LOCAL UNION 28
METROPOLITAN NEW YORK AND LONG ISLAND
SALVATORE STARACE
Financial Secretary-Treasurer/Recording Secretary
JOURNEY PERSON WAGE AND FRINGE BENEFITS 10/31/2024 to 10/29/2025
Dear Sir/Madam:
Pursuant to the Collective Bargaining Agreement, an increase of $3.00 per hour will take effect with the payroll week commencing Thursday, October 31, 2024. The increase has been allocated as follows:
Wages $1.00 SUB Plan $0.15
Health & Welfare $1.00
Annuity $0.35 (*On 8/1/2025, $0.35 due to the NPF)
Vacation $0.25
JLM/Equality $0.25
The hourly wage and fringe benefit rates for a Journey person are listed below. All rates are based on hours paid, excluding SASMI and the ITI/NEMI (3.38) which are calculated at hours worked.
| * Wages *Vacation Fund National Pension Fund | 54.607.7417.29 |
| Annuity Fund Health & Welfare Fund SUB Fund | 9.3515.231.07 |
| Local Pension Fund | 4.47 |
| SASMI Fund | 3.21 |
| Local Education Fund ITI/NEMI Fund JLM/Equality Fund Industry Promotion Fund | 1.63.172.56.55 |
| Scholarship Fund | .02 |
| TOTAL HOURLY RATE | $117.89 |
*The amount of taxable wage is the base rate of $54.60 and vacation of $7.74
Hourly 54.60 + 7.74 = $62.34 Daily (8 hours): 436.80 + 61.92 = $498. 12
Foreperson minimum rate is $2.00 dollars per hour over scale. Ovettime is calculated at time and one half and double time for Sundays and Holidays for both Wages and Fringes excluding SASMJ, IT! and NEMI($3.38) which are calculated at straight time. Double time will be paid on Saturday after ten (10) hours.
500 Greenwich Street, Suite 502 • New York, NY 10013 • Tel: 212. 941.7700 Fax: 212. 226.0304
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Wages – Building Trades Journey person October 31, 2024 to October 29, 2025
Payments for the various Funds are in the following manner:
[A] FUNDS AND PLANS: $45.32 send weekly one check payable to SMWIA Local Union 28 Funds and Plans and forward to SMWIA Local Union No. 28 Funds Office, 195 Mineola Blvd, Mineola, NY 11501.
| Vacation Fund Health & Welfare Fund SUB Fund | 7.7415.231.07 |
| Annuity Fund | 9.35 |
| Local Pension Fund JLM/Equality Fund Local Education Fund | 4.472.561.63 |
| Scholarship Fund | .0242.073.18 |
| Working Assessment | |
| Building Fund PAL (Political Action) Fund Union deductions from wages | .02.053.25 |
TOTAL to Funds & Plans 45.32
[B] NATIONAL BENEFIT FUND: National Pension Fund $17.29, SASMI $3.21 and ITI/NEMI $0.17. Submit monthly to Sheet Metal Workers’ National Pension Fund, PO Box 79321, Baltimore, MD 21279. Be advised that SASMI, ITI and NEMI are paid at hours worked and not hours paid. For any questions on remittance, please call (703) 739-7000 or email info@smwnpf.org.
[C] INDUSTRY PROMOTION FUND $0.55 per hour: Send weekly to the Sheet Metal Industry Promotion Fund of NYC, 16 Court St, Suite 2100, Brooklyn, NY 11241 or SM Industry Promotion Fund of Nassau/Suffolk Counties, One Corporate Drive, Suite GL-2 Bohemia, NY 11716.
APPRENTICES ARE TO BE PAID IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE ENCLOSED SCHEDULE.
If there are any questions concerning this correspondence, please contact this office at 212-941-7700 or the Funds and Plans Office at 516-742-9478.
Sincerely,
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Salvatore Starace
Financial Secretary-Treasurer Recording Secretary