2011-2015 Carpenters Resilient Floor Coverers CBA Local 2287

RESILIENT FLOOR COVERERS
AGREEMENT
between
GREATER NEW YORK FLOOR COVERERS
ASSOCIATION, INC.
– and –
THE DISTRICT COUNCIL OF NEW YORK
CITY AND VICINITY OF THE UNITED
BROTHERHOOD OF CARPENTERS AND
JOINERS OF AMERICA, AFL-CIO
July 1, 2011 -June 30, 2015
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Article Page
I Jurisdiction 3
II Geographical Jurisdiction 5
III Union Security 5
IV Hours of Labor 7
V Holidays 10
VI Wage Rates and Fringe Benefits 11
VII Traveling Time and Expense 19
VIII Classification of Industry 20
IX Job Referral 21
X Foreman & Lead Person 27
XI Fringe Benefit Funds 28
XII Bonding 35
XIII Miscellaneous Conditions 36
XIV Joint Trade Board & Grievance Procedure 41
XV Greater NY Floor Coverers IPF 44
XVI Install Program 46
XVII Effective Date 46
XVIII No Smoking 47
XIX Government Legislation 47
XX Savings Clause 47
XXI Expiration Automatic Renewal 47
XXII Effectuating Clause 48
Addendum A Most Favored Nations 49
Addendum B Market Recovery 51
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AGREEMENT made and entered into this day of 2013 and
effective as of July 1, 2011, between the GREATER NEW YORK FLOOR COVERERS
ASSOCIATION, INC. (the “Association” or “Employer”), and the DISTRICT COUNCIL OF
NEW YORK CITY AND VICINITY OF THE UNITED BROTHERHOOD OF CARPENTERS
AND JOINERS OF AMERICA (the “Union” or “District Council”).
ARTICLE I
JURISDICTION

(A)	The Association recognizes the Union as the sole and exclusive bargaining agent
for those employees of the Association members covered by the Agreement doing work within the jurisdiction of the Union.
(B)	This Agreement shall cover, and grant the persons covered hereunder, work

jurisdiction over all resilient floor covering and related materials, whenever applied, including,
but not limited to, all work which consists of measuring, cutting, fitting, taking up and laying of
new and old carpets, protective covering as necessary to protect linoleum, cork carpet matting,
linen, linoleum and rubber on walls, floors and ceilings; all resilient tile of cork, rubber,
linoleum, mastic, asphalt, vinyl, or other composition tiles for floors, walls or ceilings, drilling of
holes for sockets and pins, waxing of linoleum, rubber and all other above-mentioned floor, wall
or ceiling covering, fitting devices for the attachment of carpet and other floor coverings, the
priming of concrete and flash patching, the spreading of all adhesives and the preparation of
cracks and expansion joints, laminates, installation of self-leveling floors (as underlayment or as
finished floors) and fritz tile. Self-leveling floors, seamless floor covering and the handling of
all the above-mentioned materials, on jobsites, and any and all materials covered by the United
Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America.
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(C) This Agreement shall also cover all work which consists of sewing,altering,
mending, binding or otherwise making, remodeling or repairing of new or old carpets, including
oriental rugs, on commercial and rehabilitation jobs and in warehouses.
(D) The handling and installation, including the operation of any and all machinery
and/or equipment in any way related to the handling and installation of all carpeting known as
ASTRO-TURF or any similar name or type, whether used indoors or outdoors, is under the
jurisdiction of the Union. The spraying of cement and/or adhesives for the purpose of receiving
any type of flooring materials wherever or however applied, as well as the operation of any other
equipment in any way connected with such installation, shall be deemed to be covered under this
Agreement and within the jurisdiction of the Union.

(E)	Cement down wood flooring shall be deemed to be covered under this Agreement
in any geographical area normally considered to be within the jurisdiction of the Union and the steward dispatched will be a member of Local 2287.
(F)	The members of the Association shall have the right to hire the necessary

carpenters, with the proper jurisdiction, to install nail-down wood floors without the burden of
joining another association. These employees shall be certified as per the INSTALL certification
clause of this agreement.
(G) Employees reporting for work outside of the geographical jurisdiction of this
Collective Bargaining Agreement, having been directed to do so by an Employer who is bound
by the provisions of this Agreement, shall be entitled to all the provisions of this Agreement,
regardless of the wage and fringes prevailing in the geographical area in which they are directed
to report to work. If the Union has a reciprocal agreement with other Unions outside of its
jurisdictional area, then the balance, if any, of wages and fringe benefits shall be paid to the
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Union and/or the Fund. If no such reciprocal agreement exists, all such wages and fringe
benefits shall be paid to the Union and/or Fund.
ARTICLE II
GEOGRAPHICAL JURISDICTION
This Agreement shall cover work performed by the Employer when employing Journeymen and
all other employees within the scope of this Agreement within the following territorial
jurisdiction in the State of New York:

Counties of:	Bronx	Queens
Kings	Richmond
Nassau	Rockland
Manhattan	Suffolk
Orange	Westchester
Putnam	Dutchess
ARTICLE III UNION SECURITY
(A)	All employees who are members of the Union at the time of signing of this

Agreement shall continue membership in the Union. All other employees covered by this
Agreement who are employed by Employers engaged primarily in the Building and Construction
Industry shall become members of the Union seven (7) days following the beginning of
employment by a member of the Association or the date of this Agreement, whichever is later,
and shall retain such membership in good standing during the term of this Agreement as a
condition of continued employment by a member of the Association.
(B) All employees covered by this Agreement who are employed by Employers not
engaged primarily in the building and construction industry shall become members of the Union
on the thirteenth (13) day following the beginning of employment, or the date of this Agreement,
whichever is later, and shall retain such membership during the term of this Agreement as a
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condition of continued employment.
(C) The Employer agrees upon notice from the Union to discharge any person
covered hereunder who has not become or remained a member in good standing in the Union,
provided that such membership was available to the person based on terms and conditions
applicable to other members and that membership was not denied or terminated for any reason
other than the failure of the individual to tender periodic dues and initiation fees uniformly
required as a condition of acquiring or retaining membership.
(D) The Employer shall deduct from the weekly wages of each individual covered
under this Agreement Union dues and such other amounts as set by the Union in accordance with
its Bylaws or other applicable documents. All monies deducted shall be promptly remitted to the
Executive Secretary-Treasurer of the Union or his or her designee, together with a list of names
and employees from whom said monies are to be credited. The written authorizations shall be
pursuant to Section 302 (c) of the Labor Management Relations Act of 1947. The Union shall
hold the Employer harmless and indemnify the Employer for any liability arriving out of
compliance with this Agreement, including contract limitation attorneys’ fees and costs.
(E) Each Employer warrants that no enterprise which the Employer or any
officer, stockholder, partner or agent of the Employer has substantial de facto interest in now, or
achieves during the term of this Agreement, shall engage in any activities covered under this
Agreement without being bound to all the terms and conditions of this Agreement. The parties
further acknowledge that those who engage in activity in violation of this provision cause great
and incalculable damage to the Union and its members. Since the exact damage suffered by the
Union due to a violation of this provision is not readily calculable, the parties agree that any
Employer, officer, stockholder, partner or agent who violates this section, as well as the
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Employer itself shall pay liquidated damages in the sum of ten thousand ($10,000.00) dollars or
the amount of actual damages the Union can prove, whichever is higher to the Union for each
violation of this provision.
ARTICLE IV
HOURS OF LABOR
(A) The intent is to maintain the seven hour work day, thirty five hour work week.
During the term of this Agreement the work day may be increased to eight hours at straight time
pay hours and a forty hour work week with written notification to the District Council prior to
commencement of job. A contractor may change from a seven (7) to an eight (8) hour day or
from an eight (8) to a seven (7) hour day, one (1) time on each project, with proper notification
to the Union. Overtime hours Monday through Friday shall be paid at time and one-half.
Saturday pay shall be at the time and one-half rate. The Contractor is expected to establish and
maintain a reasonable work week schedule allowing for unusual jobsite conditions. Other than
an emergency, notice of all overtime work should be given to the Floor Coverers before noon if
possible. Floor Coverers will never be penalized for refusing to work overtime.
(B) Flexible Starting Time: The normal work day shall start at eight (8) a.m. and
may be changed by the Employer due to work site conditions to start between seven (7) a.m. and
nine (9) a.m. for all or a portion of the employees. Notification to the Union will be given by the
Employer when changed from the normal eight (8) a.m. starting time. No Floor Coverer is to
start work before the designated starting time.
(C) All additional hours worked shall be paid at the time and one-half rate.
(D) Saturday: All hours worked shall be paid for at the rate of time and one-half.
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When a holiday falls on a Saturday, then the rate shall be double time.
(E) All Floor Coverers will be given five (5) minutes time to wrap up their tools and
wash up before lunch and quitting time.
(F) Shift Work: The Employer may work two shifts with the first shift working eight
(8) a.m. to the end of the shift at straight time rate of pay. The wage rate for second shift
consisting of seven (7) hours shall be paid at one hundred fourteen point two nine percent
(114.29%) of the straight time wage rate. The wage rate for second shift consisting of eight (8)
hours shall be paid at one hundred twelve point five percent (112.5%) of the straight time wage
rate. In addition, members of the second shift shall be allowed one-half (1/2) hour to eat, with
this time being included in the hours of work established. There must be a first shift to work the
second shift. All additional hours worked shall be paid at the time and one-half rate. The
Employer shall notify the Union in advance of the beginning of the shift schedule. On shift
work, the Job Steward shall work no more than the shift hours. There shall be a Job Steward on
each shift who shall be appointed by the Union. There shall be a pre-job conference with the
Union before the commencement of any shift work.
(G) Off-hour Work on Alteration and Repair Work: When performing alteration
or repair work in an occupied building and when it is not possible to perform said work during
regular working hours, said work shall proceed during off hours, as scheduled by the Employer,
but starting no later than 10:00 p.m. The work day and the rate of pay shall be the same as the
second shift provisions. The wage rate for second shift consisting of seven (7) hours shall be paid
at one hundred fourteen point two nine percent (114.29%) of the straight time wage rate. The
wage rate for second shift consisting of eight (8) hours shall be paid at one hundred twelve point
five percent (112.5%) of the straight time wage rate. In addition, members of the off-hour crew
shall be allowed one-half (1/2) hour to eat, with this time being included in the seven (7) hour or
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eight (8) hour shift as established hours of work. All additional hours worked in excess of the
shift hours shall be paid at the time and one-half rate. The Employer shall notify the Union in
advance of beginning said off-hour work, which shall be performed subject to the provisions of
this Section and subject to notification to the Union. There shall be a pre-job conference with the
Union before the commencement of off-hours work.
(H) The Employer may start a portion of the crew one hour prior to the established
start time at straight time wages due to unusual job site conditions. The Contractor will
determine the number of employees necessary. The working steward will be part of the early
crew. It is understood this is not intended to establish a continuous staggered work day.

