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          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 of            





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