You can now access Member Availability lists through the Member Portal on Local 849's website. 

You can log in with your e-mail at https://members.iatse849.com (or you can go to our website at www.iatse849.com and under the "membership" tab you can press "member login")  

If you forgot your password or haven't set one up yet, press the button below the password box that reads "Forgot your password" button and it will send you an email to reset it. This e-mail is only valid for 1 (one) hour and will expire. 

Once you've logged in, on the left-hand side of your page, you will find a section called "Member Availability Lists". If you click on that, a window will pop up and you type and select the department that you want the list for. From there, the website will generate a PDF report for you to access the information. 

Daily Hire Lists (previously Daily Dispatch reports) are automatically e-mailed to the Department Heads (and sometimes seconds) every day at noon.

If you are having issues accessing the database or not receiving the daily dispatch reports, please contact the office for assistance. 

When Keys or Heads of Departments are identified to the local at the beginning of a production, they will be registered to receive the Daily Hire List, sent via email every day at 1200h Atlantic Time. 

In the case that a department requires short-term additional labour, the Department hiring daily workers shall abide by the following order of hire:

1. Members in Good Standing, listed in the department that requires the daily hire.

2. Members in Good Standing, listed in other departments with the required qualifications as identified through the Overhire List.

3. Member Applicants already accepted by membership vote in the department that requires the daily hire, awaiting process through the International as identified through the Overhire List.

4. Sister Members who have registered with Local 849 as identified through the Overhire List.

5. Member Applicants who have met the requirements of membership in the department requesting the daily hire, awaiting results of a membership vote as identified through the Overhire List.

6. Individuals who have registered with Local 849 as Referrals as identified through the Overhire List.

Any member who is responsible for the unapproved hiring of members not-in-good standing or non-members will receive the following disciplinary action: 

• A first offence, the member shall receive a letter of warning - a copy of this letter shall be kept on file at the office for no less than five years.  

• A second offence shall incur a $100.00 fine.

• A third offence shall incur a $250.00 fine. 

• A fourth offence shall incur a $500.00 fine and possible disciplinary action may include charges of Conduct Unbecoming a Member. 

All fines and penalties levied against any member of this Local will be applied to that members account and as such, become part of that members financial obligations to the Local 849 Constitution and By-laws

As it is stated in the Constitution of Local 849 of the IATSE that members who are not in good standing shall be suspended and therefore not entitled to work on union contracts. 

The following policy will be maintained in the Policy Book of Local 849. The office will routinely and regularly check the standing of members who are working. This will be done by using any and all available means including, but not limited to, Call Sheets, Crew Lists, and Department Heads. 

If a working Member is found to not be in good standing  the following procedure will be implemented:

1. The member will be telephoned by the office and advised that they are not in good standing and, therefore, in violation of the Constitution and Collective Agreement.
   
   

2. The office will advise the member that he/she is obligated to inform the Shop Steward of the member's standing with the Union.
   
   

3. The Shop Steward will be notified by the office and asked to inform the member of their violation.
   
   

4. The Shop Steward may ask that the Business Agent carry out this task if it puts the Shop Steward in an awkward position or in a conflict of interest.
   
   

5. If the Shop Steward is the member in question, the Business Agent will be notified and will inform that member of their violation.
   
   

6. If the member is not able to make immediate payment in full, a request for Extensions and Dues Payment Plans must be made in writing to the Executive Board. 
   
   

7. Should payment, or appropriate request for consideration, NOT be received immediately, The Executive Board will be notified and the member shall be suspended, pursuant to Section 6c and Section 7 of IATSE Local 849's Constitution and Bylaws.
   
   

8. The Production on which the Member is working and may be notified that they are now in violation of the Collective Agreement Article 6 (d): The Company agrees to employ only Members in good standing with the Union, and for the purposes of this Agreement, a duly authorized Union Work Permit shall also constitute good standing with the Union.
   
   

FAILURE TO SHOW GOOD STANDING WITH THE UNION STAFF SHALL BE SUFFICIENT REASON AND JUST CAUSE FOR DISMISSAL. 

Due Diligence applies to all worksites, whether it be New Brunswick, Nova Scotia or Prince Edward Island. We have used the materials provided by the Nova Scotia Department of Environment and Labour, Occupational Health and Safety Divisions as a resource for the writing, but there is information available in all four Provinces. Take it upon yourself to access that information. Here are some website to start you on the right path.

New Brunswick
http://www.whscc.nb.ca/

Nova Scotia
http://www.gov.ns.ca/enla

Prince Edward Island
http://www.wcb.pe.ca/