the other areas’ applicant lists are exhausted. Those applicants not designating an area preference will have equal referral privileges in all areas of work as to their date of registration or re-registration. For these applicants, a refusal of work referral in any area will be counted as a work rejection (Dispatch Procedures § 12).

Section 17. The Hiring Hall shall be open from 7:30 am to 4:30 pm, Monday through Friday, except as noted in Working Rules Article IV § 5(A).

Section 18. An A applicant who is duly registered and accepts employment outside the jurisdiction of the Hiring Hall shall have the right to freeze his registration date for a period not to exceed six months unless he notifies Local 32 that he would be able to accept a job within 48 hours’ notice and wishes to extend it for another six months’ period.

Section 19. The Hiring Hall shall be permitted to charge a lawful Hiring Hall registration fee as may be determined by Local 32.

Dispatch procedures

Section 1. All Employers utilizing the Hiring Hall have the right to call from the A List any person covered by this Agreement. However, for each person called for work in this manner, the Employer’s next request for that craft must be filled from the first available qualified person from the A List.

All short-call dispatches of 15 days or less (see [Registration] § 15) shall not qualify as a top-of-the-list dispatch for the purpose of obtaining a call by name for the next dispatch.

Section 2. All Employers utilizing the Hiring Hall have right to call from the A List any person who may have been employed by that Employer in any area covered by this Agreement within the past 120 calendar days.

Section 3. The Employer may select one applicant per craft for necessary supervision for a specific project by name among the applicants registered on the A List. When an applicant is referred as a supervisor, the applicant shall maintain supervisory pay status for the duration of said project. When the project is completed and the applicant is no longer needed, the applicant shall receive a reduction-of-force and be returned to the Hiring Hall. An applicant’s time worked under this dispatch shall not be considered as time employed for rehire purposes.

Section 4. The contractors signatory to this Agreement recognize their individual responsibility to develop and implement an equal employment opportunity and affirmative action program. To facilitate this effort, the Employers who are required by statute, contract, or a publicly-funded contracting agency, such as the Office of Federal Contract Compliance [Programs], City, County, Port of Seattle, etc., to employ minorities or females may, after submitting written proof to the Hiring Hall agent, call for the first available minority or female.

Section 5. Work orders for steamfitters will be filled each day on a rotational basis from the steamfitter A, B, C, and D Lists. If the steamfitter work orders are unfilled, the dispatcher will go to the welder list starting with the A List and proceed through to the end of the D List. If work orders remain unfilled, the dispatcher will go to the refrigeration/air-conditioning A List and proceed through to the end of the D List. If work orders remain unfilled, the dispatcher will go to the plumber A List, and proceed through to the end of the D List. If work orders remain unfilled, the jobs will be offered to the E List applicants. Refrigeration/air-conditioning [mechanics], plumbers, and E List applicants will not be charged with a rejection if they do not have the jobs skills or certification required.

Section 6. Welder work orders will be filled each day on a rotational basis from the welder A, B, C, and D Lists. Unfilled work orders will be offered to applicants on the steamfitter A, B, C, and D Lists. If work orders remain unfilled, the dispatcher will go to the refrigeration/air-conditioning A List and proceed through to the end of the D List. If work orders remain unfilled, the jobs will be offered to the plumber A List and proceed through to the end of the D List. If work orders remain unfilled, the jobs will he offered to the E List applicants. Steamfitters, refrigeration/air-conditioning mechanics, plumbers, and E List applicants will not be charged with a rejection if they do not have the required jobs skills or certification.

Section 7. Plumber work orders will be filled each day an a rotational basis from the plumber A, B, C, and D Lists. Unfilled work orders will next be offered to applicants on the steamfitter A, B, C, and D Lists. If work orders remain unfilled, the dispatcher will go to the refrigeration/air-conditioning A, B, C, and D Lists. If work orders remain unfilled, the dispatcher will go to the welder A, B, C, and D Lists and then to the E List applicants. Steamfitters, refrigeration/air-conditioning [mechanics], welders, and E List applicants will not be charged with a rejection If they do not have the required job skills, license, or certification.

Section 8. Work orders for refrigeration/air-conditioning fitters will be filled each day on a rotational basis from the refrigeration A, B, C, and D Lists. If refrigeration/air-conditioning work orders are unfilled, the dispatcher will go to the steamfitter A, B, C, and D Lists. If work orders remain unfilled, the dispatcher will go to the welder A, B, C, and D Lists. If work orders remain unfilled, the dispatcher will go to the plumber A, B, C, and D Lists. If work orders remain unfilled, the dispatcher will go to the E List applicants. Steamfitters, welders, plumbers, and E List applicants will not be charged with a rejection if they do not have the required job skills, license, or certification.

Section 9. If an applicant who has been dispatched, presents himself to the Employer and is unable to perform a normal day’s work due to the use of intoxicating liquor or under the influence of drugs (except those prescribed by the applicant’s physician), the applicant’s name shall be stricken from the Hiring Hall register for a period of 15 days for the first offense, 30 days for the second offense, and for the third offense he shall be summoned before the EAB for appropriate action.

Section 10. Applicants failing to report as referred without good cause therefor shall be placed at the bottom of the Hiring Hall register for the first offense. A second offense shall be sufficient reason for the EAB to summon the applicant to appear before it for the purpose of showing cause why his name should not be suspended from the Hiring Hall register.

Section 11. Any applicant who has accepted a work referral, and who thereafter is unable to report at the time and place ordered, shall notify Local 32 as soon as possible of his inability to report as referred as a condition of retaining his position an the Hiring Hall register.

Section 12. No applicant shall be tendered any work referral to any employment for which he is obviously unqualified based upon the information supplied by his Hiring Hall folder. If referred due to misrepresentation of qualifications, the applicant shall not receive show-up pay.

Section 13. Any applicant may reject two offers of suitable work made to him by Local 32 without losing his position on the Hiring Hall register. A third rejection of such employment shall be cause for the applicant’s name to be placed at the bottom of the Hiring Hall register unless good cause can be proven, such as injury, illness, or other emergency. The burden of providing good cause shall be the applicant’s. (For the purpose of this Section, an applicant who has limited his availability to an area or special skill shall not be charged with a work rejection for refusing a work referral for employment outside his registered area or specialty.)

Section 14. Work calls shall be made by Local 32 to the telephone number supplied by the applicant at the time of registration.

Section 15. If no telephone number is supplied by the applicant, it shall be the responsibility of the applicant to keep himself available for work referrals by Local 32.

Section 16. Applicants on the Hiring Hall register shall be available for work referral, dispatch, or calls between the hours of 7:30 am and 11:30 am daily, Monday through Friday (unless otherwise posted) except as noted in Working Rules Article IV § 5(A). An applicant not available at the hour appointed for work referral under this Section shall be charged with a work rejection on his Hiring Hall registration (without good cause). The burden of proving good cause shall be up to the applicant. However, the applicant shall not be charged with more than one rejection per day.

Section 17. When an Employer requests an applicant for immediate dispatch with less than 20 hours’ notification to the Hiring Hall, that applicant will be paid eight hours’ pay if he is dispatched before noon and four hours’ pay if he is dispatched after noon. The applicant shall report to the Employer within a reasonable time after dispatch.

The hiring agent agrees to refer qualified applicants to the Employers within 72 hours, exclusive of holidays and weekends. After 72 hours the Employer may hire from any source if the order is not filled. Article V shall apply.

Section 18. Should it become necessary to dispatch out-of-classification applicants to fill a call for manpower, the Union may dispatch out-of-classification workers to the jobsite only. Out-of-classification employees will not be transferred to another jobsite without the approval of the business manager.