(I) (J)

Starting time is on floor of actual work, not at shanty. Saturday Make-up: When conditions beyond the control of the Employer, such

as severe weather, wide spread power failure, fire, natural disaster, etc., prevent the operation of
the job on one or more normal working days, the Employer may, with notification to the Union,
schedule the Saturday of that calendar week during which work was prevented, as a make-up day
at straight time. All hours worked in excess of the normal work day shall be paid for at the rate
of time and one-half. When a holiday falls on a Saturday, then the make-up day rate shall be
double time. The Employer must declare a regular work day “terminated”, for one of the reasons
listed above, no later than 10:00 a.m. of the day terminated to utilize a Saturday as a make-up
day, and notify the Union of its desire to work a make-up day by noon of the day preceding the
make-up day. Employees employed by the Employer on the day so “terminated”, shall have the
right of first refusal to work on the make-up Saturday, but said employees shall also have the
right to decline work on a make-up Saturday, without any penalty. If employees are needed to
work a make-up Saturday, other than those already working on the job, the Employer shall call
the Union before employing workers secured from any other source. A make-up Saturday shall
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be no less than the seven or eight hours as established by the shift, with one-half (1/2) hour off to
eat, charged to the hours worked.
ARTICLE V
HOLIDAYS
(A) The contractual holidays are:
New Year’s Day
President’s Day
Memorial Day
Independence Day
Labor Day
Christmas Eve
Columbus Day
Presidential Election Day
Thanksgiving Day
Day after Thanksgiving
Christmas Day
New Year’s Eve
(B) It is further agreed that no work shall be performed on Sundays or Legal
Holidays, except in the case of emergency or necessity, and that no work shall be performed
then unless permission is granted by the District Council on the previous workday, stating
location of building where work is to be performed and the number of workers required.
DOUBLE TIME SHALL BE PAID FOR ALL WORK ON SUNDAYS, AND LEGAL
HOLIDAYS, except as otherwise noted. Emergency work, INVOLVING DANGER TO LIFE
AND PROPERTY, may be performed without permission from the District Council.
(C) The listed Holidays are to be non-paid holidays except for the Foreman and First
and Second Year Apprentices who shall be paid on a weekly basis (inclusive of holidays).
(D) In all cases, the Holidays referred to shall be observed on the day and date
established by the State of New York. When permission is granted to work on such Legal
Holidays, double time shall be paid.
(E) Except as provided herein, Foremen and first and second year apprentices shall be
employed according to the established work week as provided herein except when due to the
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exigencies of the situation, the Union grants permission to the Employer to employ apprentices
for a period of time of less than a full week. This weekly payroll basis will be followed
regardless of whether a holiday falls within the week in question, provided that the individual
entitled to weekly pay has been ready, willing and able to work during the week in question.
(F) When a Legal Holiday, defined herein this Article, falls on a Sunday and the
following day is declared a Legal Holiday, then double-time shall be paid for all hours worked. If
a Holiday is to be worked, the Union shall be notified by noon of the previous work day. No
work shall be performed on Labor Day.
ARTICLE VI
WAGE RATES AND FRINGE BENEFITS
Section 1. Wages– The Section 1 wage and fringe benefit rates solely apply to work
performed in Nassau, Rockland, Suffolk and Westchester Counties as well as all of the five (5)
Boroughs of the City of New York, all of the Islands in and all the waters of the adjacent
Harbors, Rivers and Bays, and that portion of Long Island bounded by a line beginning at the
intersection of the City Line and the North Shore of Long Island, then running southerly to the
Southern State Parkway, then East to Seaford Creek in Nassau County, then South to the Atlantic
Ocean, then West to the Southern tip of the Borough of Richmond, then North on Arthur Kill to
Kill van Kull, then East to Upper New York Bay, then North to the North River and Hudson
River, then East to New York City Line then continue East on the New York City Line to Long
Island Sound, then South to the intersection of the City Line and the North Shore of Long Island,
all within the State of New York.
Wage rates and fringe benefit contribution within the bargaining unit shall be determined and/or
reallocated by Union at its sole discretion:
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TOTAL WAGES & FRINGE BENEFITS JOURNEYMAN FLOOR COVERERS
07/01/11 07/01/12 9/01/13* 01/01/14 07/01/14
Total package per hr. $85.03 $85.03 $89.56 $91.96 $94.36
*or upon implementation and approval from the Court.

FOREMAN – EFFECTIVE DATES

$3.00 PER HR. ABOVE JOURNEYMAN SCALE

07/01/11 07/01/12 9/01/13* 01/01/14 07/01/14
WAGE RATE PER HOUR

Journeyman	$46.15 $46.15 $48.08
Foreman	$49.15 $49.15 $51.08

*or upon implementation and approval from the Court.
APPRENTICES
Apprentice wage increases may be deferred for reasons determined by the
Joint Apprentice Committee and or its Training Director by written notice
to the Employer.
EFFECTIVE DATES
07/01/11 07/01/12 9/01/13* 01/01/14 07/01/14
WAGE RATE PER HOUR

1st yr. Apprentice 2nd yr. Apprentice 3rd yr. Apprentice 4th yr. Apprentice

$18.46 $18.46 $19.23 $23.07 $23.07 $24.04 $30.00 $30.00 $31.25 $36.92 $36.92 $38.46

*or upon implementation and approval from the Court.
FRINGE BENEFIT RATE PER HOUR
JOURNEYMAN-FOREMAN
EFFECTIVE DATES
07/01/11 07/01/12 9/01/13* 01/01/14 07/01/14
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WELFARE	$11.25 $11.25 $13.84
PENSION ANNUITY A.J.R.E.I.F.	$11.81 $11.81 $11.81 $ 6.60 $ 6.60 $ 6.60 $ 0.70 $ 0.70 $ 0.70	———— — —————
VACATION	$ 7.10 $ 7.10 $ 7.10	————— —————
SUPPLEMENTAL FUNDS $ 0.04 $ 0.04 $ 0.05 U.B.C. & J.A. INT’L $ 0.08 $ 0.10 $ 0.10 N.Y.D.C.C. LABORS/MGT$ 0.30 $ 0.28 $ 0.28 SUPPLEMENTAL PENSION $ 1.00 $ 1.00 $ 1.00	— ——— — — ————— —————
TOTAL PER HOUR	$38.88 $38.88 $41.48

*or upon implementation and approval from the Court.
FRINGE BENEFIT RATE PER HOUR
1st 2nd 3rd & 4th YEAR APPRENTICES
EFFECTIVE DATES

07/01/11 07/01/12	9/01/13* 01/01/14 07/01/14
WELFARE PENSION ANNUITY A.J.R.E.I.F. VACATION SUPPLEMENTAL FUNDS U.B.C. & J.A. INT’L	$11.25 $11.25 $13.84 $ 5.91 $ 5.91 $5.91 $ 3.30 $ 3.30 $3.30 $ 0.70 $ 0.70 $0.70 $3.55 $ 3.55 $3.55 $ 0.04 $ 0.04 $0.05 $ 0.08 $ 0.10 $0.10
N.Y.D.C.C. LABORS/MGT.$ 0.30 $ 0.28 $0.28 SUPPLEMENTAL PENSION $ 1.00 $ 1.00 $1.00
TOTAL PER HOUR	$26.13 $26.13 $28.73

*or upon, implementation and approval from the Court.
The Pension, Vacation and Annuity Fund contribution rates for Apprentices
are based upon 50% of the Journeyman rate.
Prevailing wage rate work that is not covered by a Project Labor
Agreement shall be paid at the applicable (NYS Dep’t of Labor and/or
NY Comptroller) posted prevailing current wage rate of pay until such
time that the DOL and/or Comptroller posts the rates set forth in the
Section above. In no event shall the rate be less than $85.03 per
hour.
Section 2 .
PUTNAM COUNTY
TOTAL WAGES & FRINGE BENEFITS – JOURNEYMAN CARPENTER
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07/01/11 07/01/12 9/01/13* 07/01/14
Total package per hr. $85.03 $85.03 $72.11 $74.27
*or upon implementation and approval from the Court.

