PROVISIONS RELATING TO MARINE PIPEFITTER and METAL TRADES

LOCAL UNIONS OR BRANCHES

Local Unions which contain Marine Pipefitters shall be known as Marine Pipefitter-Metal Trades Local Unions, or as a Marine Pipefitter-Metal Trades branch of combination Local Unions. Each such Marine Pipefitter-Metal Trades Local Union, or Marine Pipefitter-Metal Trades branch of a combination Local Union, shall have two (2) divisions: The Marine Pipefitter division and the Metal Trades division. The two (2) divisions shall be governed by the following provisions which are an integral part of the United Association Constitution. These provisions recognize the skilled nature of Marine Pipefitters and the nature of Metal Trades employment and shall govern the qualifications and procedures for Marine Pipefitter membership and Metal Trades membership. Local Unions which do not have Marine Pipefitters but just Metal Trades jurisdiction shall be referred to as Metal Trades Local Unions or Metal Trades branch of combination Local Unions, and shall be governed only by the “Metal Trades” provisions which follow. Any reference to Metal Trades Local Unions or Metal Trades branch of combination Local Unions or Metal Trades membership in Sections 1 through 220 of the United Association Constitution shall mean Marine Pipefitter-Metal Trades Local Unions or branches and Metal Trades Local Unions or branches and Marine Pipefitter membership as well as Metal Trades membership.

MARINE PIPEFITTER QUALIFICATIONS AND MEMBERSHIP PROCEDURES

The membership designation of Marine Pipefitter journeyman or apprentice on membership cards shall be “Marine Pipefitter” or “Marine Pipefitter Apprentice” or appropriate abbreviation. Journeyman membership in the Marine Pipefitters division of a Marine Pipefitter-Metal Trades Local Union or Marine Pipefitter-Metal Trades branch of a combination Local Union shall be open to all skilled Marine Pipefitters and an application for such membership must contain information as to the prospective member’s experience and/or training. He must have the following qualifications:

Every applicant for Marine Pipefitter membership must completely fill out an application on forms furnished by the General Secretary- Treasurer which shall be filed in the General Office of the United Association.

Each applicant for journeyman Marine Pipefitter membership in a Marine Pipefitter division of a Marine Pipefitter-Metal Trades Local Union or a Marine Pipefitter-Metal Trades branch of a combination Local Union must submit (or have submitted) an affidavit or affidavits from a recognized employer or employers vouching for the applicant’s ability to adequately perform the work of a Marine Pipefitter and also vouching for his character. These affidavits must cover a minimum of five (5) years actual practical working experience in the installation of plumbing and pipefitting systems on ships or in the construction of shipboard plumbing and pipefitting systems fabricated in shipyards. These affidavits will be furnished to the applicant by the Local Union on forms supplied by the General Secretary-Treasurer.

Before an applicant can be admitted as an apprentice Marine Pipefitter, he must have a sound moral character and must agree to the following:

Termination and/or cancellation of an apprentice Marine Pipefitter’s apprentice agreement for just cause by an apprentice committee or the employer shall automatically terminate his membership in the United Association and the Local Union. There shall be no appeal to the United Association by an apprentice on the termination of his membership.

Transfer of Marine Pipefitter Journeyman from a Marine Pipefitter Division of a Local Union to a Marine Pipefitter Division of another Local Union

A journeyman member of a Marine Pipefitter division of a Marine Pipefitter-Metal Trades Local Union or a Marine Pipefitter-Metal Trades branch of a combination Local Union shall be eligible to transfer his membership to another Marine Pipefitter division of a Marine Pipefitter-Metal Trades Local Union or Marine Pipefitter-Metal Trades branch of a combination Local Union provided the applicant-member has the following qualifications:

Transfer of a Marine Pipefitter Journeyman from a Marine Pipefitter Division to a Building and Construction Branch or Local Union

A journeyman member of a Marine Pipefitter division of a Marine Pipefitter-Metal Trades Local Union or Marine Pipefitter-Metal Trades branch of a combination Local Union shall be eligible to transfer his membership to a Building and Construction Trades Local Union or a combination Local Union (Building and Construction Trades branch) only in the same locality as the applicant’s Marine Pipefitter-Metal Trades Local Union. Such applicant-member must also possess the following qualifications:

Such applicant-member shall pay the difference, if any, between the initiation fee he paid to the Marine Pipefitter division of the Marine Pipefitter-Metal Trades Local Union or branch and the initiation fee of the Building and Construction Trades Local Union or branch in effect at the time of the transfer.

