Bulletin # 01-14
January 13, 2014
OFFICE OF LOCAL 13
WILL BE CLOSED
MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR.
BIRTHDAY HOLIDAY
The Office will be closed on Monday, January 20, 2014 in observance of the Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday.
DISPATCHING OF SKILLED EQUIPMENT COVERED BY
9.41 OF THE PCLCD
EFFECTIVE – MONDAY, JANUARY 20, 2014
In the event skilled jobs have not filled (excluding skilled jobs that can be sent to the Casual Hall), the Dispatchers shall stop dispatching all windows and read the following prior to commencing dispatch: “There are currently (number & type) jobs hanging. It is your obligation under Section 9.41 of the PCLCD to accept work in your skill category when checked in for work or while working in other categories. If you have been trained and/or qualified in the (job type hanging) you must accept dispatch to this/these job(s) today. Failure to do so shall result in removal from the qualification list of the skill in (hanging job & type), and you shall not be eligible for future skilled training programs, including promotion to Clerking and Foremen.”
If after standing by for a maximum of five minutes in accordance with SCLB-0136-2013 and the jobs still remain unfilled, the Dispatchers are to begin dispatching those identified through the dispatch system as trained in the equipment that is hanging in low board rotation.
Once regular dispatch reconvenes the Dispatchers shall notify any trained individuals that are attempting to take a basic job that skilled work is hanging and they are responsible to fill it. Those workers who refuse to accept dispatch to skilled work shall not be turned away from work but they shall be treated as a flop on their primary board. As such, that individual would have to wait until flops on their primary board are called. They are also ineligible for clerk work.
The Committee agreed that individuals shall not be subject to the flop penalty for accepting dispatch to skilled work in a higher category.
MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. BIRTHDAY
PAID HOLIDAY
Martin Luther King, Jr. Birthday, Monday, January 20, 2014 is a paid holiday. Only registered persons who have 800 qualifying hours in the prior payroll year 2013 and meet the availability requirements for at least two of the five days, Monday through Friday (exclusive of the day of the holiday) during the payroll week in which the holiday falls will receive a paid holiday for Martin Luther King, Jr. Birthday. This means you must work or meet the availability requirement for at least two days Tuesday, January 21; Wednesday, January 22; Thursday, January 23 and Friday, January 24, 2014.
Under the current contract, one does not have to meet the availability requirement if you have worked 1300 hours in the prior payroll year (2013) to receive Martin Luther King, Jr. Birthday paid holiday.
Anyone intending to take a vacation during the holiday week must report the vacation to the Records Clerk in the Dispatch Hall on or before Friday, January 24, 2014 in order to be paid for the holiday. Any person not receiving holiday pay because of illness, injury, jury duty, etc. must file a claim with the Records Clerk on or before Friday, March 14, 2014. The Martin Luther King, Jr. paid holiday will be paid on paycheck of February 7, 2014.
Fraternally,
Chris Viramontes Julie Brady Mark Williams
President Vice President Secretary/Treasurer