FOREMAN – EFFECTIVE DATES

$3.00 PER HR. ABOVE JOURNEYMAN SCALE

07/01/11 07/01/12 9/01/13* 07/01/14
WAGE RATE PER HOUR

Journeyman	$46.15 $46.15 $36.96
Foreman	$49.15 $49.15 $39.96

*or upon implementation and approval from the Court.
APPRENTICES
TOTAL WAGE AND BENEFIT RATE PER HOUR
07/01/11 07/01/12 9/01/13* 07/01/14

1st yr. Apprentice 2nd yr. Apprentice 3rd yr. Apprentice 4th yr. Apprentice

$57.34 $57.34 $36.58 $37.68 $61.15 $61.15 $40.04 $41.24 $68.88 $68.88 $43.49 $44.79 $75.80 $75.80 $46.95 $48.36

*or upon implementation and approval from the Court.
Apprentice wage increases may be deferred for reasons determined by the
Joint Apprentice Committee and or it’s Training Director by written notice
to the Employer.
EFFECTIVE DATES
07/01/11 07/01/12 9/01/13* 07/01/14
WAGE RATE PER HOUR

1st yr. Apprentice 2nd yr. Apprentice 3rd yr. Apprentice 4th yr. Apprentice

$18.46 $18.46 $17.63 $23.07 $23.07 $21.09 $30.00 $30.00 $24.54 $36.92 $36.92 $28.00

*or upon implementation and approval from the Court.
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FRINGE BENEFIT RATE PER HOUR
FOREMAN
EFFECTIVE DATES
07/01/11 07/01/12 9/01/13* 07/01/14

WELFARE PENSION ANNUITY A.J.R.E.I.F. VACATION	$11.25 $11.25 $13.87 $11.81 $11.81 $ 8.90 $ 6.60 $ 6.60 $ 5.50 $ 0.70 $ 0.70 $ 0.70 $ 7.10 $ 7.10 $ 4.75	— — — — — — — —
SUPPLEMENTAL FUNDS $ 0.04 $ 0.04 $ 0.05 U.B.C. & J.A.. INT’L $ 0.08 $ 0.10 $ 0.10 N.Y.D.C.C. LABORS/MGT$ 0.30 $ 0.28 $ 0.28 SUPPLEMENTAL PENSION $ 1.00 $ 1.00 $ 1.00
TOTAL PER HOUR	$38.88 $38.88 $35.15	—

*or upon implementation and approval from the Court.
FRINGE BENEFIT RATE PER HOUR
1st 2nd 3rd & 4th YEAR APPRENTICES
EFFECTIVE DATES

07/01/11 07/01/12	9/01/13* 07/01/14
WELFARE PENSION ANNUITY A.J.R.E.I.F. VACATION SUPPLEMENTAL FUNDS U.B.C. & J.A. INT’L	$11.25 $11.25 $13.87 $ 5.91 $ 5.91 $2.00 $ 3.30 $ 3.30 $0′.50 $ 0.70 $ 0.70 $0.40 $ 3.55 $ 3.55 $1.75 $ 0.04 $ 0.04 $0.05 $ 0.08 $ 0.10 $0.10
N.Y.D.C.C. LABORS/MGT.$ 0.30 $ 0.28 $0.28 SUPPLEMENTAL PENSION $ 1.00 $ 1.00 $0.00
TOTAL PER HOUR	$26.13 $26.13 $18.95

*or upon implementation and approval from the Court.
Section 3.
ORANGE & DUCHESS COUNTIES
TOTAL WAGES & FRINGE BENEFITS – JOURNEYMAN CARPENTER
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07/01/11 07/01/12 9/01/13* 07/01/14
Total package per hr. $85.03 $85.03 $59.19 $60.97
*or upon implementation and approval from the Court.

FOREMAN – EFFECTIVE DATES

$3.00 PER HR. ABOVE JOURNEYMAN SCALE

07/01/11 07/01/12 9/01/13* 07/01/14
WAGE RATE PER HOUR

Journeyman	$46.15 $46.15 $29.79
Foreman	$49.15 $49.15 $32.79

*or upon implementation and approval from the Court.
APPRENTICES
TOTAL WAGE AND BENEFIT RATE PER HOUR
*or upon implementation and approval from the Court.
07/01/11
$57.34
$61.15
$68.88
$75.80
07/01/12
$57.34
$61.15
$68.88
$75.80
9/01/13*
$32.95
$35.85
$38.76
$41.67
07/01/14
$33.94
$36.93
$39.92
$42.92
yr. Apprentice
yr. Apprentice
yr. Apprentice
yr. Apprentice
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
Apprentice wage increases may be deferred for reasons determined by the
Joint Apprentice Committee and or its Training Director by written notice
to the Employer.
EFFECTIVE DATES
07/01/11 07/01/12 9/01/13* 07/01/14
WAGE RATE PER HOUR

1st yr. Apprentice 2nd yr. Apprentice 3rd yr. Apprentice 4th yr. Apprentice

$18.46 $18.46 $14.00 $23.07 $23.07 $16.90 $30.00 $30.00 $19.81 $36.92 $36.92 $22.72

*or upon implementation and approval from the Court.
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FRINGE BENEFIT RATE FER HOUR
JOURNEYMAN-FOREMAN
EFFECTIVE DATES

07/01/11 07/01/12 9/01/13* $11.25 $11.25 $13.87 $11.81 $11.81 $ 6.00 $ 6.60 $ 6.60 $ 5.00 $ 0.70 $ 0.70 $ 0.70 $ 7.10 $ 7.10 $ 2.40	07/01/14 _____ — — — — — — — — —
WELFARE PENSION ANNUITY A.J.R.E.I.F. VACATION
SUPPLEMENTAL FUNDS $ 0.04 $ 0.04 $ 0.05 U.B.C. & J.A. INT’L $ 0.08 $ 0.10 $ 0.10 N.Y.D.C.C. LABORS/MGT$ 0.30 $ 0.28 $ 0.28 SUPPLEMENTAL PENSION? 1.00 $ 1.00 $ 1.00
TOTAL PER HOUR	$38.88 $38.88 $29.40

*or upon implementation and approval from the Court.
FRINGE BENEFIT RATE PER HOUR
1st 2nd 3rd & 4th YEAR APPRENTICES
EFFECTIVE DATES
07/01/11 07/01/12 9/01/13* 07/01/14

WELFARE	$11.25 $11.25 $13.87
PENSION	$5.91 $ 5.91 $2.00
ANNUITY A.J.R.E.I.F. VACATION	$ 3.30 $3.30 $0.50 $ 0.70 $ 0.70 $0.40 $ 3.55 $3.55 $1.75
SUPPLEMENTAL FUNDS U.B.C. & J.A. INT’L	$ 0.04 $ 0.04 $0.05 $ 0.08 $ 0.10 $0.10
N.Y.D.C.C. LABORS/MGT.$ 0.30 $ 0.28 $0.28 SUPPLEMENTAL PENSION $ 1.00 $ 1.00 $0.00
TOTAL PER HOUR	$26.13 $26.13 $18.95

