Apprentice Classification and Journeyman-Apprentice Ratio Clause Samples

Apprentice Classification and Journeyman-Apprentice Ratio. Ratio to be determined by Local 2404 Joint Apprenticeship and Training Fund. 15.01 When employees are required, competent union journeypersons in good standing shall be hired. When competent members are not available, then the Employer may obtain divers elsewhere and they shall clear with the Union before going to work, it being understood that they shall join the Union within one hundred (100) logged days (50 of which have to be wet days) or the requirements of the Unions' Steering Committee, provided they meet union qualifications, or be replaced by competent union members when available, at the expense of the Union. It shall be the duty of the Employer to hire and discharge divers. It shall not be the duty of the Employer to induce non-members to join the Union. There shall be no hiring at the job site. 15.02 Before becoming a member of the Union, each applicant shall be required to pass a trade test or tests as stipulated by the Divers' Steering Committee.