I.B.E.W.
Local 176

Joliet, Illinois


Long & Short Call Procedures

 

Long Call Procedure
Effective Date:  April 1, 2010

 

Short Call Procedure
Effective Date:  April 1, 2010

     

Sign in hours are: 7:30 am to 4:30 pm, Monday through Friday, excluding holidays.

Each applicant must prove unemployment with a severance slip from his last employer at the time of registration, or a letter from home local stating you are unemployed.

Applicants must resign the out of work list every 2 months on anniversary date, in person, to remain on the out of work list.

We will no longer be calling individuals from the out of workbook for long calls. If you are on the out-of-work list, and interested in working in the Local, it is your responsibility to call the office recorder at 815-744-0176 and 815-744-0177, dial 176 to hear the recording, after 5:00 pm each day, or go to our website at ibewlocal176.org for a list of jobs.  

If you are interested in any of the calls on the referral phone system, follow the system prompts in order to access the voicemail system and place your requests. You must speak clearly; you must know your card number and sign date on the long call requests, and your short call sign date for requesting short calls. You must know the contractor's name and job site. You may request more than one job. PLACE your requests in the order of preference you want, i.e. the first request you make is your preferred job; the second choice is your second preferred job, etc. You will be able to make your requests from 5:00 p.m. to 7:30 a.m. the following morning. After 7:30 a.m., the system will shut off and the referral agent will listen to the voicemail and fill the calls per the member placement on the out of work books. The referral agent will only notify the individuals that will receive the call. You must be available for this call.

There will no longer be specific call in times for Book I, Book II, or Book III. Everyone on any of the out of work books will call in their requests between 5:00 p.m. and 7:30 a.m. the following morning.

Individuals who are actively seeking employment will be allowed unlimited turn downs.

If a person accepts a call for a job, AND THEN DECIDES TO TURN THE JOB DOWN, OR QUITS, OR GETS TERMINATED FOR A JUSTIFIABLE CAUSE, that person will have to come to the office and resign at the bottom of BOTH THE LONG & SHORT CALL OUT OF WORK LIST.

Anyone with the number of 50 or less will be allowed to stay on the list for 3 months without accepting a call, at which time they will be removed from the out of work list. In order to be placed back on the book, that person will have to come to the office and resign at the bottom of the list. At least (3) three calls will be offered to you before you are removed from the books for your (3) three-month stay.

If on a long call, thru no fault of your own, you work 14 calendar days or less, you may keep your place on the long call book, but you must resign the bottom of the short call book if you want a short call.

 

A separate short call book shall be used for temporary or emergency calls of 14 calendar days or less. Upon completion of a short call, the applicant must resign at the bottom of the short call book. A short call, three calendar days or less through no fault of your own, will allow you keep your position on the short call book and allow you to take one more short call before resigning the bottom of the book. We will no longer be calling individuals from the short call book for short calls. If you are on the short call book, and interested in working in the Local on a short call, it is your responsibility to call the office recorder at 815-744-0176 and 815-744-0177, dial 176, after 5:00 pm each day.  

If you are interested in any of the calls on the referral phone system, follow the system prompts in order to access the voicemail system and place your requests. You must speak clearly; you must know your card number and sign date on the long call requests, and your short call sign date for requesting short calls. You must know the contractor's name and job site. You may request more than one job. PLACE your requests in the order of preference you want, i.e. the first request you make is your preferred job; the second choice is your second preferred job, etc. You will be able to make your requests from 5:00 p.m. to 7:30 a.m. the following morning. After 7:30 a.m., the system will shut off and the referral agent will listen to the voicemail and fill the calls per the member placement on the out of work books. The referral agent will only notify the individuals that will receive the call. You must be available for this call.

There will no longer be specific call in times for Book I, Book II, or Book III. Everyone on any of the out of work books will call in their requests between 5:00 p.m. and 7:30 a.m. the following morning.

If a person accepts a short call for a job, AND THEN DECIDES TO TURN THE JOB DOWN, OR QUITS, OR GETS TERMINATED FOR JUSTIFIABLE CAUSE, that person will have to come to the office and resign at the bottom of BOTH THE SHORT & LONG CALL BOOKS.

You will have unlimited turn downs for short calls, but anyone with the number of 10 or less on the short call book will be allowed to stay on the list for 30 days without accepting a short call, at which time they will be removed from the short call work list. In order to be placed back on the book, that person will have to come to the office and resign at the bottom of the list.  

While on a short call, you may not accept any long calls. NONE, until a severance is received by the union hall. If a severance is received in the Union Hall by 4:20 p.m. of the day of your layoff, either in person or by fax, you may bid on a long call the following day. If you receive a lay off in the morning before the calls are filled, you may not bid on a call that day.

If you take a long call your name will be removed from the short call book.

 

 

       
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