*or upon implementation and approval from the Court.
(A) Any person directed to appear at a job site shall be guaranteed two (2) hours pay
by the Employer if the employee appears prepared to work prior to starting time of the workday
in question. Any employee who has worked for an Employer at a job site shall be deemed to
have been directed to report to that job site on the following “workday” unless the employee has
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been actually directed to report to another job site the preceding “workday” or laid off the
preceding “workday”.
A Floor Coverer’s work day consists of seven (7) hours. If the said employee does not
work seven (7) hours because of personal reasons, the employee then would only be paid for
hours actually worked.
Employees laid off on a job site for gross incompetence or violation of jobsite rules shall
be paid only for hours worked.
(B) Employees shall receive their wages in cash or by check in a closed envelope
which shall be plainly marked as to each employee’s name, the hourly rate, the number of hours,
deductions for vacation, dues and the various taxes, such as unemployment, social security and
temporary disability. The check or pay stub shall show the gross amount of wages, the
Employer’s name and address. The employee’s wages shall be delivered within three (3) business
days from the end of the work week whether being continually employed, discharged or laid off.
Employees covered by this agreement shall be given one hour notice before being discharged or
laid off. If the notice is not given or timely payment is not made, the employers will be obligated
to an additional two (2) hour penalty per day for up to three (3) days after which employer will
be obligated to pay time and one half for each hour the employee has to wait in excess of 72
hours, not to exceed fourteen (14) hours. Employees shall be paid on an earlier day if the regular
pay day falls on a recognized holiday when the banks are closed.
(C) If any check provided by an Employer to an employee covered hereunder is
returned by the Employer’s bank, the Employer shall, within twenty-four (24) hours of notice of
the bank’s refusal to make payment, deliver to the employee, at the employee’s home, the full
amount due the employee in cash as well as one hundred ($100.00) dollars in cash as liquidated
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damages to reimburse the employee for injuries incurred due to the failure of the Employer’s
bank to honor the check.
(D) Where the Employer requires an employee to use the employee’s car to carry
materials to the job the employee will be reimbursed twenty five dollars ($25) for each load of
materials that weigh less than one hundred (100) pounds; for materials that weigh more than one
hundred (100) pounds the employee will be reimbursed one hundred dollars ($100) for such
load. Employer agrees to reimburse employee for any damage caused by the carrying of the
materials.
ARTICLE VII
TRAVELING TIME AND EXPENSE
(A) Employees covered by this Agreement who are sent to work outside of the
jurisdiction of Local 2287, and who remain away overnight shall be allowed a minimum of
seventy-five ($75.00) dollars per day ($45.00 for lodging; $30.00 for meals), unless equivalent
provisions are made by the Employer and they shall also receive actual transportation expenses
while traveling between the employee’s home and the job site, including the actual cost for
meals, mileage and sleeping accommodations. Mileage shall be paid at the maximum Federal
Mileage Allowance existing at the time the trip is undertaken. The parties acknowledge that
“Travel Expense” outlined in this Agreement are reimbursable employee expenses and, therefore,
no deductions of any kind may be made from these monies.
(B) Employees covered by this Agreement who are sent to work outside of the
jurisdiction covered by this Agreement and who are required to return to their homes at the end
of each day’s work, shall receive payment at single time for all time which they travel, provided
the Union has been notified
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(C) All traveling time for work outside of the geographical jurisdiction of this
Agreement between 8:00 a.m. and 3:30 p.m., including Saturdays, Sundays and Contractual
Holidays, shall be paid for at the rate of single time.
(D) When employees are ordered to the shop in the morning, to receive instructions or
to pick up material, the employee’s paid time shall begin at 8:00 a.m. However, when employees
are required to report to work at the job location or site, then travel time at single time shall only
be paid for that time necessary to travel in excess of a 50 mile radius from the shop.
(E) Where an employee is requested by the Employer to use his/her own car on two
(2) or more jobs in one (1) day, for work in the five boroughs of New York City, the employee
will receive for an allowance for use of the car $9.60 per day for that service, unless the
accumulated railroad fare for the day is in excess of Nine and 60/100 ($9.60) dollars, in which
case the Employer shall pay the greater amount plus any parking fees, tolls (substantiated by
receipts), and required when transporting such materials.
This payment is in addition to payment for carrying materials in the employee’s car,
already covered by this Agreement.
ARTICLE VHI
CLASSIFICATION OF INDUSTRY
Individuals, firms and corporations signing this Agreement as Employers shall be
defined in three classifications as follows:
1. Contractors
2. Trade Shops
3. Dealers
For the purpose of this Agreement, these are defined as follows:
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1. Contractors: Those concerns who are, or may be, employ labor for installation of
same direct from the Union or who contract and/or who subcontract for the direct installation of
flooring materials and/or other material covered by Article I of this Agreement.
2. Trade Shops or Workrooms: Those concerned who contract to perform only the
labor of installation of same for Dealers and Contractors only, shall employ in this installation
only members of the Union.
Once an award is given to a TRADE SHOP or WORKROOM from a Contractor or a
Dealer, then this same TRADE SHOP or WORKROOM shall not re-subcontract the same award
to another TRADE SHOP or WORKROOM who is a non-signatory Contractor to this
Agreement. To do so is in violation of this Agreement.
3. Dealers: Those concerns engaged in the selling of Floor and Wall Coverings, and
who engage TRADE SHOPS or WORKROOMS for the installation of the materials they sell
agree to contract only to signatory Union Contractors.
ARTICLE IX
JOB REFERRAL
(A) The Union and Employees agree to the INSTALL Program with 30 hour OSHA
Program. Employers agree to employ only journeymen employees that are certified to install
flooring materials with the appropriate certifications; INSTALL carpet, INSTALL resilient,
NWFA installation; and an OSHA 30 certification. Likewise, the Union has the obligation to
furnish only employees who are appropriately certified, ie. INSTALL certified, OSHA 30
certified, and UBC/NWFA certified. The employer shall not be penalized in any way if the
Union has failed to provide employees without such certification causing the employer to
temporarily default under his obligation to this section. If the Union furnishes employees on to
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the jobsite that do not possess the required certifications, the employer may send them home
with no obligation to pay them for show up.

(B) criteria:

In selecting applicants from the referral list, the Union shall use the following

(1) The first Carpenter on the job site shall be the Lead Person and may be
selected by the Employer. Except as set forth in the paragraph below, the second Carpenter on
the jobsite shall be the Certified Shop Steward referred by the Union. The remainder of the
Carpenters on the jobsite shall be selected by the Employer. Any employees selected by the
employer not members of the District Council shall be matched 1: 1 from the District Council
Job Referral List. When there are five (5) or more Carpenters on the jobsite, one (1) Carpenter
must be paid the Foreman’s rate of pay.
(2) Applicants for referral through the Union must register with the Union.
Applicants who have successfully completed the full Apprentice Program shall be presumed to
have the necessary skill and experience. Whether other applicants are possessed of the
necessary skill shall be determined by the Employer, subject to appeal, pursuant to the
Grievance Procedure set forth in this Agreement.
(C) For jobs only requiring one (1) or two (2) carpenter employees, the Employer will
be permitted to work without a certified shop steward without a time limitation. Any employee
who is not a member of the District Council will be matched 1:1 from the District Council’s Job
Referral List. The Union will assign one (1) of the two (2) members with the duties of the shop
steward. In the event of any violation of the two (2) employee rule (i.e., not reporting the job
and/or employing more than two (2) Carpenters without a Shop Steward), the contractor will lose
the benefit of this provision for the remainder of the term of the contract. If there is a third
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employee dispatched by the District Council’s Job Referral List, that employee shall be a
Certified Shop Steward and the steward will remain for the duration of that project. This is not to
be used as a “head start.” An arbitrator is empowered to award as a remedy for a deliberate
violation of the “head start” provision the loss of the Employer’s benefit hereunder for the
remainder of the term of the contract.
(D) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Agreement, the Employer shall be
permitted to hire any and all Carpenters, except for the Shop Steward and except as otherwise
provided in this Article, without reference to hiring ratios (i. e., the Employer will be able to hire
Carpenters, except as specifically limited, under so-called full mobility).

(E)	The compliance procedures hereunder shall include the following:
(1)	Each Employer shall provide the District Council and its affiliated

employee benefit funds with the name and location of each specific job. The District Council
shall assign a unique number to each specific job. Shop Stewards or other designated Carpenters
shall report to the District Council on a daily basis the names of the Carpenters and the hours
worked for each Employer for each specific job. The Employer shall report to the District
Council on a daily basis the existence of one and two-Carpenter jobs, the names of the
employees, and the hours worked. The names of Carpenters and hours entered with the District
Council shall be electronically transmitted on a daily basis to the Employer at e-mail addresses
and to personnel designated by the Employer on forms supplied by the District Council. The
Employer shall have five (5) working days, excluding weekends and holidays, from the close of
its weekly payroll to dispute names and hours reported that week by the District Council.
(2) Any disputes hereunder shall be processed under the grievance and
arbitration procedures of this Agreement. The arbitrator shall be empowered as a remedy to
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reinstate the 50:50 hiring ratio provisions for the duration of this Agreement for any Employer
found to have acted willfully and with the bad intent to violate the staffing and payrolling
requirements of this Agreement. Such a remedy would mean that the individual Employer would
be required to hire at least fifty percent (50%) of Carpenters from the District Council’s Job
Referral List (called an Out of Work List or OWL) without the ability to make requests.
(F) The Employer agrees to report to the Union the location or jobsite of each
contract job to be performed twenty-four (24) hours before job start. Repeated non – reporting of
jobs will initiate referral of the defaulting Employer to the Joint Trade Board as provided herein.
(G) The designated representative of the Union, as well as all Business
Representatives of the Union, shall have access to the job site, warehouse and any other business
location of the Employer at all times. When visiting job sites, Union representatives must comply
with all general conditions of the job regarding passes, entrances to be used, safety equipment,
dress and other site access requirements the Owner requires of the jobsite workforce.
(H) The Employer shall have the right to hire the Foreman.
(I) Nothing in this section shall restrict an Employer’s right to discharge an employee
for just cause. If the employee so discharged or rejected was obtained from the Union, the
employee shall be replaced from the Union to maintain the ratio established above in Article IX,
Section B, Subsection (1).

(I)	The Employer shall serve written notice to the Union and a copy of such
notice to the affected employee by certified mail, return receipt requested, to the Union and to the employee postmarked within forty-eight (48) hours of the action taken.
(2)	Any employee who has been terminated, regardless of the reason for

termination, must be paid all monies due through the day of the termination, including
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reimbursement for any outstanding claims for expenses. Failure of the Employer to comply with
any provision of this Section shall negate the termination or rejection and entitle the employee to
be paid as if he was working for that time period until the breach of this Section is satisfied.
(3) In any case of rejection or discharge, the Employer shall notify the Union,
as provided herein, of the time and date of discharge or rejection and shall specify, in writing, the
reason(s) therefor.
(4) The Employer shall retain the right to reject any job applicant referred by
the Union provided that the Employer can prove reasonable basis for said rejection.
(5) All New York City District Council certified Shop Stewards shall be
allowed to use facilities to fax Shop Steward reports to the Union every week and mail the hard
copies to the Union. When a signatory Employer wishes to layoff a Shop Steward during a
continuous employment, the Employer must notify the Union and have a meeting on the job with
the Union within twenty-four (24) hours. If termination takes place, a letter must be sent to the
Union.
(6) No Steward may be required to serve as a Leadman or Foreman on the
job. The employer shall bear no responsibility for shop steward(s) when the shop steward leaves
the site on his/her own accord.

(J)	The Union shall establish and maintain an open employment list for the referral
for employment of competent and qualified workers.
(1)	Applicants for referral through the Union may register provided they have

the necessary skill and experience to perform the job. Such skill and experience is presumed in
case of:
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(a)	Journeyman Applicants who have been employed for substantial
periods of time in the job applied for within two years prior to the date they seek referral in the geographical area covered by this Agreement;
(b)	Apprentices who are currently required to Apprenticeship School;
and
(c)	Apprentices who have successfully completed the full
apprenticeship program.
(2)	Other applicants who seek to register for referral must pass a competency

test given by a Joint Union-Employer Testing Board to be established under this Agreement.
Any applicant who fails to pass the test shall have the right to appeal to an Appeal Board
composed of two members appointed by the Association and two members appointed by the
Union. Such an appeal must be in writing and addressed to the Union within ten (10) days after
the sending of notice of failure. In the event of a deadlock in the Appeal Board, the matter shall
be referred to the Arbitrator designated hereunder.

