LABOR AGREEMENT
between
PLUMBERS LOCAL UNION 200
and
PLUMBING CONTRACTORS
ASSOCIATION
of
LONG ISLAND, INC.
(BUILDING TRADES DIVISION AGREEMENT)
May 1, 2022 through April 30, 2026
mUS’
ORGANIZED
,
OCTOBER II
1889
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MISSION STATEMENT
It is mutually understood that the public can best
be served and progress maintained and furthered
in the Plumbing and Pipe Fitting Industry only if
there is a sound reasonable and harmonious working
arrangement between the Employer and Employee.
This Agreement, therefore, is made and entered
into by and between the Plumbing Contractors
Association of Long Island, Inc. (hereinafter referred
to as “Association”), acting for and on behalf of its
members and other contractors hereinafter referred to
as “Employers”), and PLUMBERS LOCAL UNION
NO. 200 of the United Association of Journeymen and
Apprentices of the Plumbing and Pipe Fitting Industry
of the United States and Canada (hereinafter referred
to as “Union”).
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ARTICLE 1
Length and Purpose of Agreement
| Section 1.1 | This Agreement made this 1st day of May, 2022 shall be effective from |
| May 1, 2022 to April 30, 2026. | |
| Section 1.2 | The purpose of this Agreement is to establish the wages, hours and |
other conditions of employment, and to establish rules and procedures for the settlement
of disputes and differences between the parties and to secure at all times a sufficiency of
skilled journeymen so that the Employer may have sufficient capable employees and the
employees may have as much continuous employment as possible, thereby preventing
waste and unnecessary expenses, annoyance or delay caused by strikes, lockouts or other
labor-management disputes.
ARTICLE 2
Non Discrimination Clause
Section 2.1 There shall be no discrimination in the referral of, or in the terms and
conditions of employees covered by this Agreement on the basis of race, creed, color,
national origin, sex, age, handicap, marital status, record of conviction, sexual orientation
or affectional preference, or disability except as otherwise provided by law.
ARTICLE 3
Double Breasting
Section 3.1 To protect and preserve, for the employees covered by this Agreement,
all work they have performed and all work covered by this Agreement, and to prevent
any device or subterfuge to avoid the protection and preservation of such work, it is
agreed as follows: If the Contractor performs on-site construction work of the type
covered by this Agreement, under its own name or the name of another, as a corporation,
company, partnership, or any other business entity, including a joint venture, wherein
the Contractor, through its officers, directors, partners, owners or stockholders, exercises
directly or indirectly (including but not limited to management, control, or majority
ownership through family members) management, control or majority ownership, the
terms and conditions of this Agreement shall be applicable to all such work.
ARTICLE 4
Recognition
Section 4.1 The Union has claimed and demonstrated, and the Employer is
satisfied and acknowledges that the Union represents a majority of the Employer’s
employees in an appropriate bargaining unit for the purposes of collective bargaining.
Accordingly, the Union has been granted recognition under Section 9(a) of the National
Labor Relations Act, and the Employer recognizes the Union as the exclusive bargaining
agent under Section 9(a) of the National Labor Relations Act for all employees within the
contractual bargaining unit, as hereafter defined.
Section 4.2 The Union and employees hereby recognize the Plumbing Contractors
Association of Long Island, Inc. as the sole and exclusive bargaining representative for
all of its Employer members and for those non-member contractors that have furnished
the Association with collective bargaining authorizations.
ARTICLE 5
Interpretation of Agreement
Section 5.1(a) No contracts or understandings inconsistent with or contrary to the
terms of this Agreement shall be made between the Employer and an Employee either as
individuals or groups.
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(b) No other understandings or agreements exist between the parties
hereto or their members and this Agreement contain the complete understanding between
and among them. No amendments or modifications of this Agreement shall be valid
unless it is agreed to by the Association and the Union and reduced to writing.
(c) In the event of any conflict between the terms, conditions and provisions
of the Agreement and By-Laws of the Association or the Union, this Agreement shall be
controlling. The parties shall cause appropriate changes to be made in the respective ByLaws to make them consistent with the provisions of this Agreement.
(d) If any provision of the Agreement is determined to be in conflict with
the laws or regulations of the United States, or any state in which the work is to be
performed, such provision shall be superseded by such law or regulation, but all other
provisions of this Agreement shall continue in full force and effect.
(e) This Agreement does not deny the right of the Union or its
representatives to render assistance to other labor organizations by removal of its
members from jobs when necessary and when the Union or proper representatives decide
to do so, but no removal shall take place until one (1) working day’s notice is first given
to the Employer involved or to his representatives to protect his interests, and provide
further, that such removal is not contrary to any existing law. This provision applies only
in cases where the employing plumber is not involved. Moreover, in instances where
adequate safety and/or sanitary conditions have not been provided a job may be stopped
immediately.
(f) In the event any conflict could arise pertaining to any
provision of this Collective Bargaining Agreement, an interpretation of the provision
in controversy is to be obtained from the Joint Negotiating Committee.
ARTICLE 6
Duration, Termination and Renewal of Agreement
Section 6.1 This Agreement, which is in force and effect until April 30, 2026 shall
automatically renew itself for an additional period of one (1) year from the termination
date hereof unless either party serves written notice upon the other sixty (60) days prior
to its expiration date requesting that it be amended or terminated. The other party shall
reply to any demands or requests contained in such notice at least thirty (30) days prior
to the expiration date of this Agreement. In the event such notice is given by the Union,
the same shall also constitute the sixty (60) day strike notice required by the Taft-Hartley
Act as amended.
ARTICLE 7
Union Security
Section 7.1 All employees, members of the Union, now in the employ of the
Employer shall remain members in good standing in the Union during the term of
this Agreement. All employees covered by this Agreement, hereinafter employed by
the Employer, shall become members of the Union on the earliest date provided by
applicable Federal Law after their employment, or the date of the Agreement, whichever
is later, and shall remain members of the Union in good standing during the term of this
Agreement. In interpreting good standing, an Employer shall not discharge any employee
for non-membership in the Union: (a) If he has reasonable grounds for believing that
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such membership was not available to the employee on the same terms and conditions
generally applicable to other members, or (b) that the Employer has reasonable grounds
for believing that membership was denied or terminated for reasons other than the
failure of the employee to tender the periodic dues and initiation fee uniformly required
as a condition of acquiring or retaining membership. Where the Union requests the
discharge of an employee pursuant to this Section, the Union shall, if requested, provide
information substantiating that an employee has failed to comply with the membership
requirements of this Section.
Section 7.2 Whenever and to the extent that Article 7 of this Agreement establishing
Union membership as a condition of employment is, or becomes inapplicable, by
reason of the law of any state, all journeymen and apprentices now in the employ of the
Employer, or hereinafter employed by the Employer, shall have the right to join, not join,
maintain or drop their membership in the Union as they see fit. Neither party shall cause
or attempt to cause any discrimination against any journeymen or apprentice as regards
such matters.
