Hiring Hall

• Welcome to the Teamsters Local 174 Heavy Construction Hiring Hall
  
  The Hiring Hall is a dispatch list for Heavy Highway Construction drivers only. In order to join the list, you must have at least 2 years of verifiable Construction Driving Experience, as well as a CDL, a current DOT Medical Card, and the ability to obtain a Driver’s Abstract.
  If you meet the qualifications, you can sign up for the Hiring Hall online by clicking here.
  You can also call Laurie Wood in Dispatch at (206) 441-0223, or come to your Union Hall at 14675 Interurban Ave S., Tukwila.PLEASE READ ALL OF THE RULES BELOW AND CALL WITH ANY QUESTIONS.

APPROVED May 15, 2023

GENERAL TEAMSTERS LOCAL UNION NO. 174 HEAVY CONSTRUCTION HIRING HALL RULES

(OUT OF WORK LIST)

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1. For purposes of registration on the Local Union No. 174 Heavy Construction Hiring Hall (“Heavy Construction Hiring Hall”) lists, the Local Union recognizes two types of registrants for referral:
   1. “Active registrants,” defined as applicants for a referral who meet the qualifications specified in these Heavy Construction Hiring Hall rules and relevant employer contracts, who are not currently working for any employer, and who are awaiting referral on either the A, B, C, or D Heavy Construction Hiring Hall lists.
   2. “Inactive registrants,” defined as individuals who are in good standing with the Heavy Construction Hiring Hall but who are not currently on any “Out of Work”
2. Active registrants’ names will be placed on the appropriate Group list, commonly referred to as the A, B, C & D “Out of Work” lists (OWL), according to their qualifications. The list qualifications are as follows (pursuant to Section 10.3.1 of the Associated General Contractors of Washington Agreement with Teamsters Locals 38, 174, 231, 252, 313, 589, hereinafter “AGC Agreement”):

All Teamsters, upon appropriate registration for employment, shall be hired and/or rehired in strict accordance with their total length of service with any Employer or combination of Employers,[1] under the terms of this or predecessor agreements, as follows:

1. 1. Teamsters who have worked an aggregate of 500 hours during the two (2) year period immediately preceding registration. Persons who have successfully completed the Teamster Training Program shall also be entitled to registration on the A list category.
   2. Teamsters who have worked an aggregate of more than 500 but fewer than 500 hours during the two (2) year period immediately preceding registration.
   3. Teamsters and other registrants for employment that have accumulated no hours during the two (2) year period immediately preceding registration.
   4. All apprentices registered with the Teamsters Apprenticeship Training Center.