Marine Pipefitter journeymen and apprentices shall only perform plumbing and pipefitting work on ships and plumbing and pipefitting systems which are to be installed on ships and which are constructed and fabricated in shipyards.

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in Section 218 of this Constitution, a Marine Pipefitter journeyman may be issued a travel card by his home Local Union if he is legitimately laid off from his employment as a Marine Pipefitter journeyman. Travel cards shall not be available to Marine Pipefitters who quit their employment or are suspended, terminated or otherwise separated from their employment. The travel card shall be valid only for the period of lay-off and is automatically revoked as of the date of recall to marine pipefitter employment. A Marine Pipefitter journeyman whose lay-off is converted to termination through no fault of the member shall continue to be eligible for a travel card until his Local Union advises him of available work opportunities in his classification in the geographical area of his home Local Union. If the Marine Pipefitter journeyman refuses such employment his travel card shall be automatically revoked.

When a travel card is revoked for the above reasons the Business Manager or Business Agent of the Marine Pipefitter journeyman’s home Local Union shall notify the Local Union in which the travel card is deposited that the travel card is no longer valid. The travel card shall only be issued by the Business Manager or Business Agent of the Marine Pipefitter’s home Local Union if he has received notice of available work opportunities in another specific Local Union. The Marine Pipefitter’s travel card shall designate the number and location of the Local Union to which the Marine Pipefitter is traveling and shall only be accepted by that Local Union.

The General Secretary-Treasurer, with the approval of the General Executive Board, shall design a new travel card to be utilized solely for Marine Pipefitter journeymen. Travel cards for Marine Pipefitter journeymen shall only be valid for a period of ninety (90) days from date of issuance. Prior to the expiration of his travel card a Marine Pipefitter shall request a new card from his home Local Union. If he is eligible for the new card his home Local Union shall supply it to him.

The Marine Pipefitter journeyman shall be subject to all the provisions of Section 218 of the United Association Constitution not inconsistent with this Section MP-9.

SEC. MP-10. The provisions of Sections MT-14, 15, 16 and 17, as contained in the following section, shall be applicable to Marine Pipefitter members as well as Metal Trades members and must be fully complied with.

SEC. MP-11. All other sections of the United Association Constitution, except those solely related to Building and Construction journeymen and apprentices, shall be applicable to Marine Pipefitter journeymen and apprentices.

METAL TRADES QUALIFICATIONS AND MEMBERSHIP PROCEDURES

Purpose of and Requirements for Metal Trades Membership

Membership in Metal Trades divisions of Marine Pipefitter-Metal Trades Local Unions, or Metal Trades Local Unions, or Metal Trades branches of combination Local Unions shall be open to all Metal Trades journeyman and Metal Trades apprentices performing work related to the plumbing and pipefitting and/or mechanical equipment and service industries, such as gas workers, railroad pipefitters and in some areas refrigeration mechanics and employees engaged in the speculative housing or residential installation of plumbing and piping systems. Membership in a Metal Trades division, or Local Unions, and Metal Trades branches of combination Local Unions shall also be open to production, maintenance, service and other categories of employees performing work related to the plumbing and pipefitting industry, or unrelated to the plumbing and pipefitting industry if such employees are working in a facility where work related to the plumbing and pipe fitting industry is being performed. Such members shall be called Production Workers.

Before an applicant can be admitted as a journeyman Metal Trades member in a Metal Trades Local Union, or a combination Local Union (Metal Trades branch), or a refrigeration or speculative housing or residential division of a Building and Construction Trades Local Union or combination Local Union, he must have the following qualifications:

Before an applicant can be admitted as an apprentice Metal Trades member in a Metal Trades division, or Local Union, or a combination Local Union Metal Trades branch, or a refrigeration or speculative housing or residential division of a Building and Construction Trades Local Union or a combination Local Union, he must have a sound moral character and must agree to the following:

Termination and/or cancellation of an apprentice Metal Tradesman apprentice agreement for just cause by an apprentice committee or the employer shall automatically terminate his membership in the United Association and the Local Union. There shall be no appeal to the United Association by an apprentice on the termination of his membership.