Should an employee choose not to become or remain a member of the Union,
he shall, as a condition of continued employment, pay to the Union as support to and
compensation of the Union in exchange for representation by the Union an amount of
money equal to that paid by other employees who are members of the Union, which
shall be limited to an amount of money equal to the Union’s regular and usual initiation
fees and its regular and usual dues and its general and uniform assessments. All
employees, members of the Union, now in the employ of the Employer, shall commence
such payments the day following the date of their withdrawal from the Union and shall
continue such payments during the term of the Agreement. All employees, hereinafter
employed by the Employer, shall commence such payments on the earliest date provided
by applicable Federal law for requiring Union membership after employment or the date
of the Agreement, whichever is later, and shall continue such payments during the term
of this Agreement.
| Section 7.3 | Either party to this Agreement shall have the right to reopen the |
| negotiations pertaining to Union Security when the Federal Laws applicable thereto have been changed by giving the other party thirty days’ written notice. |
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| Section 7.4 | Authorized representatives of the Union shall have access to jobs |
where employees covered by this Agreement are employed, provided they do not
unnecessarily interfere with the employees or cause them to neglect their work; and
furthermore provided such Union representative complies with customer rules.
ARTICLE 8
Management Rights
| Section 8.1 | It is the intent of all parties to this Agreement that the employee will |
| furnish a full fair day’s work for a day’s pay. | |
| Section 8.2 | Management shall be the sole determiner of the size and composition |
of the work force; for supervision refer to Article 16. Management shall have the
prerogative of controlling its operations, introducing new or improved methods or
facilities and changing methods or facilities, subject to the limitations set forth in this
Agreement.
| Section 8.3 | The Union shall not sanction any employee performing any plumbing |
| work after his regular working hours for other than his current employer. | |
| Section 8.4 | Journeymen and apprentices shall not be permitted to work for anyone |
other than a duly recognized Contractor, under contract with P.L.U. #200 and licensed to
do plumbing work if the project requires one, except where necessary to maintain Local
No. 200 jurisdiction.
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Section 8.5 Any signatory contractor who secures work on a project that requires
a Masters Plumbers License must have in place a contract with a Licensed Master
Plumbing Contractor party to the Plumbers Local Union 200 Agreement in order to
perform such work.
Section 8.6 Any new signatory contractor where the principal owner does not
have a master plumber license must be submitted to the Joint Arbitration Committee
(made up of 3 Union reps and 3 Association members) for approval before they can be
signed with the Union.
ARTICLE 9
Trade or Work Jurisdiction
Section 9.1 This Agreement covers the rates of pay, hours and working conditions
of all employees engaged in the installation of all plumbing and/or pipe fitting systems
and component parts thereof including fabrication, assembling, erection, installation,
testing, balancing, dismantling, repairing, reconditioning, adjusting, altering, servicing
and handling, unloading, distributing, tying on and hoisting of all piping materials, by
any method, including all hangers and supports of every description and all other work
included in the trade jurisdiction of Plumbers Local Union #200, as set forth in Article 38
which is incorporated herein and made a part of this Agreement.
| Section 9.2 | Equipment used on buildings and construction work in conjunction |
| with the work of the trade, as a time and labor saving device, shall be operated by employees covered by this Agreement. |
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| Section 9.3 | The operating of pumps, air compressor and welding machines when |
used in conjunction with work covered by this Agreement shall be done by employees
covered by this Agreement. The testing and balancing of all plumbing or component
parts thereof shall be done by employees covered by this Agreement.
Section 9.4 It is understood that the settlement of jurisdictional disputes with
other Building Trades organizations shall be adjusted in accordance with the procedure
established by the Impartial Jurisdictional Disputes Board or any successor agency of the
Building and Construction Trades Department.
| Section 9.5 | There shall be no work stoppage because of jurisdictional disputes. ARTICLE 10 No Strike, No Lockout During the term of this Agreement, each of the signatory parties agrees |
| Section 10.1 |
that there will be no strikes, work stoppages or lockouts by members of the Union or by
the Employer provided, however, the Union may strike where an Employer fails to pay
wages in full and on time or the Union has been advised by the administrative officer of
the fringe benefit funds in accordance with Section 19.1 that an Employer is delinquent
in payment of fringe benefits.
Section 10.2 This no strike, no lockout commitment is based upon the agreement
by both parties to be bound by the grievance and arbitration provisions of this Agreement.
ARTICLE 11
Grievance and Arbitration Procedure
Joint Arbitration Committee
Section 11.1 There shall exist a Local Joint Arbitration Committee for the
resolution of disputes as it pertains to this Agreement. A quorum of the Committee shall
be three members of the Union group and three members of the Association. A lesser
number than the quorum shall have the power to recess or adjourn a meeting or hearing,
or proceed with the hearing.
The Joint Arbitration Committee will appoint its own Secretary. The person so
appointed shall keep a record of the proceedings before the Committee, and of all other
business which it may transact.
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All matters coming to a vote in this Committee will require a concurring vote of
a majority representing the Union group and concurring vote of a majority representing
the Employer group for passage. Each group shall have an equal number of votes.
The parties and all other signatories hereto agree to refer any and all questions
or controversies or disputes which cannot in the first instance be adjusted between
the Employer and the Business Representative of the Union to the Joint Arbitration
Committee.
Upon submission of any matter in controversy to the Joint Arbitration
Committee, the Secretary shall immediately advise all interested parties of the
submission and of the date, time and place where a hearing in the matter will take place.
The Committee shall afford each party to the matter in controversy a full hearing and
opportunity to present such relevant evidence as he desires on his own behalf.
The Committee, however, shall convene a hearing within twenty-four
(24) hours if requested by an aggrieved party and the Committee shall render a decision
within twenty-four (24) hours following said hearing. If the hearing fails to convene, or
fails to render a decision within the stated time period or if there is a tie vote, then the
aggrieved party shall have the right to request the Commissioner of Labor of Nassau
County or Suffolk County to designate an arbitrator to hear and determine the dispute.
Such designation and determination shall be made within forty-eight (48) hours from the
time of notification. Time steps, however, shall be computed on the basis of business
days.
The Committee may formulate rules and regulations governing its procedures
and the conduct of hearings. It shall consider each case on its own merits. The failure of
any of the parties interested in any matter in controversy to attend any hearing shall not
delay the proceedings before the Committee.
Any member may restrict attendance at its hearings to such persons and their
representatives and witnesses, who are directly interested in any matter submitted for
decision. Any member of the Joint Arbitration Committee who is directly interested in
any matter in controversy submitted to the Committee as Employer or Employee shall
be disqualified from sitting on the hearing of that matter, in which case, a Temporary
Committee Member shall be appointed from the group the disqualified member
represents.
The Committee shall have the power to render a decision determining the facts
in dispute and to order the parties thereto to take such action as may be necessary to assure
compliance therewith, including the determination and imposition of damages, and such
decision shall be final and binding and conclusive with full rights of enforcement in
any court of competent jurisdiction. In the event of a tie vote, any party to the dispute
may submit the controversy to the Commissioner of Labor, of either Nassau County
or Suffolk County, for the appointment of an Arbitrator, whose decision will be final,
binding and conclusive upon the parties with full rights of enforcement in any court of
competent jurisdiction.
The Joint Arbitration Committee shall have the power and right, as and for
its decision or part thereof, to recommend the designation of Shop Stewards to the job
site of a Contractor found guilty of a violation of this Agreement. The fees and
expenses of arbitration, including reasonable attorney’s fees actually incurred, shall be
awarded to the prevailing party upon a final award in the party’s favor, and payment of
any arbitrator’s fees and/or fees for the arbitral tribunal shall also be assessed against the
losing party.
In the event of damages, any moneys paid as fines shall be used by the Joint
Arbitration Committee to defer administration expenses in connection with the operation
of the Agreement.
