WORK RULES
STEWARDS
Rule 15. Each job shall have a Union Steward
who shall be appointed as such by the Business Representative of the
District in which the job is located. Pending such appointment, the
first journeyman going to work on a job shall act in the capacity of
"Steward Temporarily", who shall report to the Business
Representatives of the area where the work is being performed or to
the District Council. The Steward shall observe and be governed by
the rules pertaining to Steward as hereinafter provided.
Failure of members on the job to observe this rule and be governed
accordingly shall subject them to a fine of not less than Fifty
($50.00) Dollars. Stewards are not officers of a Local Union or the
Council while acting in the capacity of Steward.
Rule 16. A member going to work on a job or in a shop or
plant shall show his membership book and quarterly work card to the
Steward the first day of his employment. Failure of a member to so
report his presence on the job to the Steward shall subject him to a
fine of not less than Twenty-Five ($25.00) Dollars. Any member
giving, loaning, selling or transferring his work card to any other
person for any reason shall be subject to a fine of not less than
Fifty ($50.00) Dollars.
Rule 17. a. It shall be the duty of the Steward
on the respective jobs to inquire of all member carpenters employed
as to their standing in their respective Local Unions. All
members shall be in possession of the current quarterly working card
and button on or before the 21st day of the first month of the new
calendar quarter. The Steward shall report to the Area Business
Representative any violations of the above, who shall take
appropriate action.
b. Each Steward shall provide himself or herself with a
"Steward" book/log wherein he or she shall keep a correct list of
names of all members working on the job together with their
addresses, telephone numbers, number of work card and Local Union in
which they hold membership.
c. Stewards shall report immediately to the Area Business
Representative or to the District Council any evident violations of
the agreement, the work rules or any infringement upon our
jurisdictional trade claims.
d. In case of injury to any member on the job, the Steward
shall gather such evidence as may be useful to the injured member
and report same to the Local Union in which such member holds
membership or to the District Council. The Steward shall also
oversee that the injured member's tools, properties and personal
belongings are properly protected. Stewards failing to exercise
their duties properly may be replaced as Steward by the Area
Business Representative.
Rule 18. Any Steward, acting upon the direction of the
Business Representative, shall be empowered to examine the wages
received by any member, immediately upon payment, for the purpose
of determining whether or not such member is being paid in
accordance with the established wage scale. Any member who refuses
to permit such examination of wages shall be subject to a fine of
not less that Fifty ($50.00) Dollars.
Rule 19. All members on a job shall fully protect the Steward
in the discharge of his duties, and the Steward shall not be
discharged from any job because he has acted as Steward and
exercised his duties as such. Should the Steward be discharged
because of having exercised his duties, then all members on the job
shall cease work and they shall not return ,to work unless and until
they are so directed to do so by the Area Business Representative or
an Officer of the District Council. Failure to support the Steward
may subject the offending member to charges and penalty by the Trial
Board.
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