(K)	To the extent that the Job Referral System is applicable in selecting applicants
from the referral list, the Union shall use the following criteria:
(1)	Floor Coverers will be hired by the job referral list at the District Council.

The 50/50 rule will be enforced and the Employer can hire whom he wants on his 50% ratio.
All Floor Coverers on a job site who are not members of the New York City District Council of
Carpenters will be matched from the out of work referral list one for one, and requests cannot be
used to match out of town Floor Coverers.
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(L)	The Employer and the Union shall post in places where notices to employees and
applicants for employment are customarily posted, all provisions relating to the functioning of the hiring arrangements.
(M)	Unless this Agreement specifically requires the use of a Foremen on a particular

job, the Employer may not use an apprentice on the job without first notifying the Union. When
a Foreman is required to be on a job, or the Employer chooses to use a Foreman, the Employer
shall maintain a ratio of one apprentice for each four (4) Journeymen employed. The signatory
contractor shall have the option of using one (1) apprentice for every two (2) journeyman. A
Journeyman may not be substituted for an apprentice in this ratio nor may an apprentice be
substituted for a Journeyman without specific permission from the Union permitting such
substitution. Once an apprentice is hired in conjunction with a Foreman on a job, he/she shall be
retained on the job until its completion unless he/she is discharged for just cause or the Union
grants permission, based on the exigencies of job, to layoff the apprentice.

(N)	The Employer shall provide on a monthly basis, in writing, a list of persons
employed to perform work within the jurisdiction described in the Agreement, as well as their hours and days worked to the Union.
(O)	Upon request of a representative of the Union and/or the Union, the Employer

shall supply a list of jobs and the names and addresses of the persons who worked on each job
for the month immediately preceding the request.
ARTICLE X
FOREMAN & LEAD PERSON
(A) Where a job consists of 1,500 yards of reasonably continuous installation, 15,000
square feet of tile installation or 15,000 linear feet of base installation, a Foreman must be
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employed. When there are five (5) or more Carpenters on the jobsite, one (1) Carpenter must be
paid the Foreman’s rate of pay.
(B) On each job where there is no working Foreman, the Employer shall appoint an
individual to act as lead person. The Employer shall have the responsibility of advising the
Steward as to who the lead person is. The lead person shall receive a
Journeyman’s wages. It will be the function of the lead person, and where there is no working
Foreman, to pass directions on to the individuals working pursuant to the terms of this
Agreement.
(C) The Steward shall be appointed by the Union and there shall be a Steward for
each shift. The Foreman will be the last person laid off from the job-site.
ARTICLE XI
FRINGE BENEFIT FUNDS
(A) Every Employer covered by this Agreement shall contribute Employer
contributions for each hour worked of all employees covered by this Agreement and employed
by said Employer within the territory of this Agreement in the amounts hereinafter specified to
the Welfare Fund, Pension Fund, Vacation Fund, Annuity Fund, U.B.C. & J.A. Fund,
Apprenticeship, Journeymen Retraining, Education and Industry Fund, Supplemental Funds, and
the New York City & Vicinity Labor-Management Cooperation Fund. Each Employer’s books
and payroll records, including cash disbursement records, shall be made available upon demand
of the Trustees at all reasonable business hours.
The Employer realizes that the failure of any Employer to make the required
fringe benefit fund contributions affects the liability of all Employers to this agreement and
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decreases the benefits available to the covered employees of the Employer. Therefore, the
Employer to this Agreement shall make available to the Trustees of the various Fringe Benefit
Trust Funds, or their designated auditing representatives, all pertinent books and records,
including all cash disbursement records, required for an audit to enable said auditor to ascertain
and independently verify that the proper contributions hereunder have been paid and such
records will be produced whenever deemed necessary by the Trustees in connection with the
proper administration of their fiduciary responsibilities. In order to accomplish this end, it is
specifically agreed that should any affiliate or subsidiary Employer as described in this
Agreement be involved with the business activities of this Employer that this Employer will
make available all the pertinent books and payroll records of such affiliate or subsidiary to the
auditor so that a complete audit can be made. The extent of the audit and the determination as to
what pertinent records are necessary to complete the audit is in the sole discretion of the
Employer/Union Trustees so that they may independently verify that all required contributions
have been made and discover the identity of all beneficiaries under the plans that they have been
entrusted with for proper administration.
When auditors are sent to audit the books of any Employer, General Contractor,
Prime Contractor, Builder or Subcontractor and a definite appointment is scheduled, when the
auditor or auditors cannot start at the appointed time and date and must return, or when valid
payroll records are not furnished, then the said Employer, General Contractor, Prime
Contractor, Builder or Subcontractor shall be penalized and pay the sum of $100.00 per auditor,
to cover the expense of the auditor or auditors. It shall be a violation of this Agreement for any
Employer, bound by this Agreement, to fail to furnish proper records when requested, for the
purpose of completing an audit. The Union shall have the right to remove all its members from
the offending Employer upon twenty-four (24) hours’ notice. If such men who are removed
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remain on the jobsite during regular working hours, they shall be paid for lost time not to exceed
three (3) days’ pay.
(B) Contributions to the New York City District Council of Carpenters Welfare Fund,
Pension Fund, Vacation Fund, Annuity Fund, U.B.C. & J.A. Fund, Apprenticeship,
Journeymen Retraining, Education and Industry Fund, Supplemental Funds, and the New York
City & Vicinity Labor-Management Cooperation Fund shall be in accord with this Agreement
The contribution to the Supplemental Funds shall be allocated in the following manner:
Carpenters Relief and Charity Fund
TWO AND ONE – HALF CENTS ($0,025) PER HOUR
District Council Scholarship Fund
TWO-AND-ONE-HALF CENTS ($0,025) PER HOUR
The purpose of the Carpenters Relief and Charity Funds is to enable the parties
to make charitable donations in the name of the carpentry industry from time to time. Said
donations shall be made to duly recognized tax exempt institutions within the meaning of the
Internal Revenue Code and to provide emergency assistance to bona fide victims of disaster,
catastrophe and community projects for the good of the general public. The contributions shall
be included in the payment of the Fringe Benefit Stamp. The Fund shall be administered by two
persons, one designated by the Union and the other by the Employer Associations. Both shall
serve without pay and shall be bonded to the extent required by law. All monies received by the
Fund shall be deposited in a bank selected by the two administrators and shall be disbursed only
by check signed by both administrators. At least once a year the entire balance of the Fund on
hand shall be disbursed to organizations and persons who meet the qualifications set forth above.
The administrators shall keep such books or records as may be necessary. Once a year the
administrators shall account for all monies received and disbursed.
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The Supplemental Funds shall be established in accordance with applicable law, and any
employee s authorization that is required shall be secured by the Union.
It is agreed that all contributions are due and payable to the District Council Fund Office
as called for in this Agreement for the other fringe benefit funds and the Employer does hereby
authorize said area Fund Office to forward said contributions to the Fund Office in such manner
as the Trustees of said fund shall reasonably require
The parties also recognize their right to be represented on the New York State Carpenters
Labor-Management Committee and by the execution of this Agreement the parties authorize the
representatives of the participating Employers and Carpenter Unions to designate their respective
Union and Employer Trustees hereby waiving all notice thereof and ratifying all actions taken by
them within the scope of their authority.
Effective July 1, 1996 the parties to this Agreement recognize the New York City and
Vicinity Carpenters Joint Labor Management Cooperation Trust Fund. The Committee will be
funded by contributions paid through the Trust Funds Stamp Plan. Said donations shall be made
in accordance with all applicable Federal and State Laws pertaining thereto.
The Contractor and the Union acknowledge that they are represented by their duly
designated Trustees to administer the various Fringe Benefit Trust Funds provided for in this
contract. Because of the various liabilities and responsibilities placed upon all parties to this
Agreement, including all Employers and Union representatives and their respectively designated
Trustees, each Employer hereby agrees that the Fringe Benefit Fund Trustees shall have the
necessary powers to fulfill their fiduciary obligations in order to fully protect each Contractor
signed to this Agreement and their employee-beneficiaries under the respective fund plans.
(C) When any Employer sends its employees to work in any locality outside the
geographical jurisdiction as listed in Article II of this Agreement, it shall forward all fringe
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benefits for the members of Local Union 2287 to the New York City District Council of
Carpenters Fringe Benefit Funds’ office, and credit same to the Employer’s account where
required; provided, however, should the Employer be required by the Collective Bargaining
Agreement with the District Council and/or Local Union outside the jurisdiction of the New
York District Council to make contributions and upon proof of such payment, deduct the same
from the total contributions for the reporting period due to the New York District Council.
(D) Each Employer shall be bound by all of the terms and conditions of the Agreements
and Declarations of Trust, creating the Welfare Fund and Pension Fund, Vacation Fund, Annuity
Fund, U.B.C. & J.A. Fund, Apprenticeship, Journeymen Retraining, Education and Industry
Fund, Supplemental Funds, and the New York City & Vicinity Labor-Management Cooperation
Fund, as amended, and by all By-Laws adopted to regulate each of said Funds. The Trustees of
the Funds shall secure the approval of the Treasury Department under the’ applicable provisions
of the Internal Revenue Code and shall amend the same, if necessary, to secure such approval, so
as to qualify the Employer-contributions as deductions for Federal Income Tax purposes.
(E) It is agreed that no contributions to any of the Funds as specified in this Article shall
be required on the premium portion of wages. For the purposes of these Sections only, all hours
worked shall be regarded as straight-time hours.
(F) Whenever the Employer is in default in payments to the Fringe Benefit Funds
referred to in this Article of the Agreement, and reasonable notice of not less than seventy-two
(72) hours of such default is given to the Employer, if the payments are not made, the Union may
remove its members from the work of such Employer. If such members who are removed
remain at the jobsite during regular working hours, they shall be paid for lost time not to exceed
three (3) days’ pay.
(G) In the event that formal proceedings are instituted before a court of competent
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jurisdiction by the trustees of a Benefit Fund or Funds to collect delinquent contributions to such
Fund(s), and if such court renders a judgment in favor of such Fund(s), the Employer shall pay to
such Fund(s), in accordance with the judgment of the court, and in lieu of any other liquidated
damages, costs, attorney’s fees and/or interest, the following:
(1) the unpaid contributions; plus
(2) interest on the unpaid contributions determined at the prime rate of
Citibank plus 2%; plus
(3) an amount equal to the greater of —

