There are 104 men on the A1 list.  There are 7 men on the A2 list.  B list has about 30 men on it.  About 10 men were dispatched today.  I've been to the LV hall since Tuesday.  The dispatcher announces over the pa system that the available jobs are about to be called out.  When all the men are in the hall, the jobs are called out.  The dispatcher asks, "Anyone on A1 list want this job?"  The men who want it call out their number on that list.  Same for A2 list, B list, etc. There were... Read Full Story

About 30 men on the list.  I asked John Ford about Benson.  John said Benson won't be starting up right away.  The only Call I heard about was for an apprentice connector Read Full Story

Dispatched: Hall Rat to Science Academy, Golden Gate Park for Gartner. signing off Read Full Story

65 men on the Out of Work List. 22 men signed in for Dispatch. Calls: Welder for SME; BoltUp for Cal Erectors; Connector for Herrick; No Name Calls. Read Full Story

66 men on the Out of Work List. 18 men signed in for Dispatch. Calls:(9:20AM) 3 JIW's and 1 App - off the list (No Name Call) for Rincon Hill; 2 JIW's for Olsen (Plumb/Bolt Up). Earlier this week: 1 name call and 3 JIW's off the List for Rincon. There were several calls for men every day this week. Read Full Story

The Steward job was offered to Jim Nagle. Jim declined for commuting reasons. Next likely candidate is Bobby Gonzales. I got the impression that all the new hires were off the list. I'll find out tomorrow. Read Full Story

About 6 new men were dispatched to the job in the past two days. Two re-hires have also shown up. Some of the original crew have not returned to the job. The raising gang installed about 11 panels today, far below the target of a floor a day. Only one of the Dinasaurs is being used by the one raising gang. There is another Dinasaur on the job for another raising gang, not yet formed. Source: Jim Nagle - 3:40PM, 11/15/06 Read Full Story

An unknown number of men were re-hired for Monday, 11/13/06. The Hall called (over the weekend) a partial list of the men laid off last Wednesday. They were told that they were the "first wave" of re-hires. Unknown list and timetable for the remaining waves of re-hires. SOURCE: Jim Nagle - 6:30AM 11/13/06 Read Full Story

Top/Down Union instead of Bottom/Up Union? Sounds like any other business. Read Full Story

81 men on the Out of Work List. 26 men signed in for Dispatch. Calls: Welders (1stick for Safety-2 232) for Herrick in San Jose. Rincon Hill Job - List of complaints about the lack of quality by Webcor..both planning and execution. All the hands working on the window wall got two checks and an indefinete return date. One Layout man is not going back. Read Full Story