Our Commitment to Ourselves and Our Union must include a realization that the only thing we have to sell as union members is our work. Our families and future are dependent upon our ability to retain and, in some cases, improve the standards that have been set by generations that preceded us. We face unprecedented competition for our services. To succeed, we must be the best. Each of us has the responsibility to meet IBEW standards of professionalism and productivity.
IBEW RESPONSIBILITIES:
The business manager of the local union has the ultimate responsibility for implementation and administration of the Code of Excellence. The structure is designed to insure that work place representatives, or excellence stewards, have the ability to resolve Code of Excellence issues quickly and effectively. Excellence Stewards have the responsibility to insure that our standards of professionalism are met everyday by each IBEW member on the job site. Our standards include the following:
WORKING TIME
- All members are adhering to the contractual starting and quitting times.
- Break times are limited to the time allowed by the contract, or agreement(s).
- All members adhere to the lunch periods established in the Agreement.
- Members meet their responsibility - to the employer and fellow members employed on the job -to arrive for work on time and ready to work.
- All members are productive and idle time is kept to a minimum.
- Members meet their contractual responsibility to eliminate work disruptions on the job.
- Members meet their responsibility not to leave the jobsite without proper approval.
- Cell phone usage is limited to appropriate breaktimes or lunch periods.
- Slow downs and other methods utilized to extend jobs or provide for overtime will not be tolerated.
SAFETY
Our members meet their obligation to perform work safely and effectively, following employer and industry established rules.
Members meet their contractual responsibility to utilize proper safety equipment and methods.
TOOLS
- All members shall meet their responsibility to have all tools on any established tool list.
- Members meet their responsibility as members and employees in taking care of the equipment and tools provided by the employer.
- All members will carry the necessary and proper tools to meet their contractual responsibility as highly skilled, qualified craftsmen.
FITNESS FOR DUTY
- Our members meet their responsibility to be fit for duty, and our zero tolerance policy for substance abuse is strictly met.
- All members will be professional in appearance, and meet established standards for appropriate dress and grooming.
- The excellence steward and leaders on the job will work with other members who have bad work habits to set a standard of quality and productivity second to none for each member on the job.
CUSTOMER RELATIONS
- Members will respect the property of the customer, and graffiti and other forms of destruction and waste will not be tolerated
BROTHERHOOD
- Any inappropriate behavior toward another member or group of members will not be tolerated.
- Offensive behavior toward customer representatives or employer representatives will not be tolerated.
- The goal of the Code of Excellence Program is to promote an "esprit de corps" that represents the members of the IBEW in the best possible light.
EMPLOYER RESPONSIBILITIES
Our signatory employers, and if applicable our employer associations, have a responsibility to manage their jobs effectively, and they have the following responsibilities under the Code of Excellence:
- To address ineffective supervisors, including superintendents, general foremen, and foremen.
- To insure proper job planning and layout, to minimize downtime.
- To insure that there are proper numbers and types of necessary tools.
- To insure proper maintenance, care, storage, and security for employer - provided and employee - provided equipment and tools.
- To insure that there are adequate numbers of employees to perform the work efficiently, and conversely, to limit the number of employees to the work at hand, to demonstrate to the customer the efficiency of our partnership.
- To provide the necessary leadership skills for jobsite leaders to eliminate problems.
- To enforce the necessary positive attitude with supervisors that IBEW and the employer are working together.
- To make available the proper types and quantities of equipment and materials are available to insure job progress.
- To insure that jobsite leaders take the necessary responsibility for mistakes created by management decisions.
- To eliminate unsafe work conditions and insure that proper safety training, equipment, and methods are utilized.
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