Common use of Order of Dispatch Clause in Contracts

Order of Dispatch. Upon the request of a contractor for employees, the Union shall endeavor to furnish the persons requested. In dispatching applicants from each list, the Union shall first refer to applicants with Group I seniority in the order in which their names appear on the list, and shall follow the same procedure successively with Group II. Provided, however, that: (a) KEY EMPLOYEES. Requests by contractors for applicants to act as supervisors, foremen, or general foremen shall be honored without regard to the requested employee’s place on the out-of-work lists; provided requests for applicants to serve as key employees from Group II shall not be honored so long as there are applicants on the Group I list. For purposes of this Section, a welder shall not be considered a key employee except in those shops that perform welding exclusively. (b) EMPLOYEES REHIRED WITHIN ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY (120) DAYS. Requests by contractors for particular plumbers, steamfitters, pipe fitter/welders or HVAC/Refrigeration journeymen from Group I who have been laid off or terminated by the contractor within one hundred and twenty (120) working days prior to the request shall be honored without regard to the employee’s place on the out-of-work list.

Order of Dispatch. Upon the request of a contractor for employees, the Union shall endeavor to furnish the persons requested. In dispatching applicants from each list, the Union shall first first refer to applicants with Group I seniority in the order in which their names appear on the list, and shall follow the same procedure successively with Group II. Provided, however, that: (a) KEY EMPLOYEES. Requests by contractors for applicants to act as supervisors, foremen, or general foremen shall be honored without regard to the requested employee’s place on the out-of-work lists; provided requests for applicants to serve as key employees from Group II shall not be honored so long as there are applicants on the Group I list. For purposes of this Section, a welder shall not be considered a key employee except in those shops that perform welding exclusively. (b) EMPLOYEES REHIRED WITHIN ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY (120) DAYS. Requests by contractors for particular plumbers, steamfitterssteamfitters, pipe fitterfitter/welders or HVAC/Refrigeration journeymen from Group I who have been laid off or terminated by the contractor within one hundred and twenty (120) working days prior to the request shall be honored without regard to the employee’s place on the out-of-work list.