Summary of Issue: Union Hiring Hall

Decision 27834 Full Text of Decision 27834

I concede it is reasonable to reject short-term work in order to obtain long-term work where there are assurances of long-term employment in the very near future. It is not reasonable for claimant to be financed by UI while he waits for a job on a project with no assurance that it will proceed in the near future.

Decision 27788 Full Text of Decision 27788

Refused 2 jobs in order to maintain his name on top of the hiring list to be assured of being hired for a major project in a near future. Held that it was not reasonable to believe that the project would commence soon nor was it prudent to reject employment in the circumstances.

Decision 18413 Full Text of Decision 18413

Claimant contends that the Commission should not interfere with the internal workings of the Union so long as job offers are manned. This is based on the Union Hiring Hall agreement. The tenor of CUB 5426 is that the Commission cannot contract out of the requirements of s.25(a). The claimant was fully entitled to believe he would get a better (longer) job in the near future and indeed he did, but once a suitable job offer is refused, UI must cease. There is no question in the Union agreement that one may refuse a job offer and retain his position on the priority list for a better or longer job offer. However, it is not an option that he be permitted to refuse a job and continue on UI. Some work ispreferable to no work.