Mason Tenders District Council
OF GREATER NEW YORK & LONG ISLAND
NOTICE
To: Independent Asbestos
From: David Bolger
Re: January 1, 2026 Rates
Date: December 10, 2025
•Construction & General
Building Laborers
Local 79
•Waste Material, Recycling &
General Industrial Laborers
Local 108
•Lay Faculty Association
Local 1261
Laborers’ International
Union of North America,
AFL-CIO
Affiliated with:
Building & Construction Trades
Council of Greater New York
New York City Central
Labor Council
Building & Construction Trades
Council of Nassau
& Suffolk Counties
New York State AFL-CIO
Attached please find the rate sheet effective January 1, 2026 applicable to the
referenced agreement. For your convenience, please note that the rates have
changed as follows:
Journeyman
Wage: +$.05
Vacation: +$.90
Welfare: +$.31
Pension: +$1.00
Training: +$.25
NYS Health & Safety, +$.05
Total Increase: $2.56
Apprentices 1st Year 2nd Year 3rd Year 4th Year
Wage: +$.04 +$.09 +$.16 +$.32
Vacation: +$.70 +$.70 +$.70 +$.70
Welfare: +$.24 +$.24 +$.24 +$.24
Pension: +$.78 +$.78 +$.78 +$.78
Training: +$.20 +$.20 +$.20 +$.20
NYS Health & Safety: +$.04 +$.04 +$.04 +$.04
$2.00 $2.05 $2.12 $2.28
Please note that Dues check-off should be deducted after taxes.
Thank you for your attention to this matter.
520 Eighth Avenue, Suite 650 •New York, NY 10018 •Phone: 212.452.9400 •Fax: 212.452.9499 •www.masontenders.org
Mason Tenders District Council
OF GREATER NEW YORK & LONG ISLAND
Wage and Fringe Benefit Rates
Local 78 Laborers
January 1, 2026 to June 30, 2026
INDEPENDENT ASBESTOS
JOURNEYMAN APPRENTICES
^Contributions to the vacation account should be treated as an addition to income and all consequent taxes
and withholding should be deducted from employees’ wages. Vacation Account contributions are not
compounded for purposes of overtime.
Straight Time 1st Year 2nd Year 3rd Year 4th Year
Wage Rate 40.00 20.80 22.66 24.92 27.08
Vacation Account** 2.90 2.06 2.06 2.06 2.06
Total Taxable Income $42.90 $22.86 $24.72 $26.98 $29.14
Vacation Account** 2.90 2.06 2.06 2.06 2.06
Dues Check Off 3.27 2.09 2.09 2.09 2.09
Poltical Action Committee 0.20 0.20 0.20 0.20 0.20
Total Deductions $6.37 $4.35 $4.35 $4.35 $4.35
ECA IAP 0.50 0.20 0.20 0.20 0.20
Welfare Fund 13.37 12.09 12.09 12.09 12.09
Pension fund 5.50 2.84 2.84 2.84 2.84
Annuity Fund 4.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00
Training Fund 0.75 0.67 0.67 0.67 0.67
Greater New York LECET 0.20 0.20 0.20 0.20 0.20
New York State LECET 0.15 0.05 0.05 0.05 0.05
New York State Health & Safety 0.15 0.09 0.09 0.09 0.09
Total Hourly Fringes and
Non-Taxable Contributions
$24.62 $17.14 $17.14 $17.14 $17.14
Total Hourly Package $67.52 $40.00 $41.86 $44.12 $46.28