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Section 11.2 The Union reserves the right to refuse to permit Employees to work
for any Employer who fails or refuses to comply with a decision of the Joint Arbitration
Committee as in this Agreement provided or who has failed to pay wages or make fringe
benefit contributions as required in this Agreement except in the case of the following
disputes:
(a) In the event of a dispute as to the amount of wages, which are due an
Employee, payment of the amount, which is not in dispute, shall be made
and the claim for the balance shall be submitted to the Joint Arbitration
Committee for decision.
| Section 11.3 | Any time limits provided for in the grievance and arbitration |
| procedures set forth in this Article may be waived or extended by mutual agreement between the Union and the Association. |
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| Section 11.4 | It shall not be a violation of this Agreement, or of the no-strike clause, |
if members of Local Union #200 refuse to cross a lawful primary picket line. Where
such a picket line has been set up, every possible effort shall be made by the Business
Representative to make arrangements which will permit the employees subject to this
Agreement to continue to work.
Section 11.5 No Employer shall dismiss any Journeyperson or Apprentice for making
a complaint or giving evidence with respect to an alleged violation of any provision
of the Collective Bargaining Agreement prior to the hearing by the Plumbers Joint
Arbitration Committee of such complaint. In the event of a refusal of an Employer to
give employment to the complaint-employee, the Employer shall be liable for the pay
of such Journeyperson of Apprentice for such lost time.
Section 11.6 Any Employer that requires or causes a Union member to violate
the terms of this Collective Bargaining Agreement shall be subjected to the Joint
Arbitration Procedure. Any member that violates the terms of this Collective
Bargaining Agreement shall be brought before the Local Union Executive Board.
ARTICLE 12
Referral and Hiring Procedure
| Section 12.1 | In the referral of applicants, the Employer shall be the sole judge of the |
| number of employees required. | |
| Section 12.2 | The Employer can request the local union to refer competent and |
| skilled journeymen and apprentices and, to the best of its ability, the Union will refer personnel qualified for the work for which they were requested. |
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| Section 12.3 | The selection of applicants for employment on jobs shall be on a non |
discriminatory basis and in accordance with the President’s Executive Order 11246, as
amended, and Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, and shall not be based on or
in any way affected by union membership, by-laws, rules, regulations, constitutional
provisions or any other aspect or obligation of union membership, policy or requirement
and such other rules and regulations promulgated by agencies having jurisdiction.
Section 12.4 The Employer shall retain the right to reject any applicant referred by
the Union and can hire directly any applicant as per conditions set forth in Section 2.1
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Section 12.5 Selection and employment of the required number of apprentices and
the administration of the local apprenticeship system shall be governed by the terms and
procedures established by Joint Apprenticeship Committee.
Apprentice Ratio:
1 apprentice for the first journeyperson
1 additional apprentice after 2 more journeypersons are hired
1 additional apprentice after 3 more journeypersons are hired
1 additional apprentice after 3 more journeypersons are hired
1 additional apprentice after 3 more journeypersons are hired
Section 12.6 During the first two (2) years of their apprenticeship, all Apprentices will be
required to be rotated to the “for hire list” from whichever contractor they are employed
with after a period of 850 hours of “On The Job Training” (OJT). Once an Apprentice
has acquired more than 2,550 hours of OJT, he will no longer be required to participate
in the rotation process
Section 12.7 Review of Apprentices: The Joint Apprentice Committee will conduct
an annual review of apprentices. If it is determined that an apprentice is not receiving
proper “on the job” training, the Committee has the authority to remove the apprentice
from that shop and assign the apprentice to another shop.
Section 12.8 The Union agrees, to the best of its ability, to furnish to the Employer,
at all times, duly qualified journeymen and apprentices in a sufficient number, as
determined by the Employer, necessary to properly execute the work contracted by the
Employer in the manner and under the terms specified in this Agreement.
ARTICLE 13
Wages
| Section 13.1 | The straight time hourly wage rate of pay per hour under this |
| Agreement, commencing the 1st day of May, 2022 and continuing until the 30th day of April 2026, shall be as set forth in Schedule A of this Agreement. |
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| Section 13.2 | Apprentices shall serve a term of apprenticeship as stipulated in the |
regulation of the Apprenticeship Committee. The hourly wage rate for apprentices shall
be as provided in Schedule A of this Agreement.
APPRENTICES RATE
Becoming Apprentices after 9/1/2006
1st year = 30% of Journeyman wage rate
2nd year = 40% of Journeyman wage rate
3rd year = 50% of Journeyman wage rate
4th year = 60% of Journeyman wage rate
5th year = 70% of Journeyman wage rate
| Section 13.3 | Contributions to fringe benefit funds shall be made on behalf of all |
| new apprentices starting from the first day of employment. | |
| Section 13.4 | Any Employer employing journeymen from any local other than Local |
200, working within the jurisdiction of Local 200, shall pay fringe benefit contributions
to the Fringe Benefit Funds of Local 200 in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.
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ARTICLE 14
Hours of Work, Overtime, Shift Work, Temporary Heat, Testing and Holidays
Section 14.1 Work Day – On single shift operations, seven (7) hours shall constitute
a regular day’s work. Starting time and quitting time shall be 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
and 12:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. If job conditions require and Local 200 approves, and at
the discretion of the Employers, the starting and quitting times may be 7:00 a.m. to 12:00
p.m. 12:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. There shall be a 15-minute coffee break in the morning onsite. ½ hour Mandatory lunch period between 12:00 p.m. and 12:30 p.m.
| Section 14.2 | Overtime wages rates shall be provided in Appendix A of this |
| Agreement and shall be paid after seven (7) hours work on any day, Monday through Friday, and on Saturdays, Sundays and holidays. |
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| | After a regular seven hour day, pay will be Time and One |
Half and fringes shall be paid on a straight time basis.
On Saturday, pay will be Time and a half and Fringes shall
be paid on a straight time basis.
| | On Sunday and Holidays, pay will be paid on a Double Time basis, all fringes will also be paid on a Double Time basis. |
| Section 14.3 | Shift Work – Where shift work is deemed necessary by the Employer, |
the Union shall be notified within 48 hours in advance of the start of said work. If such
work is scheduled in advance and continues for more than five (5) consecutive working
days, the rate of pay for such work excluding Saturdays, Sundays and holidays will be:
8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. – day shift, 7 hours at straight time
plus one half hour at double time.
4:00 p.m. to 12:00 Midnight – 8 hours at straight time plus
20% premium on Wages and Fringes.
12:00 Midnight to 8:00 a.m. – 8 hours at straight time plus
20% premium on Wages and Fringes.
No shift will be less than 7½ hours (plus ½ hour mealtime). No journeyman or apprentice
will be permitted to work more than five shifts in one week.
Section 14.4a Special Condition Shift – When job conditions require that work
must be performed at the job site between the hours of 3:30 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. and no
other plumbing work has been performed during the normal workday of either 7:00 am
to 2:30 p.m. or 8:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., the following Special Condition Shift shall be
permitted: One or two shifts of seven (7) hours may be worked between Monday 3:30
p.m. and Saturday, 7:00 a.m. with wages paid at straight time plus 20% and fringes to
be paid at straight time. There shall be a ½ hour mandatory 12:00 to 12:30 p.m. meal
period. On all other shifts, there shall be a ½ hour meal period after four (4) hours work.
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All overtime rate schedules for hours worked beyond seven (7) hours per shift and on
Saturdays, 7:00 a.m. to Monday, 7:00 a.m. as well as Holidays, shall apply. Before work
may be performed on a Special Conditions Shift, the Business Manager or Business
Agent will be given reasonable notice.