An applicant for membership in a Metal Trades division, or Local Union, or a combination Local Union, or a refrigeration or speculative housing or residential division of a Building and Construction Trades Local Union, or combination Local Union who is not a skilled journeyman Metal Tradesman or an apprentice Metal Tradesman, but who is performing unskilled or semi-skilled work or work unrelated to the installation, repair and maintenance of plumbing and pipefitting systems and mechanical equipment, may be admitted as a production work Metal Trades member provided he submits proof that:

When a production worker Metal Tradesman’s employee status in a bargaining unit represented by his Local Union terminates for whatever the reason, his membership in the United Association and the Local Union shall automatically terminate. In the event he is subsequently employed in a bargaining unit represented by his Local Union he shall not be required to pay a new initiation fee. If such an employee holds a Local Union office his membership shall not terminate automatically until the expiration of his term of office.

Transfers Between Metal Trades Local Unions and Building and Construction Trades Local Unions

A journeyman member of a Building and Construction Trades Local Union may obtain work in the jurisdiction of a Marine Pipefitter-Metal Trades Local Union or branch, or a Metal Trades Local Union, and shall be eligible for membership in such Local Union or branch or division, but a journeyman Marine Pipefitter or Metal Tradesman shall not be eligible for membership in a Building and Construction Trades Local Union, or in a Building and Construction Trades branch of a combination Local Union until he qualifies under the conditions of Sections MP-5, MT-9, and MT-10 of this Constitution.

Transfer of Metal Trades Journeyman from a Metal Trades Local Union to another Metal Trades Local Union

A journeyman member of a Metal Trades Local Union or division or branch shall be eligible to transfer his membership to another Metal Trades Local Union, division or a combination Local Union (Metal Trades branch) provided the applicant member has the following qualifications:

Transfer of Metal Trades Journeyman from a Metal Trades Local Union to a Building and Construction Trades Local Union

A journeyman member of a Metal Trades division, branch, or Local Union, shall be eligible to transfer his membership to a Building and Construction Trades Local Union or a combination Local Union (Building and Construction Trades branch) only in the same locality as the applicant’s Metal Trades Local Union. Such applicant member must also possess the following qualifications:

Such applicant member shall pay the difference, if any, between the initiation fee he paid to the Metal Trades division or Local Union or branch, and the initiation fee of the Building and Construction Trades Local Union or branch in effect at the time of the transfer.

Transfer of a Metal Trades Journeyman from a Metal Trades Division, Branch, or Local Union to a Marine Pipefitter Division of a Local Union

A journeyman Metal Trades member shall be eligible to transfer his membership to a Marine Pipefitter division of a Local Union only in the same locality as the applicant’s Metal Trades division, branch or Local Union. Each applicant member must also have the following qualifications:

Such applicant member shall pay the difference, if any, between the initiation fee he paid to the Metal Trades division, Local Union or branch and the initiation fee of the Marine Pipefitter division in effect at the time of the transfer.

Metal Trades journeymen, Metal Trades apprentices and Production Workers shall only perform such work as is covered under the jurisdiction of their Metal Trades Local Union, Metal Trades branch of their combination Local Union, or the separate division of a Local Union of which they are members.

Every applicant for a Metal Trades membership must completely fill out an application on forms furnished by the General Secretary- Treasurer which shall be filed in the General Office of the United Association.

Each applicant for journeyman Metal Trades membership in a Metal Trades division or Local Union, or a combination Local Union or a refrigeration or speculative housing or residential division of a Building and Construction Trades Local Union or combination Local Union must submit (or have submitted) an affidavit or affidavits from a recognized employer or employers vouching for the applicant’s ability to adequately perform the work of his trade and also vouching for his character. These affidavits must cover a minimum of five (5) years actual practical working experience related to the plumbing and pipe fitting and/or mechanical equipment and service industries. These affidavits will be furnished to the applicant by the Local Union on forms supplied by the General Secretary-Treasurer.