3. First-time applicants who wish to register on the Heavy Construction Hiring Hall must do so in person at any time during normal office hours and must provide the following:
   1. Completed Heavy Construction Hiring Hall application.
   2. Current Medical Card if applicable.
   3. Department of Motor Vehicles five (5) year complete Driver’s Abstract no more than 30 days old.
   4. Applicants must be available to interview with the Heavy Construction Hiring Hall Review Committee if deemed necessary by the Committee Chair. Applications will be reviewed, and applicants will, if necessary, be given a date and time for their interview with the Heavy Construction Hiring Hall Review Committee.
   5. Any applicant desiring to be dispatched to a job requiring special certifications, such as Hazwoper, Forklift, Smart Mark, or OSHA 10, shall provide the Dispatcher with a copy of the certification. Absent such applicable certificate on file with the Local Union, an applicant shall not be eligible for dispatch to a job requiring a special certification.
   6. All qualified applicants shall be positioned on the A, B, C, or D list in the order in which they applied, provided they meet the requisite qualifications stated above. Dispatches will only be issued if the applicant has registered and been properly assigned to a Group.
4. It is the registrant’s sole responsibility to keep the Hiring Hall registration form (green sheet) up to date. When changing any state/federal restrictions/endorsements, verification is necessary. Registrants who are qualified to be on the A-List can update their green sheet in person, by mail, or by email. Falsification of any qualification will result in a ninety (90) day suspension.  A second offense will result in a lifetime ban from the Hiring Hall.
5. Initial dispatch will be made exclusively by telephone. At the time of initial registration, applicants for referral must provide one telephone number where they may be reached between 8:00 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. on weekdays. The applicant is responsible for informing the Dispatcher of any changes in the phone number the applicant wishes to designate for this purpose.
6. Active registrants are obligated to remain available for dispatch between 8:00 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. on weekdays and to be reachable by telephone at the one phone number designated by them for such calls by the end of the business day after the Dispatcher attempts to contact them. The Dispatcher will leave a message on the phone number provided, if possible. Should any active registrant fail to answer the phone when called for a potential dispatch by the Dispatcher and subsequently fail to return that call, by the end of the business day, the registrant will have failed to satisfy this obligation (this will be considered a refusal). Should this occur three (3) consecutive times, or should it occur three (3) times within any 90-day period, the registrant will be suspended from the Out-of-Work list for a period of ninety (90) days.
7. Upon request from an Employer, the Union shall dispatch qualified and competent active registrants in the manner specified. Initial dispatch will be made exclusively by telephone in order of the referral lists; the Union shall begin with qualified individuals from the A list. If the Dispatcher is unable to fill the dispatch with qualified individuals from the A list, they shall dispatch qualified individuals from the B list in the order they registered.  If the Dispatcher is unable to fill the dispatch from the B list, they shall dispatch qualified individuals from the C list in the order they registered. All apprentices shall be dispatched off of the D list.
8. All Teamsters must be dispatched through the Heavy Construction Hiring Hall, whether new hires, re-hires, re-calls, or requests. Hours accumulated other than through a proper dispatch may not be considered for grouping qualifications. Teamsters employed contrary to the hiring provisions of this agreement, other than under the circumstances addressed in paragraphs 9 and 19 below, shall be deemed unlawfully employed. The Union reserves the right to require that the unlawfully employed individual be terminated from that employment. In addition, that individual shall thereafter be ineligible for dispatch to the employer involved for a period of six months and shall be placed at the bottom of the list. If a member is deemed unlawfully employed for a second (2nd) time, they will be ineligible for the Heavy Construction Hiring Hall list for one (1) year. The third (3rd) unlawful employment will make the registrant ineligible for the Heavy Construction Hiring Hall for life.
9. Employers are entitled to recall any former employee by “callout.” A former employee entitled to a personal call (callout) who accepts the callout must immediately secure a dispatch from the Dispatcher within 24 hours (weekends & holidays excluded). Any registrant who accepts a personal callout without notifying the Dispatcher within these 24 hours (weekends & holidays excluded) will suffer the following consequences:

Disciplinary action:

1. 1. First Offense: When the Dispatcher learns that a registrant has failed to comply with this requirement, the registrant will be moved to the bottom of the list and be notified in writing. After twelve (12) months the clock will reset.
   2. Second Offense: as of the date the Dispatcher learns of a second documented failure to comply with this requirement, the first failure having previously been sanctioned as a First Offense consistent with the above provision, the registrant will be immediately removed from the list, and will also be suspended from the Out-of­Work list for a period of six months and be notified in writing.
   3. Third Offense: As of the date the Dispatcher learns of a third documented failure to comply with this requirement, the first two failures having previously been sanctioned consistent with the above provision, the registrant will be expelled from the Hiring Hall for a period of one (1) year and be notified in writing.

It will not be considered a turn-down if the project is over fifty (50) miles from the home address the member provided to the hiring hall or if the member has a medical restriction prohibiting them from driving at night.