Section 14.4b On private jobsites, where the complete job encompasses 80 man hours or
less, and a special condition exists, (such as demobilization, a tie in or a concrete pour)
that requires an extra one (1) hour of work, wages will be paid at straight time, provided
the Business Agent in the area is notified, prior to start of work.
Section 14.5 Temporary Heat: – The installation, maintenance, operation and
dismantling of all temporary gas piping systems and appurtenances when utilized during
the construction or reconstruction phases shall be performed by Journeymen plumbers.
Each operational shift shall be eight (8) hours at 70% of Journeyman wages, and benefits
will be paid at the full straight time rate. There will be a ½ hour meal period for each
shift. Operational shift Journeymen shall not perform work unrelated to the temporary
heat maintenance or operation.
Section 14.6 Testing: – Where job conditions require the filling of piping systems
and related vessels installed by the Plumbing Contractor for testing procedures beyond the
normal workday, Journeymen plumbers must be utilized during the filling, transferring
and emptying of said systems. Each operational shift shall be eight (8) hours at 70% of
Journeyman wages, and benefits will be paid at the full straight time rate. There will be
a ½ hour meal period for each shift.
| Section 14.7 | Holidays – The following holidays, if worked, shall be paid for at the | |
| applicable rate set forth in Article III: | ||
| New Year’s Day President’s Day Memorial Day | ||
| Independence Day Thanksgiving Day |
Labor Day | Veteran’s Day |
| Friday after Thanksgiving Day | ||
| Christmas Day | ||
| All holidays will follow New York State guidelines. | ||
| Section 14.8 | When a Contractor requires his or her employees to work overtime, |
said Contractor must notify the Union Office, during normal business hours, prior to the
work commencing. Each employee who is directed to work overtime must also notify
the Union Office, or it’s Representative and report where and when the overtime work
is to take place. A Contractor who violates the terms of this section shall be brought
before the Joint Arbitration Committee and, if found guilty of the violation, be fined at
the discretion of the Committee. Any member who violates the terms of this section shall
be brought before the Local Union Executive Board.
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ARTICLE 15
Payday, Accountability and Termination
Section 15.1 Wages shall be paid weekly in cash on Friday or on a day earlier in
the week, at the option of the Employer. Pay envelopes shall be sealed and show full
information concerning all deductions which are made.
The pay week shall begin on Wednesday and end on Tuesday. Employees will
be paid, by check, on the first Thursday following the end of the pay week. The Employer
has the option of paying the employees in cash on the first Friday following the end of
the pay week. Pay envelopes shall be sealed and show full information concerning all
deductions made.
An Employer shall have the right to pay Journeymen or Apprentice Plumbers
by “bonded checks” provided such Employer has notified the Local Union in writing of
its intention to do so, not less than ten (10) days prior to its initiation of such procedure
and provided further that such Employer has delivered to the Local Union a surety bond
in the form as provided for by the Union, executed by the Employer and a corporate
surety company licensed to do business in the State of New York, conditioned upon
the payment of all “bonded” payroll checks upon their presentation at the drawee bank
designated thereon for payment. Such bond shall name the Local Union as the Obligee
thereon and the benefits shall be payable to the Local Union, for the use and benefit of the
Journeyman or Apprentice Plumber whose bonded payroll check had not been paid on
presentation. Such bond shall be in an amount not less than the highest two-week payroll
period in the previous calendar year. Each “bonded payroll check” of such Employer
shall have written on the face thereof, words substantially as follows:
“The payment of the amount of this check has been guaranteed by the Surety Company,
pursuant to a bond filed with Plumbers Local Union #200 of Nassau County and Suffolk
County.”
Such payment to be made not later than Thursday of each week.
When a holiday takes place on the established payday, wages shall be paid on
the preceding day. Payment shall be made during the working hours. If an Employee is
not paid before the end of the working day, he shall be paid waiting time at the regular
single time hourly rate until he is paid.
In the event a plumbing contractor shall default in payment of the fringe
benefits provided for by the terms of this Agreement, it shall be an obligation of the Local
Unions so affected to notify all other Local Unions covered by the reciprocal agreement.
Local Unions so notified shall thereupon be requested to refuse to furnish Journeymen
and Apprentices to the plumbing contractor that failed to make the required payment of
fringe benefits.
An Employee who is compelled to lose time from work because of the failure
of his Employer to pay fringe benefits required by this Agreement shall be reimbursed
for time lost at the regular hourly rate by the Employer who defaulted in payment of the
required fringe benefits.
| (a) | The Union reserves the right to refuse to permit Employees to work |
| on any job on which Employees have not been paid, except in case of dispute as provided in Sections (j) and (k) of this Article. |
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| (b) | In the event of a dispute as to the amount of wages which are due |
an Employee, payment of the amount which is not in dispute shall be made
immediately and the claim for the balance shall be submitted to the Joint
Arbitration Committee for decision.
(c) When Employees are laid off or discharged; they must be paid wages
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due them at the time of the layoff or discharge. Thirty (30) minutes’ time shall
be given an Employee to pick up tools and equipment. In a case where an
Employee claims that he has not received thirty (30) minutes referred to herein,
the question of whether the Employee shall be compensated in lieu of the
prescribed time shall be decided by the Joint Arbitration Committee.
(d) Employees before being laid off shall receive not less than four (4)
hours’ pay for the day on which the layoff takes place. When work is stopped
due to weather conditions, men are to be paid to the end of the hour. Employees
reporting for work at a shop or job not having been laid off the previous night
shall be entitled to four (4) hours’ pay if laid off. Men, who must stop work
because of lack of material, without having completed the first four (4) hours,
shall be entitled to four (4) hours’ pay.
ARTICLE 16
Supervision and Job Standards
Section 16.1
(a) Where members of Local 200 are employed at a job site, the first
employed shall be designated as Foreman of the job. In the absence of the
designated Foreman, another employee will be designated Foreman and receive
the appropriate rate.
b) Where an out-of-town contractor (defined herein as a plumbing
contractor who does not maintain a principal place of business in either
Nassau or Suffolk County) is using a person other than Plumbers Local
Union No. 200 as Foreman, the second Journeyman Plumber on the job shall
be considered a Deputy Foreman and shall be paid the Foreman’s rate of pay.
An out-of-town contractor shall be permitted to bring only one (1) member
from its home local union to work on any job within the geographical
jurisdiction of Plumbers Local Union #200, regardless of the number of jobs
said contractor is performing in the geographical jurisdiction of Plumbers
Local Union #200
| (c) | On all jobs with less than seven (7) men including the Foreman, the |
| Foreman’s hourly rate of pay shall be as listed in economic package Schedule | |
| A. (d) |
On all jobs where more than six (6) men are employed, the Foreman’s |
| hourly rate of pay shall be as listed in economic package Schedule A. | |
| (e) | When the Employer appoints a Deputy Foreman, he shall receive the |
Foreman’s hourly rate of pay and the General Foreman shall receive the rate of
pay as listed in economic package Schedule A.
| (f) | A Foreman or Deputy Foreman shall be defined as a Journeyman |
| Plumber who assumes responsibility for the Employer and supervises installations, “lays out” work for Journeymen and Apprentice Plumbers. |
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| (g) | It shall be the duty of each Employer to make certain that all Foremen |
in their employ promptly inform the Local Union as to the location of the
job where he is working. This information must be registered with the Local
Union where it will be kept in a daily logbook maintained by the Secretary. All
Foremen are required to appear before the Executive Board of the Local Union
and renew their Foreman’s Card once each year.
