THE PLAN FOR THE SETTLEMENT OF JURISDICTIONAL DISPUTES IN THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY Sample Clauses

THE PLAN FOR THE SETTLEMENT OF JURISDICTIONAL DISPUTES IN THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY. The Building and Construction Trades Department, AFL-CIO, on behalf of its fifteen affiliated National and International Unions and their Local Unions, have joined with five employer associations11 to establish the Plan for the Settlement of Jurisdictional Disputes in the Construction Industry (the Plan). The jurisdictional disputes procedure has been in effect since 1984 and replaced such predecessor plans as the Impartial Jurisdictional Disputes Board and the National Joint Board. The Building and Construction Trades Department’s Constitution requires all jurisdictional disputes between crafts to be settled pursuant to the Plan. As the Plan is a voluntary dispute resolution mechanism, however, a case will not be processed unless the employer agrees to be bound to the Plan.12 When a jurisdictional dispute arises, the National or International Unions have five days to resolve the matter. Anytime within the five day period, the involved National or International Unions or the contractor responsible for making the assignment may request the matter be arbitrated. The parties then have three days to select an arbitrator from a permanent panel of arbitrators knowledgeable in the construction industry. Once selected, the arbitrator must hold the hearing within seven days. The arbitrator issues a decision within three days of the close of the hearing.13 The arbitrator may not award back pay or damages for a miss-assignment of work nor may any party bring an independent action for damages based on the arbitrator’s award. The losing party pays the fees and expenses of the arbitrator. The arbitrator’s decision is final and binding. There is no appeal procedure. The Plan prohibits work stoppages, slowdowns, NLRB and court actions, and grievances under a collective bargaining agreement where the issue involves a jurisdictional dispute or assignment of work by a stipulated contractor. If a union engages in such activity, the Plan provides for expedited arbitration to resolve the matter. Upon notice by the contractor of an impediment to job progress, the Administrator informs the appropriate General President. If the General President is unable to stop the impediment, the Administrator selects an arbitrator to hold a hearing within 24 hours. The sole issues at the hearing is whether there has been an impediment to job progress. The arbitrator must issue a decision within three hours after the close of the hearing. If court enforcement of an arbitrator’s decision is nece...
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