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Chapter 148
DBINQ - Davis-Bacon Data Inquiry

The DBINQ - Davis-Bacon Data Inquiry menu option is used to inquire on Davis-Bacon data.

You select a state, and the general decisions you want to inquire on. Information on the decision(s) is displayed, and you can scroll through the data. 



            +--------------Davis-Bacon Processing--------------+ 
            |  DBINQ          Davis-Bacon Data Inquiry         | 
            |  PROTEST        Davis-Bacon Protest Cover Lett   | 
            +--------------------------------------------------+

Note: After you select DBINQ, if you are not on a PC that is running SecureCRT and have PC control enabled, the following message is displayed: 



    +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ 
    |                                                                      | 
    |   This procedure requires a PC running SecureCRT *and* you must      | 
    |   have PC control enabled.                                           | 
    |                                                                      | 
    |   Please contact your Key User or Security User for assistance in    | 
    |   enabling PC control.                                               | 
    |                                                                      | 
    +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ 
                        Press the RETURN key to continue

Press [Enter] to return to the menu.

148.1 Davis-Bacon Data Inquiry Input Screen

After you select DBINQ from the Davis-Bacon processing menu, the following Davis-Bacon inquiry input screen is displayed. 



 ULTRA     United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America       (date) 
                                  Tucson Local                         UBC01444 
 
State   : 
 
Decision: 
 
 
    +--------------------------Select a State--------------------------+ 
    |  EXIT                   |   KANSAS          |   NORTH CAROLINA   | 
    |-------------------------|   KENTUCKY        |   NORTH DAKOTA     | 
    |  ALABAMA                |   LOUISIANA       |   OHIO             | 
    |  ALASKA                 |   MAINE           |   OKLAHOMA         | 
    |  ARIZONA                |   MARYLAND        |   OREGON           | 
    |  ARKANSAS               |   MASSACHUSETTS   |   PENNSYLVANIA     | 
    |  CALIFORNIA             |   MICHIGAN        |   RHODE ISLAND     | 
    |  COLORADO               |   MINNESOTA       |   SOUTH CAROLINA   | 
    |  CONNECTICUT            |   MISSISSIPPI     |   SOUTH DAKOTA     | 
    |  DELAWARE               |   MISSOURI        |   TENNESSEE        | 
    |  DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA   |   MONTANA         |   TEXAS            | 
    |  FLORIDA                |   NEBRASKA        |   UTAH             | 
    |  GEORGIA                |   NEVADA          |   VIRGINIA         | 
    |  HAWAII                 |   NEW HAMPSHIRE   |   WASHINGTON       | 
    |  IDAHO                  |   NEW JERSEY      |   WEST VIRGINIA    | 
    |  ILLINOIS               |   NEW MEXICO      |   WISCONSIN        | 
    |  INDIANA                |   NEW YORK        |   WYOMING          | 
    |  IOWA                   |                   |                    | 
    +------------------------------------------------------------------+ 
 
<ESC>=Exit                     Davis-Bacon Inquiry           <F2>=Back <F1>=Help

148.2 Prompts and Responses

The following sections describe the prompts used when inquiring on Davis-Bacon information.

State

A list of states is displayed, and you are asked to select a state. 



    +--------------------------Select a State--------------------------+ 
    |  EXIT                   |   KANSAS          |   NORTH CAROLINA   | 
    |-------------------------|   KENTUCKY        |   NORTH DAKOTA     | 
    |  ALABAMA                |   LOUISIANA       |   OHIO             | 
    |  ALASKA                 |   MAINE           |   OKLAHOMA         | 
    |  ARIZONA                |   MARYLAND        |   OREGON           | 
    |  ARKANSAS               |   MASSACHUSETTS   |   PENNSYLVANIA     | 
    |  CALIFORNIA             |   MICHIGAN        |   RHODE ISLAND     | 
    |  COLORADO               |   MINNESOTA       |   SOUTH CAROLINA   | 
    |  CONNECTICUT            |   MISSISSIPPI     |   SOUTH DAKOTA     | 
    |  DELAWARE               |   MISSOURI        |   TENNESSEE        | 
    |  DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA   |   MONTANA         |   TEXAS            | 
    |  FLORIDA                |   NEBRASKA        |   UTAH             | 
    |  GEORGIA                |   NEVADA          |   VIRGINIA         | 
    |  HAWAII                 |   NEW HAMPSHIRE   |   WASHINGTON       | 
    |  IDAHO                  |   NEW JERSEY      |   WEST VIRGINIA    | 
    |  ILLINOIS               |   NEW MEXICO      |   WISCONSIN        | 
    |  INDIANA                |   NEW YORK        |   WYOMING          | 
    |  IOWA                   |                   |                    | 
    +------------------------------------------------------------------+

Select one of the states from the menu.