(h) On all jobs, the Foreman shall maintain a record of all Journeymen
and Apprentices and file weekly reports of same to the Local Union.
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Superintendents
Section 16.2 No Superintendent shall handle tools. A Superintendent need not be
a member of the Union. If a Superintendent is a member of the Union, he may, and the
Employer also may, give instructions to anyone on the job. If the Superintendent is not a
member of the Union, he shall give instructions only to the Foreman on the job.
Job or Shop Stewards
Section 16.3 There shall be a Steward appointed on any job or in any shop when
in the opinion of the Local Union it is believed the best interest of the industry will be
served by doing so. A Shop Steward should be appointed to each shop by the Union
to any job where the Employer has not been a contract signatory for at least (5) years.
A Shop Steward will be required to attend a training session given by the Union. If a
Steward is appointed to a job that is less than seven (7) days in duration, the appointment
will take effect immediately. If the job is more than seven (7) days in duration, the
Contractor to whom the Steward is appointed can, within two (2) business days, make
written objection to the Union and request a review by the Joint Arbitration Committee.
If such timely objection is made, then the appointment of the Steward shall be held in
abeyance until a hearing and determination by the Joint Arbitration Committee.
Any Steward so appointed shall be a Journeyman and shall not be laid off from
the job or shop except by a decision of the Joint Arbitration Committee. The Steward
shall work with the tools and be a productive employee. The Steward shall not lose time
when other Journeymen on a particular job or in the particular shop to which they are
assigned are permitted to work.
ARTICLE 17
Vacation Fund
Section 17.1 Effective May 1, 2022, each Employer shall pay, no later than the
last day of each month, to the Vacation Fund of Plumber Local Union #200 a monthly
contribution as stated in Schedule A. In any case in which the Trustees of the said Fund
shall determine an Employer to be habitually delinquent, payments hereunder shall be
made no later than the Friday of each workweek.
| Section 17.2 | Employers will deduct social security, federal and state income taxes |
| on the vacation benefit, which shall be considered as gross weekly wages. | |
| Section 17.3 | The parties hereby agree to cooperate on scheduling vacations to |
| eliminate any work disruption on scheduling construction. | |
| Section 17.4 | The vacation benefits negotiated for and provided in this agreement |
are provided as benefits comparable to those required under New York Labor Law,
Section 196-b and the New York City Paid Safe and Sick Leave Law. Because such
provision provides benefits comparable to or better than Section 196-b and the
New York City Paid Safe and Sick Leave Law, the requirements of those laws are
expressly waived by this Agreement.
ARTICLE 18
Welfare Fund
Section 18.1 Effective May 1, 2022, each Employer shall pay, no later than the
last day of each month, to the Welfare Fund of Plumbers Local Union #200 a monthly
contribution as stated in Schedule A. In any case in which the Trustees of the said Fund
shall determine an Employer to be habitually delinquent, payments hereunder shall be
made no later than the Friday of each workweek.
ARTICLE 19
Pension Fund
Section 19.1 Effective May 1, 2022, each Employer shall pay, no later than the
last day of each month, to the Pension Fund of Plumbers Local Union #200 a monthly
contribution as stated in Schedule A. In any case in which the Trustees of the said Fund
shall determine an Employer to be habitually delinquent, payments hereunder shall be
made no later than the Friday of each workweek.
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Section 19.2 “Plumbers and Pipefitters National Pension Fund”
1. The undersigned Employer and Union agree that the Employer shall make
pension contributions to the National Pension Fund in accordance with the terms of this
agreement on behalf of those Employees who are covered by the National Pension Fund
pursuant to the Collective Bargaining Agreement.
a) Commencing with the first day of this Agreement, and for the duration of the
current Collective Bargaining Agreement between the parties, and any renewals or
extensions thereof, the Employer agrees to make payments to the Plumbers and
Pipefitters National Pension Fund for each Employee who is in each classification
listed below in accordance with the Collective Bargaining Agreement as follows:
Journeyman
Apprentice
b) The Employer shall make the contributions set out in subparagraph 1(a) for
each hour or portion thereof, for which an Employee is paid or entitled to payment
for performance of duties for the Employer. (Each overtime hour shall be counted
as one regular hour for which contributions are payable.) Contributions set out in
subparagraph 1(a) above shall be paid starting with the Employee’s first day of
employment in a job classification covered by the Collective Bargaining Agreement.
c) The Employer shall continue contributions to the Fund for any compensated
Employees who were previously covered by the Fund as members of the
bargaining unit and who are continuing to perform work of the type covered
by the Collective Bargaining Agreement for at least half of their hours with the
Employer. It is understood that the Employer may not make contributions on
behalf of an Employee who owns, or whose spouse owns, 10% or more of the
corporation unless it signs and abides by a participation agreement covering such
owner Employees. It is also agreed that the Employer shall not make contributions
to the Fund on behalf of any Employees other than those specified herein.
2. The payments to the Pension Fund require above shall be made to the “Plumbers
and Pipefitters National Pension Fund” which was established under an Agreement
and Declaration of Trust, dated July 23, 1968 and restated December 13, 1978.
The Employer, by signing this Standard Form of Participation Agreement, or by
signing a Collective Bargaining Agreement providing for participation in the
Plumbers and Pipefitters National Pension Fund, agrees to be bound by all of the
terms and conditions of the Restated Agreement and Declaration of Trust. Any
Employer so adopting the Restated Agreement and Declaration of Trust thereby
ratifies, accepts and designates as it’s representatives the Employer Trustees then
serving as such and authorizes said Employer Trustees to designate additional
Employer Trustees and successor Employer Trustees in accordance with the
terms and conditions thereof, and authorizes the Trustees to adopt amendments
to the Restated Agreement and Declaration of Trust. The Employer hereby
acknowledges receipt of a copy of the Restated Agreement and Declaration of
Trust in effect when this Agreement is signed.
3. It is agreed that the Pension Plan adopted by the Trustees of the said Pension Fund
shall at all times conform with the requirements of the Internal Revenue Code so
as to enable the Employer at all times to treat contributions to the Pension Fund as
deductions for income tax purposes.
4. It is agreed that all contributions shall be made at such time and in such manner
as the Trustees require, and the Trustees shall have the authority to retain an
accountant or accounting firm to perform payroll audits of the Employer to
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determine whether the correct amount of contributions have been made or to
determine whether contributions have been made on behalf of all Employees
covered by the Plan.
5. If an Employer fails to make contributions to the Pension Fund within 20 days of
the end of the month during which the work was performed, the Union shall have
the right to take whatever steps are necessary to secure compliance, any provision
of the Collective Bargaining Agreement to the contrary notwithstanding, and the
Employer shall be liable for all costs and expenses for collecting the payments
due, together with attorneys fees, interest on all the unpaid contributions of 12%
per annum, and liquidated damages of 10% of the unpaid contributions. The
Employer’s liability for payment hereunder shall not be subject to grievance or
arbitration procedures of the “no-strike” clause provided under the Collective
Bargaining Agreement.
6. The parties agree that this Participation Agreement shall be considered a part of
the Collective Bargaining Agreement between the undersigned parties.
