How To Handle A Contaminated Gate
Question: What does a contractor do when the good gate is contaminated?
Answer: The contractor has to go through the process of rehabilitating the gate system. That means sending out new notices with a new effective date and effective time, informing all unions, contractors and subcontractors that the gates have been reestablished and that neutral contractors/subcontractors and their employees, visitors and suppliers must use the neutral gate, while employees, suppliers and visitors of the picketed contractor must only use the gate reserved for them (and the pickets). The notice that goes out essentially repeats verbatim all the information in the initial notice except that it states that the dual gate system has been reestabilshed at the location effective on a new date and time. It is also best to set up a gate monitoring or security system to ensure that the same contamination problem does not recur.