(a)	the amount of the interest charges on the unpaid contributions as
determined in (2) above, or
(b)	liquidated damages of 20% of the amount of the unpaid
contributions; plus reasonable attorney’s fees and costs of the action; and	(4)

(5) such other legal or equitable relief as the court deems appropriate.
In the event that proceedings are instituted before an arbitrator under Section H of this
Article to collect delinquent contributions to Benefit Fund or Funds, and if such arbitrator
renders an award in favor of such Fund(s), the arbitrator shall be empowered to award such
interest, liquidated damages, and/or costs as may be applicable under the Agreement and
Declaration of Trust establishing such Fund(s).
(H) Should any dispute or disagreement arise between the parties hereto, or between the
Union and any Employer-member signatory hereto, concerning any claim arising from payments
to the Fund of principal and/or interest which is allegedly due, either party may seek arbitration
of the dispute before the impartial arbitrator designated hereunder by filing a notice of intent to
arbitrate in writing with said impartial arbitrator, and serving a copy of said notice on the
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Association or the Union, as the case may be. Unless a waiver is mutually agreed to in writing
by the parties hereto, a hearing shall be convened within twenty (20) days of submission and the
arbitrator shall submit his award within twenty (20) days after the close of the hearing. The
arbitrator shall have full and complete authority to decide any and all issues raised by the
submission and to fashion an appropriate remedy including, but not limited to, monetary
damages. The arbitrator’s award in this regard shall be final and binding upon the parties hereto
and the individual Employer, if any, and shall be wholly enforceable in any court of competent
jurisdiction. The cost of the arbitration, including the fees to be paid to the arbitrator shall be
included in the award and shall be borne by the losing party.
Roger Maher, Richard Adelman or Bonnie Weinstock are hereby designated as impartial
arbitrator(s) hereunder.
The agreement of the parties to submit said matters regarding the payment of
contributions to an arbitrator does not excuse the Employer from any statutory, civil or criminal
liability which may attach to his actions under Municipal, State or Federal law. The submission
of a matter to arbitration is in no way meant to affect the right of the Union to remove its
members from an Employer’s premises, as provided for in this Agreement.
(I) The I-Remit plan has been established which provides for the payment of
contributions to the Welfare Fund, Pension Fund, Vacation Fund, Annuity Fund, U.B.C. & J.A.
Fund, Apprenticeship, Journeymen Retraining, Education and Industry Fund, Supplemental
Funds, and the New York City & Vicinity Labor-Management Cooperation Fund pursuant to a
consolidated stamp, including the filing of the monthly summary report with the Fund office.
The Employer will comply with procedures established by the Benefit Fund Trustees to assure
that the employee receives the appropriate fringe benefit fund contributions. Contributions shall
be paid through facilities established and authorized by the Trustees.
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ARTICLE XII
BONDING
Section 1. A member of the Greater New York Floor Coverers Association Inc. is not
required to post a Surety Bond except as stated hereafter.
Any Greater New York Floor Coverers Association Inc. Employer whose records have
been audited by the Funds’ and who is found to be delinquent is required to post a bond in the
amount set forth in accordance with Section 2 of this Article.
A new Association Employer member whose records have never been audited by the
Funds’ auditors, shall be required to post a bond as set forth in this Article. The new Employer
upon completion of an audit by the Funds’ auditors, and said audit revels no material
discrepancy, shall not be required to continue to post a bond.
Section 2. Those Employer’s covered by this Agreement who are required to post a bond
shall provide a Surety Bond in the following amounts:

Bargaining Unit 1 to 5

Amount of Bond $ 5,000

6 to 10 10,000
11 to 15 15,000
16 to 25 25,000

26 to 50	50,000
over	50	100,000

The above bonding requirements shall remain in full force and effect for the duration of this
Agreement .
(a) When a signatory Employer who is required to post a bond, owes to the Benefit Funds |
an amount greater than the face amount of his Surety Bond, the Surety Bond must be increased |
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to cover such indebtedness. If this cannot be done, the Union may remove all members of the |
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bargaining unit from that Employer.
Section 3. The District Council, in its discretion, may suspend the requirement for a
signatory Employer under this agreement to maintain the bond provided for in this Article
provided that the District Council is satisfied that said Employer is not presently delinquent in
payment of fringe benefit contributions and has a favorable history of making fringe benefit
contributions on a timely basis. In the event that the District Council gives an unfavorable
response to the request of the signatory Employer to suspend such bond requirement, the
Association Employer shall have the right to appear before the Board of Trustees for the Fringe
Benefit Funds to review its application for suspension of this contract requirement.
ARTICLE Xin
MISCELLANOUS CONDITIONS
(A) Only persons covered by this Agreement may perform work covered within the
jurisdiction of this Agreement.

(B)	If employees who are subject to this Agreement are withdrawn upon the orders of
their International Officers or of the Union, or of Local 2287, it shall not be considered a
violation of this Agreement.
(C)	Reimbursement for the loss of tools or clothing shall be paid not to exceed:
Tools	$600.00 (finish) $500.00 (concrete) $150.00
Overcoat
Other Clothing	$150.00
Shoes	$125.00

All Floor Coverers will be required to carry a full set of tools at all times. The Employer shall
furnish a suitable tool and clothing locker. The locker shall have the door hinged in such a way
that the hinges cannot be taken off while the door is closed without breaking the door.
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(D) The Employer agrees that it will be responsible and liable for payments of all
wages and fringe benefits for any Subcontractor who is engaged by the Employer to perform
work that falls within the jurisdiction, as set forth herein, of the District Council. The Union shall
provide the Association with a monthly report of all District Council signatory Employers that
are delinquent in benefits.
(E) It shall be mandatory upon the General or Prime
Contractor or Builder to notify the District Council within thirty (30) days of an award and prior
to the start of work, that a subcontract necessitating employment of members of the District
Council has been awarded. Included in this notification shall be the name and address of such
subcontractor and location of job site.
(F) Each party hereto agrees that neither the Union nor any Employer will discriminate,
in any manner, against any individual by reason of race, color, creed, national origin, citizenship,
age, sex, or affectional preference, Union membership or non-membership, or Union activity as
defined in applicable federal, state or local laws. For the purposes of this Article, “citizenship
status” means the citizenship of any person, or the immigration status of any person lawfully
residing in the United States who is not a citizen or national of the United States.
(G) Any employee required to work during the lunch period shall be paid one-half (1/2)
hour at the overtime rate and shall be allowed one-half (1/2) hour to eat lunch. All employees at
the job-site are required to take their one-half (1/2) hour lunch. Permission to work through lunch
must be given by the Employer.
(H) When an Employer enters into a Joint Venture with an Employer who is not bound
by this Agreement, then said Joint-Venturers shall sign an Agreement as Joint Venturers with the
Union. Each joint venture shall comply with the Bonding provisions in Article XII.
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(I) Each Joint-Venturer shall furnish a new Surety Bond covering said Joint Venture or
furnish the Union with a Rider from their respective insurance carriers, confirming that their
respective Surety Bond protects the Fringe Benefit Funds during the period of said Joint Venture.
(J) Where, for the benefit of an Employer, an employee must cross a body of water to
reach the jobsite and there is no public transportation available to said site, then it shall be the
duty of the Employer to provide adequate safety and comfort for the employee’s transportation.
The Employer shall protect such employee under a policy of public liability insurance or any
other insurance required by law for any public conveyance. Such certificate shall be posted in a
conspicuous place, on any conveyance used by the Employer. Should such transportation,
whether public or private, require extraordinary fare, such fare shall be paid by the Employer.
The employee shall not leave the shore opposite the jobsite earlier than 8:00 a.m. and shall return
to the same shore not later than 3:30 p.m.
(K) There shall be no loss in wage time to an employee on the day of injury when
medical attention is required to said employee while working on the Employer* job, provided that
the employee submits a note from the Doctor or Clinic, stating that the employee cannot work
that day.
(L) The Employer agrees that it will not subcontract any work covered by this
Agreement which will in any way, either directly or indirectly result in a lessening or lowering of
the payment of wage, fringe benefits or working conditions provided herein.
(M) All work covered by this Agreement shall be contracted or subcontracted only to
an Employer who is signatory to a collective bargaining agreement with the Union. The parties
hereto mutually agree with respect to such work falling within the scope of this Agreement that
is to be done at the site of construction, alteration, maintenance, or repair of any building,
structure, or other works, that if the Employer should contract or subcontract any of the aforesaid
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works falling within the trade jurisdiction of the Union as set forth herein, said Employer agrees
that it will not sub-contract any work covered by this Agreement which will in any way, either
directly or indirectly result in a lessening or lowering of the payment of wages, fringe benefits or
working conditions provided herein.
(N) The Contractor further agrees that, upon receiving written notice from the Union
that its Subcontractor is delinquent in payment of wages, or the payment of any of the fringe
benefits called for herein, such Contractor will withhold from any Funds in its possession which
are or which may be due to said Subcontractor until it receives further notice from the Union that
the Subcontractor delinquencies have been paid.
(O) In order to protect and preserve for the employees covered by this agreement all
work historically and traditionally performed by them, and in order to prevent any device or
subterfuge to avoid the protection or preservation of such work, it is hereby agreed that if and
when the Employer shall perform any work on a job site of the type covered by this agreement as
a single or joint Employer (which shall be interpreted pursuant to applicable NLRB and judicial
principles) within the trade and territorial jurisdiction of the Union, under its own name or under
the name of another, as a corporation, sole proprietorship, partnership, or any other business
entity including a joint venture, wherein the Employer (including its officers, directors, owners,
partners, or stockholders) exercises either directly or indirectly (such as through family
members) controlling or majority ownership management or control over such other entity, the
wage and fringe benefit terms and conditions of this agreement shall be applicable to all such
work performed on or after the effective date of this Agreement. The foregoing shall not be
interpreted to apply to separate Employer situations. It is not intended that this Article be the
exclusive source of rights or remedies which the parties may have under State or Federal laws.