10. Active registrants who suffer illness or injury and are unable to respond to a dispatch and who provide proof of illness or injury upon request will be removed from the list during their illness or injury and returned to their original place on the list when their doctor releases them, provided such written release is submitted to the Dispatcher.
11. Members of the military who are called to Active Duty will be removed from the list and returned to their original place when they are released from active duty. The Dispatcher must receive a copy of their Active-Duty orders, DD2 I 4, discharge, or another appropriate document.
12. When a registrant has been rejected, laid off as unsatisfactory, or discharged for cause by an Employer, and the Employer chooses to request that this registrant not subsequently be dispatched to that Employer, the Employer must, in writing, identify the “cause” which is the basis for this request and notify the registrant and the Union. The Employer’s confirmation of the above request will be honored for two years following the date of that request. Such a request may be grieved by a registrant in accordance with the procedures outlined in the AGC Agreement. Under no circumstances will any written request that a registrant not subsequently be dispatched to the requesting Employer be honored for a period of time over two years; however, an Employer may renew such a request in writing to the registrant and the Union for additional two-year periods, should it choose to do so, subject again to the registrant’s right to grieve that renewed request.
13. A registrant whom three (3) Employers have either discharged for cause, rejected, or laid off as unsatisfactory with a request that they not subsequently be dispatched within two years will be expelled from the Hiring Hall for a period of two years following the date of the last adverse employment action. Decisions by Employers rejecting, laying off as unsatisfactory, or discharging for cause may be grieved by a registrant in accordance with the procedures outlined in the AGC Agreement. Any grievant expelled from the Hiring Hall under this provision may apply for reinstatement in the Hiring Hall after the end of the two years of being expelled, and such an application will not be unreasonably denied.
14. A registrant will not lose their place on the (OWL) unless they have worked more than five (5) days for the contractor they were dispatched to. An active registrant shall be returned to their previous spot on the OWL if they worked at most five (5) days for the contractor they were dispatched to.
15. All eligible applicants on the OWL shall be governed exclusively by Local Union No. 174 Heavy Construction Hiring Hall, the Associated General Contractors of Washington Agreement, and/or applicable provisions in other relevant Local Union No. 174 employer contracts. Should a conflict exist between any of these rules and conditions, the rules and provisions outlined in the Local Union No.174 Heavy Construction Hiring Hall rules will prevail to the extent legally permissible.
16. First-time applicants for referral pay a one-time twenty-five ($25.00) processing fee, and after that all applicants for referral pay a seventy-five dollar ($75.00) per month fee. This fee is due by the last business day of the month to be eligible to be on the list for the next month. Any applicant not current with their Hiring Hall service fees will not be eligible for referral and will be removed from the Group list and placed on inactive status.
17. Registrants can pay full monthly dues, or they may pay the monthly hiring hall service fee.   Members who wish to may take a withdrawal card and subsequently pay only the monthly hiring hall service fee.
18. Applicants for referral may not be registered on a hiring hall of more than one (1) Teamster Local Union that is a signatory to this Agreement simultaneously. A violation of this rule shall result in exclusion from all hiring hall lists for six (6) months. If a Teamster desires to be placed on the hiring hall list of another Local Union signatory to this Agreement, they shall register with such Local Union by its rules and regulations and be placed in the same group in which he established eligibility before transfer.

Once a registrant is signed up on the OWL, they are required to call the Dispatcher within 24 hours if they obtain any employment, whether in or outside the industry, so they can be changed to inactive status and be removed from the list. Failure to do so will result in a 6-month suspension from the list for the first offense in a rolling twenty-four (24)-month period and a 12-month suspension for the second offense in that same period.

[1] “Employer” and “Employers” mean (1) any Employer party to the AGC Agreement; (2) an Out-of-Town Employer who adopts or works under the AGC Agreement and contributes to the Health and Welfare and Pension plan; and (3) any Employer who employs Teamsters under the terms of the AGC Agreement and is contributing to the Teamster’s Health & Welfare and pension plan, (4) any Employer signatory to a PLA/CWA negotiated through the Building Trades, to which the Teamsters are signatory.

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