ARTICLE 20
Apprentice Training Fund
Section 20.1 Effective May 1, 2022 each Employer shall pay, no later than the last
day of each month, to the Apprentice Training Fund of Plumbers Local Union #200 a
monthly contribution as stated in Schedule A. In any case in which the Trustees of the
said Fund shall determine an Employer to be habitually delinquent, payments hereunder
shall be made no later than the Friday of each workweek.
ARTICLE 21
Contributions to Fringe Benefit Funds
Section 21.1 All contributions of the Employer shall be used to finance the benefits
which shall be payable in accordance with the Trust Agreements applicable to each
particular Fund and to such Rules and Regulations as the Trustees of such Funds may,
from time to time, adopt and pursuant to any amendments of any such Trust Agreement
and such Rules and Regulations as may be adopted.
Section 21.2 Failure by an Employer to pay contributions to any of the aforesaid
Funds shall constitute a breach of this Agreement by the defaulting Employer. The
Union shall have the right without further notice to the Employer to immediately, upon
receipt of written notice from the Trustees of any of such Funds, withdraw its men from
the jobs of the Employer and to take such actions as it deems necessary, irrespective of
any other terms of this Agreement.
Section 21.3 The Trustees of said Funds shall have the right, during the regular
business hours of the day, to have its representatives examine and audit all of the books
and records, including a general ledger, of any Employer relating to the payment of
wages, taxes, workmen’s compensation insurance, disability insurance and other
Employee benefits and taxes. In the event upon such audit the Trustees of any such Fund
shall determine that any such Employer has erroneously reported wages or the amount of
contributions due such Fund, then and in that event, the Trustees of such Fund are hereby
authorized to refer the question of the liability of such Employer to such Fund for any
such deficiency to the Joint Arbitration Committee as herein provided, and the decision
of such Joint Arbitration Committee shall be conclusive and binding upon the Employer
without any appeal there from to any court of law.
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In the case of any Employer who fails to remit full fringe benefits within one
month and one week from the first workday of the previous month, the Administrator will
forthwith notify such delinquent Employer by Certified Mail, Return Receipt Requested,
that his bonding company will be notified of the delinquency, his green cards withdrawn,
his Journeymen and Apprentices withdrawn with Employer liability for all lost work as
the result of his delinquency and collection procedures initiated.
If such delinquency is not cured within seven (7) days of the transmittal of such
Certified letter cited in paragraph 2 (above), all of the aforesaid delinquency procedures
will be brought before the Trustees by the Administrator, at the monthly meeting of the
fringe benefit funds on the second Tuesday of each month, for implementation of the
steps designated in paragraph 2 (above).
To be reinstated, any Employer found to be delinquent must forthwith pay all
amounts due up to and including the date of reinstatement, together with interest at the
rate of two (2%) percent per month and the reasonable costs of collection. In addition,
he must continue to pay fringe benefit contributions weekly until he has successfully
demonstrated his reliability to be permitted monthly payments.
ARTICLE 22
Supplemental Vested Annuity Fund
And
Additional Security Benefit Fund
Section 22.1 Effective May 1, 2022 each Employer shall pay no later than the last
day of each month to the Supplemental Vested Annuity Fund of Plumbers Local Union
#200, a monthly contribution as stated in Schedule A. In any case in which the Trustees
of the said Fund shall determine an employer to be habitually delinquent, payments
hereunder shall be made no later than the Friday of each workweek.
Section 22.2 Effective May 1, 2022 each Employer shall pay no later than the last
day of each month to the Additional Security Benefit Fund of Plumbers Local Union
#200, a monthly contribution as stated in Schedule A. In any case in which the Trustees
of the said Fund shall determine an employer to be habitually delinquent, payments
hereunder shall be made no later than the Friday of each workweek.
ARTICLE 23
Check Off Account
Section 23.1 Each Employer agrees to deduct the specified weekly work
dues from the wages of Journeymen and Apprentice Plumbers who authorize such
deductions in writing and promptly pay over such sums of money to the Union.
ARTICLE 24
Jointly Administered Fringe Benefit Fund
Section 24.1 The Association and the Union and all other Employers covered by
this Agreement agree to be bound by all the terms of the true agreements creating the
Welfare Fund, the Pension Fund, Apprenticeship Fund, Vacation Fund, Supplemental
Vested Annuity Fund, Additional Security Benefit Fund, and other jointly administered
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fringe benefit funds established pursuant to Section 302 of the Labor Management
Relations Act of 1947, as amended, and by all of the actions and rules of the Trust
administering such funds in accordance with the trust agreement and regulations of the
Trustees provided that such trust agreements, actions, regulations and rules shall not be
inconsistent with this Agreement. Each Employer covered by this Agreement hereby
accepts as Trustees, the Trustees appointed under and in accordance with such trust
agreements. The Employers and the Union hereby ratify all actions already taken by
such Trustees within the scope of their authority.
Section 24.2 Fringe Benefit Fund – Prior to the execution of this Collective
Bargaining Agreement, there have been duly entered into Trust Agreements whereby the
Welfare Fund of Plumbers Local Union #200, Pension Fund of Plumbers Local Union
#200, Supplemental Vested Annuity Fund of Plumbers Local Union #200, and the Local
Union 200 Additional Security Benefit Fund have been established and maintained. It
is agreed that all full-time employees of the Union and all full-time employees of the six
said Funds may be eligible for the benefits of each or all of said Funds at the discretion
of the Trustees of each of said Funds only. Nothing herein contained shall give any such
employee the right, as a matter of course, to demand that he or she may participate in
such Fringe Benefit Funds. In the event employees of the Union or any of such Fringe
Benefit Funds shall be declared eligible for such funds by the Trustees, then and in that
event the Local Union or the Fringe Benefit Fund, as the case may be, shall be liable to
each particular Fund by which said employee may be covered for the entire pro rata cost
to such Fund for the furnishings of such benefits so that employer contributions as herein
defined shall in no manner participate in the providing of such benefits for such full-time
employee as the Trustees of a particular Fund may declare to be eligible.
The Trustees of the Local Union 200 Pension, Welfare, and Supplemental
Vested Annuity Funds are authorized to enter into reciprocal agreements with Trustees of
other pension, welfare and supplemental vested annuity funds providing for the transfer
of contributions between funds so that employees temporarily working outside their
home funds’ jurisdiction will not lose credit or eligibility for benefits in their home funds.
The Trustees shall determine the terms of such reciprocal agreements.
The Trustees of each said Fringe Benefit Funds are authorized to amend the
Trust Agreements of said Funds in accordance with the provisions thereof as may
be necessary for the orderly administration of the affairs of each of said Funds. The
necessary administrative expenses of each of said Funds shall be deemed a part of that
Fund.
The Trustees of the Welfare Fund, Pension Fund, Vacation Fund, Apprentice
Training Fund, Supplemental Vested Annuity Fund, and the Local 200 Additional
Security Benefit Fund, either citing separately for their respective Funds or collectively
as such for all of the Funds, shall have the right at such times as they may designate,
upon ten days’ notice to a particular employer, to have all of the books and records of
such employer examine and records thereof made by an employee or other representative
of such Funds for the purpose of verifying the payroll records of such employer and
the aggregate amount of contributions due and owing each of said Funds and the
payment thereof. In the event it shall be determined that an employer has failed to pay
contributions to the Fringe Benefit Funds as required herein and the amount found to be
due and owing to such Fringe Benefit Funds shall exceed 5% of the total annual payroll
of any such employer, then the cost of making such audit shall be a charge upon such
employer payable to such Fringe Benefit Fund.