(P)	The following listed tools, which are considered as Shop Equipment, shall be 39

furnished by the Employer when decided by the Employer that they are necessary for a specific
job:
1. Power Stretcher
2. Tile Cutter
3. Blow Torch Tank or Tanks
4. Electric Drill
5. Roller – except Hand or Wall
6. Cleaning Equipment
7. Electric Stapler
8. Spray Machine or Mask
The Employer will issue a hard hat, safety glasses, personal protection equipment and all
safety equipment. Any additional issue of safety equipment will be paid for by the employee,
unless stolen or worn out.
(Q) The Employer agrees to abide by all OSHA Regulations when supplying
employees with safety equipment and ventilating work areas.
(R) If an employee is required to use Powder Actuated tools he is to be qualified to
use said Powder Actuated Tools by securing from the Tool Manufacturer an Operator’s Card or
similar proof of qualification, and the Union shall cooperate with the Employer and Tool
Manufacturer in having the employee expeditiously qualified. No Powder Actuated Tools shall
be used that have not been previously approved by the State Board of Standards and Appeals.

(S) (T)	There will be no quotas imposed on Floor Coverers working on a jobsite. Any Employer found guilty of offering cash to Floor Coverers for hours worked
shall pay a fine of twenty-five thousand ($25,000.00) dollars to the Carpenter’s Relief and Charity Fund after he has paid monies that were due to the Benefit Funds. This will be decided through the collective bargaining agreement grievance and arbitration clause.
(U)	All Floor Coverers will be allowed a ten minute coffee break in the morning.

