Memorandum of Agreement
Dated? May 28, 2026
Building Material Teamster Local 282 IBT (“Local 282” or “Union”) and the General
Contractors Association of NY, Inc. (“GCA”) hereby agree to enter into a collective bargaining
agreement that will succeed the Local 282 New York City Heavy Construction and Excavating
contract to which they are parties (the “NYC Heavy CBA”) and that is set to expire on June 30,
2026. The successor NYC Heavy CBA shall contain the same terms and conditions of the NYC
Heavy CBA that expires on June 20, 2026 except as modified by the terms below.
Contract Duration?
The duration of the Agreement shall be a five-year agreement from July 1, 2026 through June 30,
2031.
Economic Increase and Allocation;
The annual monetary wage and benefit increase, effective July 1st of each year, is to be as per the
following schedule, based on the Chauffeur wage and benefit rates in effect as of June 30, 2026.
July 1,2026*: $3.1925/hour
July 1,2027: $3.19/hour
July 1,2028: $3.19/hour
July 1,2029: $3.19/hour
July 1,2030: $3.99/hour
*For purposes of this Agreement, the total Chauffeur wage and fringe benefit package shall be
rounded to the nearest cent/hundredth from $106.4675 to $109.66 per hour on July 1, 2026.
The respective economic increases set forth above will be allocated by the Union among wage
and fringe benefit contribution rates at a later date, when the actuarially determined needs of the
Local 282 Welfare and Pension Trust Fund are known.
1. Establish Wage Rate Classifications:
a. Effective July 1, 2026: The parties agree to establish a new wage classification,
which shall be paid at a rate of $4.00/hour above the Chauffeur wage rate for
drivers of Goldhofers and similar type self-propelled modular trailer (SPMT).
b. Effective July 1, 2026: The parties agree to replace the per diem/additional pay
for drivers of boom trucks* with a new wage classification, which shall be paid at
a rate of $3.00/hour above the Chauffeur wage rate.
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c. Effective July 1, 2026: The parties agree to replace the per diem/additional pay
for drivers of tractor and trailers with a new wage classification, which shall be
paid at a rate of $1.25/hour above the Chauffeur wage rate. The parties also agree
to delete the phrase “six wheeler (three-axle)”; the classification shall be for
“drivers of tractors and trailers.”
d. Effective July 1, 2026: The parties agree to replace the per diem/additional pay
for divers of Heavy Equipment Trailers & Tagalongs and Mobile Concrete
Mixers (e.g. Zim Mixers)* with a new wage classification, which shall be at a rate
of $1.75/hour above the Chauffeur wage rate.
*Teamsters must drive and operate the mobile concrete mixer and boom truck to receive
the wage classification rate of pay.
2. Dues Withholdings (Section 2.B and 25A): Amend Section 2.B and 25.A to clarify that
the actual practice is for deductions made on all hours paid.
a. Amend Section 2.B by changing all instances of ‘for each hour worked’ to read
‘for each hour paid’
b. Amend Section 25.A to read as follows: “A. Upon receipt of a written
authorization in accordance with law, the Employer shall checkoff (i.e., deduct
from employee wages for remittance to the Union) both Union dues (for each
hour paid in accordance with Section 2.B of this Agreement), and Union initiation
fees, and shall forward same to the Union in accordance with Section 2 of this
Agreement.”
3. Market Recovery for Affordable Housing Excavation Work:
a. Local 282 to establish a fund, financed by an allocation from Union dues, to
provide relief on affordable housing projects for excavating contractors who bid
against employers that utilize non-union drivers. Add a new section titled
“Excavation Market Recovery Target Fund” to provide as follows:
‘As soon as reasonably possible after ratification of this Memorandum of
Agreement, the Union shall establish an Excavation Market Recovery Target Fund for
the purpose of allowing excavating contractors to more effectively compete for
excavation work on affordable housing projects against employers that utilize non-union
drivers, and thereby increase bargaining unit members’ access to employment and spread
the benefits of collectively bargained compensation.
The Excavation Market Recoveiy Target Fund shall be administered and/or
trusteed by the representatives chosen by the Union. Subject to the governing documents
and/or rules duly adopted regarding its administration, the Excavation Market Recovery
Target Fund shall make funds available to qualifying employers in order to subsidize the
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Employees’ compensation payable under the terms of the parties’ collective bargaining
agreement.
Once the Excavation Market Recovery Target Fund is established, and subject to
any necessary authorization of the Employee(s) and restrictions imposed by law, the
Employer shall deduct from the wage rate of each Employee covered by the Agreement,
and shall remit as designated by the Union, the sum of for each hour
worked.
The effective date of such deductions shall be determined by the Union. To the
extent permitted by law, the remittances designated for the Excavation Market Recovery
Target Fund shall be subject to the same terms and conditions as are applicable to the
remittance of checked off Union Dues.”
4. Section 9.F. Settlement of Disputes. Amend paragraph to:
If an employee has received a first step warning and has not been subject to further
disciplinary action within twefve-(4-2) eighteen (18) months following the first step
violation, the above step progressive and corrective discipline procedure shall begin
anew.