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The failure of an Employer to pay such percentage for the funds referred to
above within ten (10) days after a demand therefore by Certified Mail, return receipt
requested, has been sent to him, shall have the same consequences as the failure of an
Employer to pay the wages of the Journeymen and apprentice plumbers or to afford
them the conditions of employment stipulated in this Agreement and in addition, such
Employer shall be liable for the payment of such fringe benefit contributions with interest
at the rate of 2% per month from the date when such payment became due, together
with a reasonable attorney’s fee, and such liquidated damages as the Plumbers Joint
Arbitration Committee may assess.
All Employers will submit a copy of NYS-45 and NYS-45ATT to the
accounting firm designated by the Board of Trustees, when requested by the Board of
Trustees.
ARTICLE 25
Promotion Fund
Section 25.1 There shall be a plumbing industry promotion fund to be managed by
trustees appointed exclusively by the Plumbing Contractors Association of Long Island
Inc. No member of the local union shall act as a trustee of such promotion fund.
Effective May 1, 2022, each Employer shall pay no later than the last day of each
month to the Promotion Fund the amount set forth in Schedule A of the Agreement to the
Trustees of such Promotion Fund simultaneously with the payment of contributions to
the other fringe benefit funds. Such monies to be disbursed by the Trustees in accordance
with the terms and provisions of such Trust Agreement.
The prompt payment of these contributions provided herein is essential for the
continued efficient operation of the promotion fund. An employer, who fails to make
such payment within ten days after written demand therefore has been mailed to him,
shall be liable for the amount of such contribution with 2% per month interest thereon
from the original due date, thereof, the reasonable cost and expenses of collection
including attorneys’ fees. The charge to a delinquent employer for the cost and expenses
of collection and damage to the promotion fund shall in no event be less than $20.00
(twenty dollars) for each failure to pay a monthly contribution.
It is agreed by the parties that monies received by the Plumbers Local Union
#200 Fringe Benefit Fund, on behalf of the Industry Promotion Fund, shall be transmitted
to the offices of the Industry Promotion Fund, and that this arrangement has been agreed
upon only as a matter of convenience, with all costs for clerical and administrative
services to be borne solely by the Industry Promotion Fund. Neither Plumbers Local
Union #200, nor its Jointly Administered Funds shall be required to engage in any acts
with respect to the collection of monies for the Industry Promotion Fund, and the Industry
Promotion Fund shall hold harmless and defend Plumbers Local Union #200 and its
Jointly Administered Funds and their Trustees and representatives from any and all loss
or damages, including any legal fees incurred for the defense of any claim or lawsuit with
respect to the Industry Promotion Fund.
ARTICLE 26
Bond
Section 26.1(a)
Each Employer shall furnish Surety Company bonds to the benefit of the
Welfare Fund of Plumbers Local Union #200, the Pension Fund of Plumbers
Local Union #200, the Vacation Fund of Plumbers Local Union #200, the
Apprentice Training Fund of Plumbers Local Union #200, the Supplemental
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Vested Annuity Fund of Plumbers Local Union #200, and the Additional
Security Benefit of Plumbers Local Union #200 on the forms provided by
the Union, conditioned upon the faithful payment of the Fringe Benefits as
herein provided and any and all other benefits. The amount of the bond shall
be a minimum of $60,000.00, or otherwise as determined by the Trustees. An
Employer may, at his option, secure a Standby Letter of Credit, acceptable to
the Board of Trustees, from an established banking institution licensed and
in good standing to do business in the State of New York naming the Trust
Funds as beneficiary in lieu of the above mentioned Surety Bond. The Fringe
Benefit Funds Office shall not issue a work card number to an Employer
who is not satisfactorily bonded, nor shall the Union permit Journeymen
or Apprentice Plumbers to work for an Employer who is not satisfactorily
bonded.
(b) In the event an Employer defaults in the payment of Fringe Benefits
provided by this Agreement, the Union shall thereupon refuse to furnish
Journeymen or Apprentice Plumbers to the Contractor that failed to make the
required payment of contributions to the Fringe Benefit Funds. The Union
may also request that the Board of Trustees of the Fringe Benefit Funds
pursue collection of any delinquent amount by filing a claim against the
above referenced bond.
(c) To further insure the payment of Fringe Benefits an Employer, whose shop
is located in the jurisdictional territory of a Local Union other than Local #200
shall, before requesting Journeymen and Apprentice Plumbers to work in the
jurisdiction of Local Union #200, first obtain a card from his “home local”
to be known as a “compliance card”. This compliance card will serve as an
indication to other plumbing Local Unions that the plumbing Contractor is
in good standing with his home Local with respect to payment of all Fringe
Benefits.
(d) An Employee who is compelled to lose time from work because of the
failure of his or her Employer to pay Fringe Benefit contributions required
by this Agreement shall be reimbursed for lost time at the regular hourly rate
by the Employer who defaulted in payment of the required Fringe Benefit
contributions.
(e) In the event of the failure of an Employer to make the required payments to the
respective Funds, within ten (10) days after demand, by registered or certified
mail, return receipt requested, has been sent to him, he shall suffer the same
consequences as the failure of an Employer to pay the wage of the Journeymen
and Apprentice or his failure to afford them the condition of employment
stipulated in this Agreement. Such Employer shall be liable for the required
payments with interest at the rate of 2% per month from the date when such
payment became due, together with a reasonable attorney’s fee, and such
liquidated damages as the Plumbers Joint Arbitration Committee may assess.
(f) The Employer agrees to keep his labor payroll, Workmen’s Compensation
and Liability Insurance audits, and all other books and records of such Employer
available for inspection by an employee of, or an Auditor designated by the
Trustees of Plumbers Local Union Number 200 Fringe Benefit Fund, for the
purpose of verifying the payroll records of such Employer, the aggregate amount
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of contribution due and owing to each Fund specified in this Agreement, and
the payment thereof. In the event the Employer fails to submit his books and
records for audit within 20 days after written demand therefore, the Trustees of
Plumbers Local Union Number 200 Fringe Benefit Fund, or their agents, for and
on behalf of itself and all other Funds specified in this Agreement, shall have
the right to declare such Employer in default of this Agreement as though such
Employer failed to pay wages or make Fringe Benefit contributions as required
in this Agreement, thereby justifying the Union to exercise its right to refuse to
permit Employees to work for such Employer. In addition, such representatives
of the Funds shall have the right to file a charge against such Employer with the
Joint Arbitration Committee, and if found guilty, such Employer, in addition to
any other damages and penalties imposed, shall be required to pay all wages
and Fringe Benefit contributions lost by his Employees by reason of such
Employer’s defaults. Should the results of an audit disclose that an Employer
has failed to pay contributions to the Fringe Benefit Funds as required herein,
and then the cost of making such audit shall be a charge upon such Employer,
payable to Plumbers Local Union Number 200 Fringe Benefit Fund.
Section 26.2 The Employer agrees to provide required Workmen’s Compensation
Insurance, Unemployment Insurance, Social Security, New York State Sickness and
Disability Insurance and any such other insurance required under statutes of the State
of New York, United States Government, or any Division, Agency or Bureau, or any of
them. Each Employer shall provide all such insurance in accordance with the law of the
locality where the work is done.