Anyone who shall certify to any false statement or fact, or falsely answer on any of the official forms of application for membership, or file false and fraudulent affidavits, or otherwise by any false pretense, misrepresentation or fraud, attempt to secure, or does secure, acceptance as a member of the United Association or any chartered or affiliated Local Union, shall immediately forfeit all further right to consideration as an applicant, and shall immediately forfeit membership by immediate cancellation if membership has already been acquired or established in the manner specified herein, upon evidence of such false pretense, misrepresentation or fraud being presented to the General Officers.

(a) All applicants who have qualified and whose applications have been accepted shall be notified by the Local Union. The applicant shall be given at least ten (10) days notice before the date of initiation and obligation and at the same time he shall be furnished with a copy of the Constitution and By-Laws and Ritual of the United Association, with instructions to read them and familiarize himself with all provisions, requirements and obligations contained therein, before the pledge and oath of obligation is administered to him as a member.

(b) As an alternative to the taking of the pledge and oath of obligation at a Local Union meeting, a qualified applicant may sign a written pledge and oath of obligation at the time he submits his application or at any time before he is admitted as a member. The General Secretary-Treasurer is authorized to prepare such a written pledge and oath of obligation which may be a simplification of the pledge set forth in Section MT-16.

Each applicant before becoming a member shall take the following pledge and oath of obligation:

I, (state name)________________________, in the presence of this Local Union, do truly promise and pledge my word of honor that I am familiar with the provisions and requirements of the Constitution and By-Laws of the United Association and that I will not perform any act in anyway prejudicial to the best interest of the United Association, but will at all times endeavor to promote its prosperity and usefulness. I hereby agree to remain loyal and true to the principles and policies and to be governed by the Constitution and By-Laws and Ritual of the United Association and the Local Union in any and all matters now or that may hereafter be included therein. I further pledge that I will faithfully attend all meetings of the Local Union unless prevented by sickness or other causes beyond my control. I will at all times assist members of the United Association to the extent of my ability, defend them when unjustly treated or slandered, and cultivate for each and every member the warmest friendship and brotherly love. I will assist unfortunate or distressed members to procure employment. I do further promise and swear that I am not a member of any organization advocating the overthrow by force and violence of the Government of the United States or of Canada. I take this obligation voluntarily, without any mental reservation, and bind myself until death under the penalty of scorn due to moral perjury and violated honor as one unworthy of trust or assistance.

(a) When all requirements of this Constitution have been complied with, including the filing of application form, affidavits, etc., and the applicant has been initiated (taken the pledge and oath of obligation) in accordance with Sections MT-15(a) or MT-15(b), the Recording Secretary shall duly enter the name of the applicant as a member on the records of the Local Union. A membership card shall be furnished to said applicant.

Note: The Constitutional meaning and intent of the above Sections MT-15(b) and MT-17(a) is that an applicant signing a written pledge and obligation shall not be a member and his pledge shall not be effective until his application is accepted in accordance with Local Union admission to membership practices.

(b) An applicant’s admission into membership in a Local Union and in the United Association is contingent upon and subject to the requirements that the General Secretary-Treasurer process the application, find it in order, and issue a membership card. The General Secretary-Treasurer shall have the discretionary authority to refuse to process an application and issue a membership card where an applicant is unqualified or is not a resident of the geographical area of the Local Union.

The General President shall have the discretionary authority to amend the charter of a Marine Pipefitter Metal Trades Local Union, a Metal Trades Local Union or the Metal Trades branch of a combination Local Union to authorize the Local Union or the branch to organize classifications of workers in industries that may not be included within its charter jurisdiction granted by the United Association.

All other sections of the United Association Constitution, except those solely related to Building and Construction journeymen and apprentices, shall be applicable to Metal Trades journeymen,

apprentices and Production Workers.

The General President shall appoint a committee which shall include members of Local Unions which represent Marine Pipefitters and Metal Trades members. Between conventions, the General President may refer to this committee issues affecting Marine Pipefitters and Metal Trades members which the General President determines may require changes in the United Association Constitution. Subject to the approval of the General Executive Board, the General President and the committee he appoints shall have complete discretionary authority to revise and change existing provisions of the Constitution affecting Marine Pipefitters and Metal Trades members. Once adopted by the General President and the committee and approved by the General Executive Board, any revision shall have the force and effect of law, and shall be incorporated in and become part of the Constitution.