Common use of PREFERENCE OF EMPLOYMENT Clause in Contracts

PREFERENCE OF EMPLOYMENT. First preference of employment and dispatch shall be given to fully registered longshoremen who are available for employment covered by Section 1 of this Contract Document in accordance with the rules and regulations adopted by the Joint Port Labor Relations Committee. A similar second pref- erence shall be so given to limited registered men. The Joint Coast Labor Relations Committee shall be authorized to effec- tuate such preferences in such manner and for such times and places as it determines in its discretion. 8.42 Dispatching of men and gangs shall be under the prin- ciple of low-man, low-gang, first-to-be-dispatched, except where local dispatching rules provide otherwise for dispatch- ing of special skilled men and gangs.