Masonry Magazine August 1974 Page. 26
MCAA
information
INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENT
between the
BRICKLAYERS, MASONS & PLASTERERS
INTERNATIONAL UNION OF AMERICA,
the
LABORERS' INTERNATIONAL UNION
OF NORTH AMERICA
and the
MASON CONTRACTORS ASSOCIATION
OF AMERICA
This Agreement is entered into this 15th day of January 1974 by and between the Bricklayers, Masons and Plasterers International Union of America, the Laborers' International Union of North America, and the Mason Contractors Association of America.
ARTICLE I/Principles
This Agreement is made and entered into for the purpose of promoting stable and peaceful relations between employer and employees, and promote the orderly adjustment of grievances and disputes which may from time to time arise between the contracting parties with regard to erection and installation of precast masonry units or prefabricated masonry units.
It is recognized by all parties that the Masonry Industry is in a rapidly changing technological state, therefore all parties agree that the promotion and development of new technology shall be a major principle guiding the parties in the administration of this Agreement.
ARTICLE II/Scope
This Agreement shall be in effect within the boundaries of the United States and its possessions and Canada.
ARTICLE III/Management Recognition
The Employer shall, at all times, have full control of matters relative to the management and conduct of its business and shall control its operations, the direction of its working force, the methods of installation, the care and use of machinery and materials, and the right to hire, promote and discharge for just cause, employees subject to the provisions of this Agreement.
ARTICLE IV/Union Recognition
The Mason Contractors Association of America hereby recognizes and acknowledges that the Unions listed above, namely the Bricklayers, Masons and Plasterers International Union of America, and Laborers' International Union of North America, are the exclusive representatives of all employees of its members engaged in the erection and installation of precast masonry units or prefabricated masonry units for the purpose of collective bargaining as provided by the Labor-Management Relations Act of 1947.
As of the effective date of this Agreement all employees under the terms of this Agreement must, as a condition of employment, be or become members of the appropriate Union, either the BM & PIU or the L.I.U.N.A. eight (8) days thereafter; the employees hired after the effective date of this Agreement shall be or become and remain members of their respective Union eight (8) days days after their date of employment in in accordance with the provisions of the National Labor Relations Act. This clause shall not be effective in those states prohibiting such Union security; provided, however, that where Agency Shop is lawful in such State, conformity therewith shall be a condition of employment on the eighth (8) day following the beginning of such employment or the effective date of this Agreement, whichever is the later period.
ARTICLE V/Hiring of Men
When there is in effect in any such locality a union hiring hall or a job referral system, the functioning of such hiring hall or job referral system shall be governed by, and in full compliance with, the following conditions:
a. The employer shall have the right to determine the competency and qualifications of men referred by the union and the right to hire or not hire accordingly.
b. The selection of applicants for referral to jobs shall be on a nondiscriminatory basis and shall not be based on, or, in any way affected by, union membership, bylaws, rules, regulations, constitutional provisions or any other aspect or obligation of union membership, policies or requirements.
c. The Unions and the Employer shall post in places where notices to employees and applicants for employment are customarily posted, the provisions relating to the functioning of this hiring arrangement.
d. Any provision of a local or area collective bargaining agreement which may be in conflict with the provisions contained in this article shall be subordinate to this article.
ARTICLE VI/General Understanding
The Unions (BM & PIU and L.I.U.N.A.) agree to cooperate with the Association (Employer) in meeting conditions peculiar to the operation. Parties will at all times meet and confer respecting ing any questions or misunderstandings that may arise under the performance of this Agreement.
ARTICLE VII/Foremen
Foremen shall be selected by the employer and recognized as a representative of the employer. They shall be members of the BM & PIU.
ARTICLE VIII
Composition and number of employees shall be determined by the Employer. The Employers agree that they will only employ members of the Bricklayers, Masons and Plasterers International Union of America and the Laborers' International Union of North America, for all work performed.
Work crews will be selected in the normal customary Bricklayer-Laborer work relationship that exists in all masonry construction.
ARTICLE IX/Productivity
The Employer and the Unions recognize the mutual value of improving by all proper and reasonable means the productivity of the individual workman and will undertake, individually and jointly, to promote and utilize such increased productivity in (Please turn page)