- 3 - work assignments were exclusively in the repair, maintenance, construction, or rehabilitation of paper mills and power plants, which included nuclear, gas turbine, and coal-fired plants, engaged in either the generation of electricity or the production of pulp or paper products. Petitioner's work assignments were temporary, lasting a few hours, a few days, several weeks, or for months. The latter categories usually involved new construction or the major overhaul of an existing facility. Petitioner was never an employee of the regular workforce at any facility. Pursuant to a collective bargaining agreement between the union and the owners and operators of the various mills and power plants in Wisconsin, all work involving boilermakers at mills and plants was directed and coordinated by the union from its offices at Waukesha, Wisconsin. Whenever a call or request came from a mill or plant for one or more boilermakers, the union assigned boilermakers to the requesting plants under what was described as a "ladder" system, wherein the union maintained a list of its boilermaker members. Whenever a call or request came for one or more boilermakers, the first name or names on the list were assigned to the job. When a job was completed, the union steward at the mill called the union office at Waukesha, Wisconsin, and the "laid off" workers' names were placed at the bottom of the ladder. The union had a "no turn down" policy, which required each designated boilermaker to accept an assignment. Members ofPage: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Next
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