Award Bid - Main Street Improvements between Dean & Sherwood Proj No. 122-04 - Milestone Contractors North, Inc.

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ARTICLE XXXIV - APPRENTICES Section 1. New Applicants for employment with a signatory contractor who have fewer than 4,000 hours of experience as a Construction Craft Laborer (or alternatively, cannot demonstrate equivalent skills by achieving a satisfactory score in a placement examination administered by the Joint Apprenticeship and Training, Committee (JATC), shall, whenever practical, enter and be allowed to enter the Apprenticeship program on a non-discriminatory basis in accordance with the terms of the Apprenticeship Program. Any person entering, but failing to maintain and complete his or her apprenticeship, shall not be employed by the Employer as a Journeyworker under this Agreement. The failure of any Apprentice to maintain his or her apprenticeship status shall obligate the Employer to discharge such person upon notice from the Union. Section 2. The Apprenticeship and Training Standards approved by the Federal Bureau of Apprenticeship and Training or State Apprenticeship Committee are hereby incorporated herein by reference and made a part of this Agreement. Section 3. The Apprentice wage rates: Hours of Credit Wage Rate l�period _ _ 0-1000 hours �T 75% of journeyworker rate_ 2nd period_ 1001-2000 hours_-85% of 'ourneyworker rate ---------- 3rd I eriod _ ; 2001-3000 hours ' 90% of iourneyworker rate 4`�'Qeriod _; 3001-400_0_hoursS 5% of�ourne�work_er Section 4. The requirements for entry into the Apprenticeship program shall be controlled by the JATC, which shall employ appropriate testing and screening procedures. An Apprentice advances from one hours -of credit and wage -rate category to another only upon determination of satisfactory performance by the JATC, pursuant to requirements specified in the Apprenticeship Program which shall have the authority to grant accelerated credit where warranted by the performance of an individual Apprentice. Section 5. Except as provided in Section 9, the Employer shall participate in the Apprenticeship Program by considering Apprentices for employment upon referral by the Union. The Employer shall have the sole right to reject, at any time, any Apprentice referred to it, or working for it. The Employer is not obligated to accept more than one (1) Apprentice for every five (5) Journeyworkers commencing with the sixth Laborer needed by the Employer. This ratio shall be measured on a company wide basis, and does not require an Employer to have a sixth Laborer, if only five are needed, as determined by the Employer. Section 6. The Employer may not employ an Apprentice until at least one (1) Joumeyworker is employed and thereafter may not employ more than one (1) Apprentice for every additional three (3) Joumeyworkers. Q