Agreement - Teamsters Local 399

(v) Absence because of illness or injury exceeding
two (2) years, provided Union receives prior written notice before the
employee is taken off the Roster.
(vi) Voluntary resignation, unless the employee
receives the permission of the Producer to resign as hereinafter provided
in this paragraph. An employee who desires to resign his employment
with the Producer may, not less than two (2) business days prior to the
employee’s proposed last day of employment, request permission from
the Producer to do so. The Producer shall not unreasonably withhold its
approval of any such request. However, the exception and procedure set
forth in the two immediately preceding sentences shall not apply to
employees on distant location nor to employees assigned to a key piece
of equipment.
(3) CSATF shall remove a person from the rosters of the
industry for any of the following reasons:
(i) After three (3) discharges for cause by signatory
Producers under the above procedure, or after one discharge of a
Transportation Coordinator (Occ. Code No. 3500) or Gang Boss (Occ.
Code Nos. 3501 and 3502) for “serious misconduct,” as that term is
defined in Paragraph 62(f)(1)(i) and 62(f)(2)(i) above, by a signatory
Producer under the above procedure, the employee and the Union shall
be notified that the name of such employee is being automatically
removed from all such rosters in the industry. Thereafter, such persons
shall no longer be eligible for employment in the industry.
(ii) An employee who voluntarily resigns from the
employ of three (3) signatory Producers shall be removed from all
rosters in the industry.
(iii) Retirement under the Motion Picture Industry
Pension Plan or private company pension plan.
(iv)
Death.
(v) An employee leaves the motion picture production
industry for gainful employment outside of said industry, when there is
work available for him/her within said industry. For purposes of this
provision, an employee who has not worked in the classifications
covered under this Agreement within a consecutive two (2) year period
shall be deemed to have left the motion picture production industry for
gainful employment elsewhere. Provided, however, this shall not
include:
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