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Section 8.1

Section 8.1
Dispatching Halls.
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Section 8.11

The dispatching of all longshoremen shall be through halls maintained and operated jointly by the International Longshore and Warehouse Union and the Pacific Maritime As sociation in accordance with the provisions of Section 17. There shall be one central dispatching hall in each of the ports with such branch halls as shall be mutually agreed upon.

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Section 8.111

The Association and the Union agree that continued study shall be made in mechanizing the dispatching halls and if a feasible plan is developed it shall be instituted in a major port on a trial basis. If no agreement is reached as to a feasible plan or its institution on a trial basis, such disagreement or disagreements may be submitted to the Area Arbitrator for resolution.

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Section 8.12

Any longshoreman who is not a member of the Union shall be permitted to use the dispatching hall only if he pays his pro rata share of the expenses related to the dispatching hall, the Labor Relations Committee, etc. The amount of these payments and the manner of paying them shall be fixed by the Joint Port Labor Relations Committees.

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Section 8.13

Any non-Association employer shall be permitted to use the dispatching hall only if he pays to the Association for the support of the hall the equivalent of the dues and assessments paid by the Association’s members. Such nonmember employers shall have no preference in the allocation of men, and shall be allocated men on the same basis as Association members.

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Section 8.14

Longshoremen not on the registered list shall not be dispatched from the dispatching hall or employed by any employer while there is any man on the registered list qualified, ready and willing to do the work.

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Section 8.15

The local union shall bear one-half of all expenses of the dispatching hall less the amount received by the Joint Port Labor Relations Committee from nonmembers of the Union as pro rata shares payable under Section 8.12. (See Addenda, Dispatch Hall Costs.)

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Section 8.2

Section 8.2
Dispatching Hall Personnel.
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Section 8.21

The personnel for each dispatching hall, with the exception of Dispatchers, shall be determined and appointed by the Joint Labor Relations Committee of the port. Dispatchers shall be selected by the Union through elections in which all candidates shall qualify according to standards prescribed and measured by the Joint Labor Relations Committee of the port. If it fails to agree on the appropriate standards or on whether a candidate is qualified under the standards, the dispute shall be decided in accord with provisions of Section 17.

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Section 8.22

Section 8.22
The term of office of any Dispatcher shall be at least 1 year.
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Section 8.23

All personnel of the dispatching hall including Dispatchers, shall be governed by rules and regulations of the Joint Port Labor Relations Committee, and shall be removable for cause by the Joint Port Labor Relations Committee.

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Section 8.24

The Association shall be permitted to maintain a representative in the dispatching hall. The Joint Port Labor Relations Committee shall permit any authorized representative of the Association or the Union to inspect dispatching hall records.

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Section 8.3

Section 8.3
Registration.
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Section 8.31

The Joint Port Labor Relations Committee in any port, subject to the ultimate control of the Joint Coast Labor Relations Committee, shall exercise control over registered lists in that port, including the power to make additions to or subtractions from the registered lists as may be necessary. In each port there shall be maintained a list of longshoremen showing their registration status under this Agreement. When objecting to the registration of any man, members of the Joint Port Labor Relations Committee shall be required to give reason therefor.

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Section 8.32

Any longshoreman registered by a Joint Port Labor Relations Committee in accordance with this Contract Document shall thereby acquire joint coastwise registration under this Agreement. The rights and obligations of coastwise registration in regard to transfers between ports, visiting and leaves of absence are set forth in Supplement I to this Contract Document. The rights and obligations of coastwise registration in regard to transfer of registered longshoremen to registered clerk status and vice versa are set forth in Supplement II to this Contract Document.

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Section 8.33

Section 8.33
Either party may demand additions to or subtractions from the registered lists as may be necessary to meet the needs of the industry.
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Section 8.34

Each registered longshoreman has the obligation to request a leave of absence if he intends to absent himself from work for a period of 30 days or longer and in other circumstances as may be covered by port rules under Supplement I. A registered longshoreman who fails to work for 30 days, except when on approved leave, and whose facts and reasons for such absence are not acceptable to the Joint Port Labor Relations Committee, may be deregistered.

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Section 8.35

A registered individual holding a nonlongshore job is subject to discipline, including deregistration if the individual’s outside employment detrimentally conflicts with the individual’s duties as a registered longshoreman.

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Section 8.4

Section 8.4
Preference of Employment.
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Section 8.41

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 preference shall be so given to limited registered men. The Joint Coast Labor Relations Committee shall be authorized to effectuate such preferences in such manner and for such times and places as it determines in its discretion.

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Section 8.42

Dispatching of men and gangs shall be under the principle of low-man, low-gang, first-to-be-dispatched, except where local dispatching rules provide otherwise for dispatching of special skilled men and gangs.

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Section 8.43

Section 8.43
There shall be no favoritism or discrimination in the hiring or dispatching or employment of any longshoremen qualified and eligible under the Agreement.
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Section 8.44

Any longshoreman or dispatching hall employee found guilty by the Joint Port Labor Relations Committee of favoritism or discrimination or bribery shall immediately be discharged and dropped from the registered list.

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Section 8.5

Section 8.5
Furnishing of gangs and supporting men.
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Section 8.51

Each dispatching hall shall furnish on any day required up to at least the agreed to number of gangs and supporting men, as well as up to any number agreed to, or arrived at through Contract procedures, in the future.

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Section 8.52

Section 8.52
Where such gangs and men cannot be dispatched from the fully registered list, then limited registered men and casuals, if required, shall be dispatched.
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Section 8.53

Section 8.53
Qualified limited registered men and casuals shall be dispatched in skilled categories when required.
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Section 8.54

Section 8.54
Limited registered men and casuals shall be dispatched on any shift on any day, if required.
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Section 8.55

Limited registered men and casuals shall be permitted to finish the job to which they were dispatched when so determined by the Chief Dispatcher. Replacements hereunder shall not occur before the end of a shift.

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Section 8.56

Section 8.56
Arrangements for employment of casuals shall be made by the Joint Labor Relations Committee of the port.
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Section 8.57

A registered man who accepts a dispatch and who fails to report to the job to which dispatched and thereby makes it impossible for the work to proceed shall be guilty of causing a work stoppage and shall be subject to discipline as set forth in Section 17.

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