BUILDING, CONCRETE & EXCAVATING LABORERS LOCAL #731
Wage Rates and Fringe Benefits – 7/1/2026 to 6/30/2033
New York City
“WAGES – HOURLY RATE:
Laborer
Laborer Foreman
Utility Laborers
Utility Foreman
CONTRIBUTIONS – FOR HOURS WORKED:
Annuity Fund
“”IAP Fund
Pension Fund
Welfare Fund
L.E.C.E.T.
731 Training Fund
7/1/2026
TO
6/30/2027
$ 46.60
$ 51.60
$ 46.45
$ 51.45
$ 11.00
$ 0.50
$ 15.23
$ 30.59
$ 0.15
$ 0.70
$ 58.17
“Separate check for Dues Check-Off: $1.35 per hour worked to be deducted from the
wage and sent weekly to Union Fund Office with other Fringe Benefit contributions.
“”Separate check for IAP Fund made payable to Industry Advancement Program and
sent to Union Fund Office.
“””Separate check for New York Laborers’ Political Action Committee (voluntary
deduction) for $0.10 per hour worked to be deducted and sent as per instructions
on form.
SURETY BOND: Required to guarantee payment of Welfare, Pension and Annuity Funds.
Number of
Laborers Employed
1 to 10
11 to 20
21 to 50
Over 50 employees
Amount of
Surety Bond
$ 25,000.00
$ 50,000.00
$ 100,000.00
$100,000.00 plus $2,500 for each employee over 50
SHOP STEWARD:
The Union shall have the right to appoint Shop Stewards, but said Shop Stewards shall
perform a regular day’s work. On variable shifts, the Shop Steward is to work only 8 hours.
The Shop Steward shall be notified in advance of, and have the right of first refusal on any
scheduled overtime. On spontaneous overtime, the Shop Steward will be used when feasible.
EXCAVATING LABORERS LOCAL #731 – CON’T
WORK HOURS:
8 Hour day
40 Hour week
(8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.) or (8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.)
1/2 hour lunch option
NOTE: Any failure to work these hours gives the Employer the right to pay only for
those hours actually worked and the Employer must deduct from the Employees wages
and fringes, the value of the time period less than 8 hours actually worked.
OVERTIME:
Excess of 8 hours in any one day
Excess of 40 hours in any week
On single shift, all work performed before and after 8 hour day
Saturdays, if not legal holiday TIME AND ONE HALF
Sundays and Holidays DOUBLE TIME
Fringe Benefits are paid on HOURS WORKED
OBSERVED HOLIDAYS
New Year’s Day
Indep. Day
Memorial Day
‘Labor Day
Columbus Day
Pres. Election
‘Thanksgiving Day
Christmas Day
‘Labor Day and Thanksgiving Day are PAID HOLIDAYS EXCLUDING BENEFITS
Memorial Day shall be observed the last Monday in May and Columbus Day
shall be the second Monday in October.
SHIFT WORK:
Two Shifts: = When 2 shifts are employed, the work period for each shift
shall be a continuous 8 hours at straight time
Three Shifts = When 3 shifts are employed, each shift shall work 7 1/2 hours
but paid for 8 hours with 1/2 for mealtime included
VARYING SHIFT COMMENCEMENT:
On any Monday through Friday inclusive, the Employer can vary the shift commencement
of any single, two or three shifts by 2 hours before or after normal commencement in
1/2 hour increments for any employee and/or group of employees on any shift and all work
performed during said varied shift shall be paid for at straight time.
The Employer can vary the commencement of the normal lunch periof 1/2 hour before
or after the same, for any employee and/or group of employees on any day, and all
work performed during said varied lunch period shall be paid for at the straight time rate.
LIUNA
Local 731 Training Fund
14-29 112™ Street
College Point, NY 11356
Tel: 718-752-9860 • Fax: 718-752-9880 • Email: Traming@local731.com
APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM
To Whom It May Concern:
Apprentice Rates are as follows: Effective July 1, 2026
1-1000 hrs. — 50% of a journeyman’s rate $23.30 hr.
1000-2000 — 60u 1» of a journeyman’s rate $27.96 hr.
2000-3000 — 75% of a Journeyman’s rate $34.95 hr.
3000-4000 — 90% of a journeyman’s rate $41.94 hr.
4000+ Full Journeyman’s rate $46.60 hr.
Benefits are paid the same as a Journeyman.
Rates are in effect until June 30, 2027.