Select "EXIT" when you have finished inquiring on Davis-Bacon information.

After you select a state, a list of general decisions for that state will be displayed.

General Decisions

A list of general decision numbers for the selected state, is displayed, and you are asked to select the decision(s) you want to inquire on. 



 +-------------------------General Decision Number-------------------------+ 
 |  ALL        |   AZ990003   |   AZ990008   |   AZ990013   |   AZ990017   | 
 |  BACK       |   AZ990004   |   AZ990009   |   AZ990014   |   AZ990018   | 
 |-------------|   AZ990005   |   AZ990010   |   AZ990015   |   AZ990019   | 
 |  AZ990001   |   AZ990006   |   AZ990011   |   AZ990016   |   AZ990020   | 
 |  AZ990002   |   AZ990007   |   AZ990012   |              |              | 
 +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+

Select the decision you want to inquire on.

Select "ALL" to inquire on all decisions.

Select "BACK" to return to the state menu.

The selected decision(s) data is displayed, and you can scroll through the information.

Chapter 149
PROTEST - Davis-Bacon Protest Cover Letter

The PROTEST - Davis-Bacon Protest Cover Letter menu option is used to create a protest cover letters which goes with the wage determination information.

You are asked for some information that is needed to create the protest cover letter (e.g. state, general decision number, project location, etc.), and the letter is created. 



            +--------------Davis-Bacon Processing--------------+ 
            |  DBINQ          Davis-Bacon Data Inquiry         | 
            |  PROTEST        Davis-Bacon Protest Cover Lett   | 
            +--------------------------------------------------+

This procedure requires running on a PC.

149.1 Davis-Bacon Protest Cover Letter Input Screen

After you select PROTEST from the Davis-Bacon processing menu, the following Davis-Bacon protest cover letter input screen is displayed. 



 ULTRA     United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America       (date) 
                                  Tucson Local                         UBC01444 
 
Enter information for protest cover letter creation 
 
State              : 
 
Decision           : 
 
County             : 
 
Jurisdiction entity: 
 
Agreement date     : 
 
Closing name       : 
 
CC name            : 
 
 
 
 
                      +--------Select a State---------+ 
                      |  EXIT   | ------|   ARIZONA   | 
                      +-------------------------------+ 
 
<ESC>=Exit              Davis-Bacon Protest Cover Letter     <F2>=Back <F1>=Help

149.2 Prompts and Responses

The following sections describe the prompts used when creating Davis-Bacon protest cover letters.

State

A list of states is displayed, and you are asked to select a state. 



    +--------------------------Select a State--------------------------+ 
    |  EXIT                   |   KANSAS          |   NORTH CAROLINA   | 
    |-------------------------|   KENTUCKY        |   NORTH DAKOTA     | 
    |  ALABAMA                |   LOUISIANA       |   OHIO             | 
    |  ALASKA                 |   MAINE           |   OKLAHOMA         | 
    |  ARIZONA                |   MARYLAND        |   OREGON           | 
    |  ARKANSAS               |   MASSACHUSETTS   |   PENNSYLVANIA     | 
    |  CALIFORNIA             |   MICHIGAN        |   RHODE ISLAND     | 
    |  COLORADO               |   MINNESOTA       |   SOUTH CAROLINA   | 
    |  CONNECTICUT            |   MISSISSIPPI     |   SOUTH DAKOTA     | 
    |  DELAWARE               |   MISSOURI        |   TENNESSEE        | 
    |  DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA   |   MONTANA         |   TEXAS            | 
    |  FLORIDA                |   NEBRASKA        |   UTAH             | 
    |  GEORGIA                |   NEVADA          |   VIRGINIA         | 
    |  HAWAII                 |   NEW HAMPSHIRE   |   WASHINGTON       | 
    |  IDAHO                  |   NEW JERSEY      |   WEST VIRGINIA    | 
    |  ILLINOIS               |   NEW MEXICO      |   WISCONSIN        | 
    |  INDIANA                |   NEW YORK        |   WYOMING          | 
    |  IOWA                   |                   |                    | 
    +------------------------------------------------------------------+

Select one of the states from the menu.

