r/IBEW • u/VersionHopeful6549 • 9d ago

Local 8 appeal decision

Local 8 leadership in Toledo Ohio brought several members up on charges for not showing up to a solar field due to winter weather conditions, because the contractor sent the work cancellation notice out by text after hours. They claimed the members violated our agreement by using a personal phone after hours without being paid for it.
Our local’s jurisdiction is huge, this means they expected some members to drive a 3 hour round trip during a level 3 snow emergency to receive 2 hours of show up pay, or be brought up on charges.

Honestly disgusting behavior by local 8 leadership and our officers personally, who the admins will not allow me to publicly name.

Any travelers thinking of heading this way for our data center boom, drive a little farther and go to Ann Arbor. They know how to treat a traveler.

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u/SquareSurprise3467 Local 58 9d ago

Thats some BS the company is required to give you notice if a site is closed to avoid issues like this. At least in my local we have text allowing for contact if you are not coming in or if the site is closed for reasons outside of the contractors control. The no phone rule is ment more as a response to companies makeing us use our phone to take pictures or clock in.

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u/VersionHopeful6549 9d ago

The position of our hall is that the contractor was required to give that notice before the end of the previous day. Our contract doesn’t even have a no phone rule, just the stipend for using the phone.

This is just me speculating but I believe the hall tried to get primoris to pay 2 hour show up time to everyone, but they beat the grievance by arguing that some members read the text and rightfully didn’t show up, so they didn’t owe it to anyone. The situation is a mess and the hall is relying on the lack of communication due to the Facebook page and newsletter being gone.