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12 <br />8.1.2 The Contractor(s) shall have the right to reject any applicant referred by the Union(s), in <br />accordance with the applicable Master Agreement. <br />8.1.3 The Contractor(s) shall have the unqualified right to select and hire directly all <br />supervisors above general foreman it considers necessary and desirable, without such persons <br />being referred by the Unions(s). <br />8.1.4 In the event that referral facilities maintained by the Union(s) are unable to fill the <br />requisition of a Contractor(s) for employees within a seventy-two (72) hour period after such <br />requisition is made by the Contractor(s), the Contractor(s) shall be free to obtain employees <br />from any source. Contactor(s) shall promptly notify the Union(s) of any applicants hired from <br />other sources. This provision does NOT affect core employees as defined below. <br />8.1.5 Unions shall exert their utmost efforts to recruit sufficient numbers of skilled craft persons <br />to fulfill the requirements of the Contractor(s). <br />8.2 Local Hire: <br />8.2.1 All parties agree to make a good faith effort to refer on a priority basis, consistent with <br />the non-discriminatory referral procedures of the hall, qualified and available, and bona-fide San <br />Leandro residents and if no San Leandro residents are available, then Alameda County <br />Residents, for Project work. <br />8.2.2 The parties also recognize and support the City's commitment to provide opportunities <br />for participation on the Projects to San Leandro businesses through the City’s Local Business <br />Preference Ordinance. In furtherance of this commitment, the parties agree that such San <br />Leandro contractors and subcontractors awarded work on the Projects may request by name, <br />and the local will honor, referral of persons who have applied to the local union for Project work <br />and who demonstrate the following qualifications: <br />(1)possess any license required by state or federal law for the Project work to be performed; <br />(2)have worked a total of at least one thousand (1,000) hours in the construction craft during <br />the prior three (3) years; <br />(3)were on the Contractor's active payroll for at least sixty (60) out of the one hundred and <br />twenty (120) calendar days prior to the contract award; <br />(4)have the ability to perform safely the basic functions of the applicable trade, and <br />(5)are San Leandro residents. <br />The Union will refer to such Contractor one journeyman employee from the hiring hall out-of- <br />work list for the affected trade or craft, and will then refer one of such Contractor's "core" <br />employees as a journeyman and shall repeat the process, one and one, until such Contractor's <br />crew requirements are met or until such Contractor has hired five (5) "core" employees, <br />whichever occurs first. Thereafter, all additional employees in the affected trade or craft shall be <br />hired exclusively from the hiring hall out-of-work list(s). For the duration of the Contractor's work <br />the ratio shall be maintained and when the Contractor's workforce is <br />150