MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT
BETWEEN
CONTRACTORS’ ASSOCIATION OF GREATER NEW YORK INC.
AND
INTERNATIONAL UNION OF OPERATING ENGINEERS, LOCAL 14-14B,
AFL-CIO
Contractors Association of Greater New York Inc. (“CAGNY”) on behalf of its
members (the employer) and the International Union of Operating Engineers, Local 14-
14B (“Local 14”) recently concluded negotiations for a new Collective Bargaining
Agreement to take effect on July 1, 2017. In the course of these negotiations, CAGNY
and Local 14 agree as follows:
1. This Memorandum of Agreement shall solely apply to members of the
CAGNY who have authorized the CAGNY to negotiate on their behalf with
Local 14-14B.
2. All terms and conditions of any projects currently underway shall remain in
full force and effect in their entirety and through completion of the project.
Engineers employed on such projects shall not be displaced.
3. TERMS OF 2017-2020 COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT: The
terms of this Memorandum of Agreement shall be incorporated into a new
collective bargaining agreement which will be in effect from July 1, 2017
through June 30, 2020, and shall also include the terms of the 2008- 2011
Collective Bargaining Agreement and the 2014-2017 Memorandum of
Agreement.
4. WAGES/BENEFITS: FOR ALL CLASSIFICATIONS: All Local 14
represented Operating Engineers covered by the agreement shall receive the
following increases (all calculated on the 2017 base) in the following contract
years:
July 1, 2017-3%
July 1, 2018-3%
July 1, 2019-3%
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All increases are based on the total wage and benefit package, non-compounded
for each of the three contract years. The percentage increase shall be allocated
to the wage rate or fringe benefit funds at the discretion of Local 14. No Local 14
represented Operating Engineer shall have his/her wages reduced, nor his/her
current job conditions modified as a result of this MOA.
5. RESIDENTIAL/HOSPITALITY & INTERIOR TENANT BUILDOUT AND
ALTERATION WORK NOT CURRENTLY DESCRIBED AS “NEW
CONSTRUCTION”: Actual investigation has established that during the past
years, many millions of dollars of Residential/Hospitality work under the
Union’s jurisdiction has been lost to non-unionism, resulting in lost wages and
benefits to the union membership. Continued investigation indicates that this
trend is expanding. The Union in its continuing fight against non-unionism in
any and every manner, seeks to protect its membership, its jurisdiction,
expand work opportunities and assure job safety for its members. The
Employer and Union endeavoring to maintain current and future wage and
fringe benefits, work opportunities, the jurisdiction of the Union and job safety
agree that it is necessary to be more competitive in Residential/Hospitality &
Interior Tenant Buildout and Alteration Work not currently described as “new
construction” work. Therefore, effective July 1, 2017 Residential/Hospitality &
Interior Tenant Buildout and Alteration Work not currently described as “new
construction” work shall be performed under the following conditions:
5(a). There shall be a 20% reduction to the wage and benefit package for
rack & pinion and interior house car operators in effect as of June 30, 2017.
The wage and benefit package for rack & pinion and interior house car
operators shall be frozen at this reduced rate through June 30, 2018 and
subject to the 3% raises on July 1, 2018 and July 1, 2019.
5(b). For rack and pinion and house car operators: Time and One Half (1-
Zl/2) wages shall be paid for all work performed in excess of eight (8) hours
fl/ per day and for all work performed in excess of forty (40) hours per week and
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all work performed on Saturdays and Sundays. Overtime will be paid for the
lunch period, when worked.
5(c). For rack and pinion and house car operators: Fringe benefit
contributions will be paid at the straight time rate of contribution for all hours
worked with the exception of Annuity, Annuity Voluntary and Welfare which
will be paid at the rate of time and one-half during overtime work on hours
paid.
5(d). On projects beginning as of July 1,2017, on one contract or job site, one
(1) Lead Engineer/Working Steward shall be employed by the general
contractor, owner, builder, owner-builder, construction manager, or any of its
representatives when any eight (8) Local 14-14B Operating Engineers or a
combination of eight (8) Operating Engineers Local 14 and 15, whichever
comes first, are employed.
5(e). Employers shall individually or collectively meet with Local 14 to discuss
an appropriate work assignment for the Lead Engineer/Working Steward on
these projects.
5(f). Whereas any signatory contractor employing a member of Local 14-14B
who is operating a rack and pinion and/or house car will cover any additional
fireproofing of new steel on that project.
5(g). These provisions shall be applicable to projects bid after July 1, 2017.
This Section 5 is solely an amendment to the Collective Bargaining
Agreement between Local 14-14B and the CAGNY. All terms and conditions
/ Section force oftheand Collective 5.effect therein, Bargaining except Agreement as expressly are applicable modified by hereto the terms and are of this in full
6. RATIFICATION :
This Agreement is subject to ratification by the Local 14 membership.
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AGREED TO ON BEHALF OF THE
CONTRACTORS’ ASSOCIATION OF GREATER NEW YORK INC.
Dated
AGREED TO ON BEHALF OF THE
INTERNATIONAL UNION OF OPERATING ENGINEERS
LOCAL 14-14B, AFL-CIO