Select "EXIT" when you have finished creating Davis-Bacon protest cover letters.

After you select a state, a list of general decisions for that state will be displayed.

General Decisions

A list of general decision numbers for the selected state, is displayed, and you are asked to select the decision you want to create a protest cover letter for. 



 +-------------------------General Decision Number-------------------------+ 
 |  AZ990001   |   AZ990005   |   AZ990009   |   AZ990013   |   AZ990017   | 
 |  AZ990002   |   AZ990006   |   AZ990010   |   AZ990014   |   AZ990018   | 
 |  AZ990003   |   AZ990007   |   AZ990011   |   AZ990015   |   AZ990019   | 
 |  AZ990004   |   AZ990008   |   AZ990012   |   AZ990016   |   AZ990020   | 
 +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+

Select one of the decisions from the menu.

County

You are asked for the name of the county where the project is located. 



 County? ______________________________

Enter the appropriate county name.

The county name can be up to 30 characters in length.

Jurisdiction Entity

The project is within the jurisdiction of an entity.

You are asked for the name of the jurisdiction entity. 



 Jurisdiction entity? ______________________________

Enter the appropriate jurisdiction entity.

The entity can be up to 30 characters in length.

Effective Date

You are asked for the current labor agreement effective date. 



 Agreement date? ________

Enter the agreement effective date in MMDDYYYY format.

Letter Closing Name

You are asked for the name of the person who is sending the letter. 



 Closing name? ______________________________

Enter the closing name.

The name can be up to 30 characters in length.

Copy To

You are asked for the name of the affiliate that you want to send a copy of this letter to.

Note: If you are NOT a General Officer user, "International Headquarters" is displayed, and this prompt is skipped. 



 CC name? ______________________________

Enter the affiliate name.

The name can be up to 30 characters in length.

Proceed

You are asked if you want to proceed with creating the protest cover letter. 



   +Proceed-+ 
   |  Yes   | 
   |  No    | 
   +--------+

Select "Yes" to generate the protest cover letter.

Select "No" to return to the previous prompt.

Press <ESC> to abort this letter procedure.

If "Yes", the protest cover letter is generated.

Glossary

International: highest organizational level of UBC

Council: organizational level under international; made up of locals; the councils are divided into Districts

Local: the affiliation organization level that members belong to

branch: sub-group of local; used by locals with wider geographic regions

member: any person who has completed an application to join the UBC, paid the necessary fees and been accepted (exceptions are those people who join as Agency Shop or Beck Objector classifications; they are not considered full members of the Union but are included in dues paying rosters)

applicant: a person who has completed an application to join the UBC, but is paying the initiation fee in installments; after all the initiation fee has been paid, will be a full member

initiation date: the date a person becomes a member

re-initiate: allows a person who was once a member, to join again with a new initiation date (service time, fees and dues start again)

re-instate: allows a prior member to re-join, retaining previous initiation date and previously accumulated service time by catching up all unpaid dues and fees

dues: money assessed all members on a monthly basis

dues group codes: indicates level/rate at which members are assessed dues (i.e. apprentice 1, journeyman, retired)

dues charges: dues charged to a member

dues payments: dues paid by the member

receipts: acknowledgment of payments made by a member

arrears: status of a member that is past due in payments; member not put into arrears status until they are 3 months past due

suspended: after 6 months in arrears on dues membership is suspended

dispensation: policy of waiving fees, or rules for becoming an officer, etc., in certain circumstances when requested by an affiliate

transfer out: process of moving a member out of his/her current local

transfer in: process of moving a member into a new local

dispatch: process to refer out of work members to job openings

day book: recording of daily/monthly receipts

apprentice: member enrolled in a 4 year craft/skill training program

journeyman: a member who has completed the apprentice program

tax code/schedule: indication of industrial or construction showing rates charged by the International for per capita tax and initiation fee

initiation fee: amount charged by the local to the member for joining; also an amount charged by the International to the local for each member initiated

per capita tax: amount charged by the International to the local, per member of the local; some councils also charge per capita tax to their locals

craft codes: code which indicates type of job a member performs (i.e. carpenter, diver, millwright)

skill codes: specific skill codes used for qualifications for job referral

delegate: elected local representative to the International convention

officer: elected union official

checkoff dues: also known as assessment dues and working dues; these are withheld by the employer and remitted to the Union; typically, a percent of gross pay

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