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There shall be an afternoon ten minute coffee break only if the work continues for four (4) hours
in the afternoon.
(V) Every signatory Employer party to this contract shall notify the District Council
and the Association on its specified form, by Fax, Certified Mail or Telephone, of the awarding
of any contract on which any of the work described in Article III hereof shall be performed by
said Employer or a Subcontractor. Said notice shall include the location of the job and the name
and address of the Contractor or Subcontractor involved. Failure to comply with the section
shall be a breach of this Agreement and shall authorize the Union to remove its members from
any job on which said Contractor or Subcontractor has not complied with this notice. The
aforesaid notice shall be given within thirty (30) days of the award of a contract, and, in any
event, prior to the commencement of work, or, after the cessation of work, prior to the
recommencement thereof. It is understood that the provisions of this section will be strictly
enforced by the Union. Further, after notification has been given to the Union by the Employer,
as set forth above, a pre-job conference will be held, if one is requested by the Union.
(W) The Union and the Association agree that alternate means of providing workers
compensation insurance can be beneficial to the construction industry; accordingly the parties
agree to review, at their reasonable convenience, the utilization of an Alternative Dispute
Resolution Plan.
ARTICLE XIV
JOINT TRADE BOARD & GRIEVANCE PROCEDURE
The Joint Trade Board will have authority to address, in a timely fashion, any undue
hardships the collective bargaining agreement may impose on the Union, a Contractor or the
Association on an issue by issue basis.
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The Joint Trade Board may modify terms and conditions to allow the Association
Contractor to manage its particular project or to compete against unfair Contractors on a site by
site basis.
All issues the Joint Trade Board reviews will be in writing and its actions will be decided
by a simple majority. All concerns brought before the Joint Trade Board will be reviewed
periodically. Repetitious issues can be recommended for inclusion in a subsequent collective
bargaining agreement.
The Joint Trade Board shall hold regular meetings during the first week of every
February, May, August and November or, if such day is a Holiday, on the next business day
thereafter. In the event there are no matters scheduled to come before the Joint Trade Board at a
particular monthly meeting, such meeting may be canceled. The Joint Trade Board, by either
Co-Chair, shall notify all parties thereto of the dispute and of the time and place of the hearing
no less than two (2) weeks prior to the hearing. Such request, by fax or letter, shall state the
project location, local Union, Contractor, Subcontractor and brief summary of the question to be
discussed.
(A) All complaints, disputes and differences concerning the application, interpretation, effect,
purpose or breach of any term or condition of this Agreement, or in the event there shall exist
any claim, demand, dispute or controversy between the parties hereto, excluding the merits of
jurisdictional dispute, i.e., a dispute with another trade over the assignment of work, the parties
hereto shall first attempt to settle and adjust such dispute, claim, demand or controversy by
negotiation.
Grievances must be filed in writing, with e-mail constituting an acceptable writing, and
must be received by the Association, the Employer and the Union within forty five (45) days of
the Union or the Association becoming aware of the alleged occurrence. All grievance forms
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shall contain, at a minimum, a written description of the incident, the District Council trade
involved, the date, time and location of the incident, and must show the contact information and
be signed by the Member, Union representative, or the Association if the Employer is bringing
the grievance. No grievance may be filed for incidents that allegedly took place more than one
year from the date of the alleged occurrence.
(B) In the event said dispute, claim, demand or controversy shall not be completely
settled and adjusted, the parties agree that it shall be referred for resolution by the Joint Trade
Board of the Association and the Union. Said Joint Trade Board shall consist of three (3)
members to represent the Association and three (3) members to represent the Union. The Joint
Trade Board shall meet within 48 hours after a written request by either the Employer or the
Union. Each member shall cast one vote. Two members representing the Association and two
members representing the Union shall constitute a quorum. Any member of the Joint Trade
Board directly involved in the dispute may be challenged by any two members of the Joint Trade
Board and shall be replaced by the Association or the Union, as the case may be. Decision shall
be by a simple majority of the votes cast and shall be final and binding on both parties. The Joint
Trade Board shall have the power and authority to fashion such remedy, including the imposition
of damages, as it deems appropriate.
(C) Any grievance not resolved pursuant to (a) above, shall be submitted to arbitration
before Roger Maher, Richard Adelman or Bonnie Weinstock who shall serve as the permanent
contract arbitrators hereunder. The arbitrator shall conduct a hearing in such manner as he shall
consider proper and shall serve as sole arbitrator of the dispute between the parties. The
arbitrator shall have the right to conduct an ex parte hearing in the event of the failure of either
party to be present at the time and place designated for the arbitration, and shall have the power
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to render a decision based on the testimony before him at such hearing. The decision of the
arbitrator shall be final and binding upon both parties and may be entered as a final decree or
judgment in the Supreme Court of the State of New York or in a court of appropriate jurisdiction
in any state where such decision shall be rendered. The costs of the arbitration, including the
arbitrator’s fee shall be borne equally by the Association and the Union. It is the intent of the
parties hereto that all disputes between them, both within and outside of the Agreement, shall be
submitted to arbitration and that no defense to prevent the holding of the arbitration shall be
permitted. Service of any documents or notice referred to above, or service of any notice
required by law in connection with arbitration proceedings may be made by registered or
certified mail. Service upon the Employer may be made on either the individual Employer or the
Association.
ARTICLE XV
GREATER NEW YORK FLOOR COVERERS INDUSTRY
PROMOTIONAL FUND
The Employer covered shall contribute to the Greater New York Floor Coverers Industry
Promotional Fund an amount equivalent to one-half (1/2) of one (1%) percent of the employee’s
hourly wages and fringe benefits for every hour worked by the employees of said Employers,
whenever engaged in Floor Covering whatsoever.
The Benefit Fund Office of the District Council shall advise the Union and the
GREATER NEW YORK FLOOR COVERERS INDUSTRY PROMOTIONAL FUND
whenever an Employer shall be in default in the payment of contributions due the GREATER
NEW YORK FLOOR COVERERS INDUSTRY PROMOTIONAL FUND.
Each Employer shall be bound by all the terms and conditions of the Agreement and
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Declaration of Trust by and between each signatory of this Agreement, creating the GREATER
NEW YORK FLOOR COVERERS INDUSTRY PROMOTIONAL FUND and all By-Laws
adopted to regulate said Fund.
All Employer-contributions to the GREATER NEW YORK FLOOR COVERERS
INDUSTRY PROMOTIONAL FUNDS shall be remitted monthly with the stamp plan
contributions for the Benefit Fund. The bank servicing the Benefit Funds shall deliver all such
contributions to the GREATER NEW YORK FLOOR COVERERS INDUSTRY
PROMOTIONAL FUNDS, after verifying that the amount of each such contribution has been
correctly computed by the Employer.
The GREATER NEW YORK FLOOR COVERERS INDUSTRY PROMOTIONAL
FUNDS shall reimburse the Carpenters Fringe Benefit Funds for all expenses incurred by it as
follows. The Association retains the Benefit Funds to provide collection and remittance services.
Such services shall include and are limited to: (i) collecting contributions made by employers to
the promotional fund maintained by the Association; (ii) remitting such contributions to the
promotional fund maintained by the Association; and (iii) related payroll and auditing services.
Legal, arbitration and/or litigation services are excluded.
The Fund and all payments thereunder may not be used for lobbying in support of antilabor legislation and for any purpose contrary to the interest of the District Council nor for
subsidizing of any Contractor during periods of work stoppages or strike.
There shall be established by this Agreement, a Joint Review Committee, consisting of
two (2) members appointed by the District Council, and two (2) members appointed by the
GREATER NEW YORK FLOOR COVERERS INDUSTRY PROMOTIONAL FUNDS, whose
duties, among other things, shall be to periodically review any increase or decrease in the amount
of the Surety Bonds as the case may be, or in the event of a default in the terms and conditions of
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the Collective Bargaining Agreement by a Contractor, signatory to this Agreement, when
engaged in Floor Covering as defined in Article I, where a new, different, or additional Bond is
required or necessary, and to perform such other duties and services as may serve to upgrade and
maintain the standards of proficiency of Floor Covering, and to create greater work opportunities
for members of the District Council of New York City and Vicinity of the United Brotherhood of
Carpenters and Joiners of America.
ARTICLE XVI
INSTALL PROGRAM
The Association and the Union agree to fund an INSTALL Program in the appropriate vehicle.
The Association shall match the Union contribution not to exceed $.05 per man hour and will be
joint trusted.
ARTICLE XVH
EFFECTIVE DATE
(A) By entering into this Agreement, the parties hereby agree to develop and abide by
all procedures necessary to warrant adjustment of the 50/50 and/or 67/33 rule provided for by the
May 26, 2009 Order issued by Judge Charles Haight in United States v. District Council,et al.,
90 Civ. 5722, SDNY(RMB). Provided further, the parties acknowledge that this Collective
Bargaining Agreement, shall only become effective upon the effective rescission or adjustment
of the May 26, 2009 Order’s 50/50 and/or 67/33 rule. Should the May 26, 2009 Order not be
revised or adjusted with regard to the 50/50 and/or 67/33 Rule, this collective bargaining
agreement with the Greater New York Floor Coverers Association, Inc., shall be null and void.
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(B) No economic and/or non-economic term and/or condition shall be applied
retroactively, such terms and conditions shall only become effective upon the contract
ratification by the Union and approval by the Court.
ARTICLE XVin
NO SMOKING
Employees agree to conform to the NYC Code prohibiting smoking on jobsites.
ARTICLE XIX
GOVERNMENT LEGISLATION
The Union waives any right and/or entitlement for paid sick leave that may be provided
by any city, state and/or federal law or regulation.
ARTICLE XX
SAVINGS CLAUSE
If the Courts should decide that any clause or part of this Agreement is unconstitutional
or illegal, or should any clause or part of this Agreement be found contrary to present or future
laws, it shall not invalidate the other portions of this Agreement, it being the sole intent and
purpose of this Agreement to promote peace and harmony in the Industry as permitted by Law.
ARTICLE XXI
EXPIRATION AND AUTOMATIC RENEWAL
This Agreement shall be binding on the Employer and the Union, their successors and
assigns. The duration of this Agreement shall continue until June 30, 2015 and shall be renewed
automatically for one year intervals thereafter unless notice to the other at their last known
address has been provided by either party by certified and regular mail no more than ninety (90)
days nor no less than sixty (60) days before the contract expiration that such party seeks to
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negotiate a new contract or modify or amend this Agreement through negotiations. Once
negotiations have commenced, neither party will seek to alter unilaterally the terms or conditions
of employment of employees covered by this Agreement until such terms have been changed by
execution ofa newly negotiated agreement.
ARTICLE XXII
EFFECTUATING CLAUSE
The parties hereto make and enter into this Agreement, in witness whereof, we, their
duly authorized and empowered representatives, have hereunto set out hands and seal this
day of /k^4-,2013.
For the GREATER NEW YORK FLOOR COVERERS ASSOCIATION INC.
Eate:
For the Union:
DISTRICT COUNCIL OF NEW YORK CITY AND VICINITY OF THE UNITED
BROTHERHOOD OF CARPENTERS AND JOINERS OF AMERICA.
The Trade Association and/or the Employer, signatory to this Agreement, hereby
acknowledges receipt of copies of the Agreement and Declaration of Trust of the New York City
District Council Carpenters Welfare Fund; Pension Fund; Apprenticeship, Journeymen
Retraining, Educational and Industry Fund; Annuity Fund; United Brotherhood of Carpenters
and Joiners of America Fund; Vacation Fund; New York City and Vicinity Joint Labor
Management Cooperation Trust Fund and Supplemental Fund.
By: X/y
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ADDENDUM A
MOST FAVORED NATIONS
If, during the term of this Agreement, the District Council of New York City and Vicinity
of the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America (“District Council”) or the
United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America (“UBC”) or any local union affiliated
or associated with the District Council and/or the UBC (collectively the “Union”), for work
performed in the geographical jurisdiction of the District Council, grants or allows any other
employer, employers’ association, construction manager, general contractor, subcontractor,
owner, developer, company, or other entity performing or having the responsibility to assign the
same or similar work as that covered by the jurisdiction of this Agreement more favorable terms
or conditions of employment than those applicable to the Employer under this Agreement, the
Employer shall have the right to have such favorable terms or conditions incorporated herein, as
if such favorable terms or conditions were negotiated and agreed upon from the later of the
ratification date of this Agreement or the first date on which such more favorable terms or
conditions were granted or permitted to exist.
The foregoing shall not apply wherever the Union enters into a written agreement or
offers to enter into a written agreement with the BCA, CAGNY and/or the Association of WallCeiling & Carpentry Industries of New York Inc. to allow concessions for a specific project to a
member of the BCA, CAGNY and/or Association of Wall-Ceiling & Carpentry Industries of
New York Inc. In such cases, the concessions shall apply only to the work on the project as
specified in the written agreement. Such concessions shall be granted to employer members of
the Association.
Disputes concerning this provision shall be subject to expedited arbitration in accordance
with the Expedited Arbitration Procedures of the Labor Arbitration Rules of the American
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Arbitration Association. Such disputes may be submitted directly to the American Arbitration
Association without going through the grievance procedure set forth in Article XIIIat any time
after written notice of the existence of a dispute is submitted to the Union.
It is the understanding of the parties that any modification to the existing collective
bargaining agreements between the Union and any employer, employers’ association,
construction manager, general contractor, subcontractor, owner, developer, company, or other
entity performing or having the responsibility to assign the same or similar work as that covered
by the jurisdiction of this Agreement requires the approval of the District Council’s delegate
body and that any modification not approved by the District Council’s delegate bodyshall be
null and void and shall not be the subject of this provision, provided the District Council
renounces such modification and takes all steps to pursue enforcement of its original agreement
to the fullest extent retroactive to the inception of the unauthorized modification. So long as the
District Council takes all steps to pursue enforcement of the requirements of this paragraph, then
the first paragraph of this Article shall not apply.
For GREATERNEW YORK FLOOR
COVERERS ASSOCIATION INC.
By:
For the Union: [J
DISTRICT COUNCIL OF NEW YORK CITY AND
VICINITY OFTHE UNITED BROTHERHOOD OF
CARPENTERS AND JOINERS OF AMERICA.
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ADDENDUMS
MARKET RECOVERY
(A) TheMay 15, 2013 Addendum on Market Recoveryfor General Contractors to the
CollectiveBargaining Agreement between the Building Contractors Association, Inc. and the
District Council of New York City and Vicinity of the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and
Joiners of America is incorporated by reference in to this Addendum.
(B) The Hardship & Advisory Committee shall convene for allother jobs todiscuss
whether Market Recovery rates can apply.
For GREATER NEW YORK FLOOR
COVERERS ASSOCIATION INC.
For the Union: (/
DISTRICT COUNCIL OF NEW YORK CITY AND
VICINITY OF THE UNITED BROTHERHOOD OF
CARPENTERS AND JOINERS OF AMERICA.
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United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America
NEW YORK CITY & VICINITY DISTRICT COUNCIL OF CARPENTERS
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August 12, 2013
Richard B. Ziskin, Esq.
The Ziskin Law Firm LLP
6268 Jericho Tpke., Suite 12A
Commack, NY 11725
RE: Negotiationsfor July 1, 2011 to June 30, 2015 CollectiveBargaining Agreement
Sideletter Agreement on Outstanding Grievances
Dear Mr. Ziskin:
This letter will serve to memorialize the agreement reached between the New York City
District Council of Carpenters (the “District Council”) and.the Greater New York FloorCoyerers
Association, Inc. (the “Floor Coverers Association”) during negotiations for the parties’
collective bargaining agreement with a term of July 1, 2011 to June 30, 2015 (the “CBA”) with
respect to outstanding grievances existing between the. parties.
It is agreed that upon execution of the CBA that the District Council will use its best
efforts to resolve all existing grievances against Association members including grievances
pertaining to violations of the manning ratios stipulated in Judge Haight’s May 27, 2009
decision In U.S, v. District Council et, al. 90-cv-5722.
If the above comports with your understanding of theparties’ agreement ontheissues
set forth in this letter, please countersign in the space provided below and return a
countersigned copy to me.
Very truly yours,
Stephen C. McInnis
Executive Secretary-Treasurer Pro Tern
and President
AGREED: /)