5. Section 10.B. On Site Steward
a. On all jobs bid on or after July 1, 2026, the value for the on-site steward
requirement will increase to fifty million dollars ($50,000,000) and remain at this
value for the duration of this agreement.
b. On all jobs bid on or after July 1, 2026, the value of the second on-site steward
will increase to five hundred million dollars ($500,000,000) and remain at this
value for the duration of this agreement.
c. If the job is a multi-shift job, there shall be an OSS for each shift on which
trucking is being performed. If there is no trucking to the jobsite, off the jobsite,
on the jobsite, and no movement of any other materials traditionally moved by
Local 282 is being performed on the second and/or third shifts, a steward shall not
be required on those shifts. The first shift of any day shall employ an OSS. On
single shift jobs, the second OSS will come on the job after 4-0% 25% of the GC’s
contract (including subs) has been completed and leaves the job once 80% of the
contract is completed.*
*The adjusted commencement date (from 10% to 25% of contract completion) shall be effective
for all jobs bid on or after July 1, 2026.
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6. Welfare Contributions (Section 13.A): Amend Section 13.A to add: Effective July 1,
2030, the Employer shall contribute for each hour worked under this Agreement, during
the regular workweek (Monday– Friday), up to a maximum of forty-five (45) hours
7. Annuity Overage (Section 13D): Amend Section 13.D to add: “Contributions returned
to the Employer or rendered unpayable by law (e.g., pursuant to the I.R.C.) shall be paid
to the employee in the form of a wage.”
8. Health Savings/Flexible Spending Accounts (Section 13): Add the following as a new
paragraph to authorize contributions into a Health Savings or Flexible Spending Account
should one be established by the Local 282 Trust Funds:
“I. Health Savings I Flexible Spending Accounts: Should the Local 282 Welfare Trust
Fund (or another Trust Fund established and maintain in accordance with Section 302 of
the Taft-Hartley Act) make available to bargaining unit members a program for
participants to finance health-related expenses through invested and/or tax advantaged
employee and/or employer contributions, and so long as administratively feasible, lawful,
and appropriately authorized by the employees, the Employer will implement a
reallocation of the economic package (wages and benefits) as directed by the Union and
will remit to the appropriate Fund(s) in accordance with such direction.”
9. Section 28 Strike, Lockout, Etc. Amend Section 28 to read as follows:
“A. During the term of this Agreement, the Employer shall not engage in any lockout, nor
shall the Union nor any of its members engage in, and the Union shall not sanction,
encourage-er-permit any strike, sympathy strike, secondary boycott, work stoppage, slow
down, sit down, cessation of work or interference therewith, except in the event of the
violation by the other parly of, or its failure or refusal to comply with, an arbitration
award.
If a member exercises his or her personal right to not enter upon any property involved in
a primary labor dispute or work behind any primary picket line, it shall not be cause for
disciplinary action or discharge.
“B. Struck Goods. It shall not be a violation of this Agreement and it shall not be cause
for discharge or disciplinary action, nor shall such Employee be permanently replaced in
the event an Employee refuses to perform any service which his Employer undertakes to
perform as an ally of an Employer or person whose Employees are on strike, and which
service, but for such strikes, would be performed by the Employees of the Employer or
person on strike.”
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10.Section 30 Probation Amend section to:
Employees hired on or after July 1, 3034 2026, shall begin serving a ferty4+ve-(45)
seventy-five (75) working day probation on July 1, 2021 2026 or on the date of their hire,
whichever is later. Such employees shall complete probation only after serving for forty
five (dS^-seventy-five (75) working days within a contract year. During the probationary
period, such employees can be disciplined (up to and including discharge) without the
recourse of the grievance process.
During the probationary period, the Employer may notify the Employee, in writing, with
a copy to the Union, that the Employee’s services are no longer required. If the
Employee is later rehired by the Employer, his or her probationary period will start anew.
11. Appendix A and Appendix B
Local 282 and the GCA agree to update their respective list of Union and Management
members of the Joint Labor Management Dispute Panel, including the Chairmen. The
parties also agree to mutually update the list of impartial arbitrators.
12. NEW ITEM: Work Preservation and Autonomous Vehicles/Equipment. Amend
Section 8 to add a new paragraph 1 to read as follows:
“I. An Employer’s decision to utilize, or to allow a Subcontractor to utilize, autonomous
or driver-less vehicles is subject to bargaining with the Union.”
1 3. Section 8.F. Work Preservation. Add “Marooka track trucks or similar equipment” to
the list of equipment covered by the Agreement.
The provisions noted in this Memorandum of Agreement are subject to final verbiage review
by both the GCA and Local 282. Various format and numbering changes will be made to
conform provisions in the final agreement.
This Memorandum of Agreement is subject to ratification by Local 282, approval of the
International Brotherhood of Teamsters, and by the Executive Committee of the GCA.
THE GENERAL CONTRACTORS
ASSOCIATION OF NEW YORK, INC.
BUILDING MATERIAL TEAMSTERS
LOCAL UNION NO. 282
Affiliated with the International
Brotherhood of Teamsters
Robert G. Wessels
Executive Director
Thomas Gesualdi
President
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