ARTICLE 27
Organizing Fund
Section 27.1 The Organizing Fund shall be solely administered by Plumbers Local
Union #200 and it shall be used for those purposes deemed appropriate by Plumbers
Local Union #200 in furtherance of the Union’s organizational objectives, including but
not limited to, organizing activities, picketing activities and related conduct and expenses
incidental thereto.
ARTICLE 28
Plumbers Local Union #200 Political Action Committee
Section 28.1 There shall be a Plumbers Local Union #200 Political Action
Committee to be managed by Plumbers Local Union #200. No member of the Plumbing
Contractors Association of Long Island shall act in any official capacity on that
Committee.
ARTICLE 29
U.A. Political Action Fund
Section 29.1 As per a resolution passed at the United Association Convention of
2001, there shall be established a dues check-off for the purpose of funding a United
Association Political Action Committee. The check-off amount shall be $0.05 per hour
worked. This amount shall be reflected in the Local Collective Bargaining Agreement.
Each Employer agrees to deduct the specified contribution from the wages of Journeymen
and Apprentice Plumbers who authorize such deductions in writing and to promptly pay
over such sums of money to the Union.
ARTICLE 30
Labor Management Cooperation Fund
Section 30.1 There shall be a check off in Schedule A for the Labor Management
Fund as established under section 302 (c) (9) of the Labor Management Cooperation
Act of 1947. This fund shall be administered by the Board of Trustees to improve Labor
Management relationships, job security, competitiveness, productivity, organizational
effectiveness and economic development.
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ARTICLE 31
International Training Fund (ITF)
Section 31.1 Commencing on the effective date of this Collective Bargaining
Agreement and continuing for the duration of this Collective Bargaining Agreement and
during any negotiations for a successor to this Collective Bargaining Agreement, the
Employer agrees to contribute to the International Training Fund ten cents ($.10) for
each hour, or portion thereof, for which an Employee is paid or entitled payment for
performance of duties for an Employer. Each overtime hour shall be counted as one
regular hour for which contributions are payable. Contributions shall be paid starting
with the Employee’s first day of employment in a job classification covered by this
Collective Bargaining Agreement.
The required payments shall be made to the “International Training Fund”
maintained under a Restated Agreement and Declaration of Trust (“Trust”). The
Employer agrees to be bound by all terms and conditions of the Trust and the terms of
the Trust are incorporated into this Collective Bargaining Agreement by reference. The
Employer ratifies, accepts and designates as its representative the Employer Trustees
serving under the terms of the Trust as well as such future Employer Trustees who may
be appointed pursuant to the terms of the Trust. The Employer hereby acknowledges
receipt of a copy of the Trust.
It is agreed that all contributions shall be made at such time and in such manner
as the Trustees require, and the Trustees shall have authority to retain any accountant
or accounting firm to perform payroll audits of the Employer to determine whether the
correct amount of contributions have been made or to determine whether contributions
have been made on behalf of all Employees covered by the Collective Bargaining
Agreement.
If an Employer fails to make contributions, as has been set forth, within 15
days of the end of the month during which the work was performed, the Union shall
have the right to take whatever steps are necessary to secure compliance, any provision
of this Collective Bargaining Agreement to the contrary notwithstanding. In addition,
the Employer shall be liable for interest and liquidation damages as provided in the
Trust. If a lawsuit is filed, the Employer shall also be liable for all costs and expenses
of collecting payment due, together with attorney’s fees, audit costs and court costs.
The Employer’s liability for payment hereunder shall not be subject to the grievance or
arbitration procedures provided under the Collective Bargaining Agreement.
These contributions to the International Training Fund are over and above
any apprentice or journeyman training fund contribution made to the local union Joint
Apprentice Training Committee on behalf of The Employee.
ARTICLE 32
Work Rules and Miscellaneous Provisions
| Section 32.1 Agreement: |
The following working rules are applicable to all work covered by this |
(a) The selection of craft foremen and general foremen shall be entirely the
responsibility of the Employer, it being understood that, in the selection of
such foremen, the Employer will give primary consideration to the qualified
men available in the local area. Foremen and general foremen shall take
orders from individuals designated by the Employer.
(b) There shall be no limit on production by workmen or restrictions on the full
use of tools or equipment. Craftsmen using tools shall perform any of the
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work of the trade and shall work under the supervision of the craft foremen.
There shall be no restriction on efficient use of manpower other than as may
be required by safety regulations, provided, however, legitimate manning
practices that are a part of national or local agreements shall be followed.
(c) Security procedures for control of tools, equipment and materials are solely
the responsibility of the Employer.
(d) Workmen shall be at their place of work at the starting time and shall remain at
their place at work performing their assigned functions under the supervision
of the Employer until the quitting time. The parties reaffirm the policy of a
fair day’s work for a fair day’s wages.
(e) Practices not a part of the terms and conditions of collective bargaining
agreements will not be recognized.
(f) Slowdowns, stand-by crews and featherbedding practices will not be
tolerated.
(g) A steward shall be a qualified workman performing work of his craft and
shall exercise no supervisory functions. There shall be no non-working
stewards
(h) There shall be no illegal strikes, work stoppages or lockouts.
(i) When a local union does not furnish qualified workmen within forty-eight
(48) hours (Saturdays, Sundays and holidays excluded), the Employer shall
be free to obtain workmen from any source.
(j) It is agreed that overtime is undesirable and not in the best interest of the
industry or the craftsmen. Therefore, except in unusual circumstances,
overtime will not be worked. Where unusual circumstances mandate
overtime, such overtime will be kept at a minimum.
(k) If the Employer so elects, he may work shift work at a rate negotiated in the
applicable Agreement. If the Agreement does not contain rates pertaining to
shift work, the parties shall negotiate such shift rate at the pre-job conference.
The Employer shall determine the crafts and number of men to be assigned
each of the shifts as established.
Section 32.2 An employee, after being hired and reporting for work at the regular
starting time and for whom no work is available, shall receive pay for two (2) hours at
the basic straight time hourly rate of wages, unless he has been notified before leaving his
home to report, and an employee who reports for work, and for whom work is available
shall receive not less than four (4) hours pay and, if more than four (4) hours are worked
in any one day, he shall receive not less than a full day’s pay. Exceptions, however, shall
be when strike conditions make it impossible to put such an employee to work, or when
stoppage of work is occasioned thereby, or when an employee leaves work of his own
accord. When the conditions set forth in this paragraph occur on an overtime day, or on
shift work, the premium rate shall be paid.
Section 32.3 An employee reporting for work at the regular starting time at a shop
or job, and for whom no work is available due to weather conditions, will receive one (1)
hour pay for reporting time. To be eligible to receive such reporting pay, the employee
must check in at the job or shop at the regular start time and remain there for one (1)
hour. In order to qualify for the pay provided for in this Article, the employee must
remain on the job available for work during the period of time for which he receives pay
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unless released sooner by the Employer’s principal supervisor. After starting to work and
work is stopped because of weather conditions, the employee shall receive pay for the
actual time on the job but in no event, less than two (2) hours. The Employer shall have
sole responsibility to determine availability of work due to weather conditions. When
the conditions set forth in this paragraph occur on an overtime day, or on shift work, the
premium rate shall be paid.
| Section 32.4 | When an Employer considers it necessary to shut down a job because |
| of an emergency situation that could endanger the life and safety of an employee; the employees will be compensated only for the actual time worked. |
|
| Section 32.5 | Employees shall abide by all legal and applicable federal, State and |
local safety regulations.
ARTICLE 33
Subcontracting
Section 33.1 The Employer agrees that he will not subcontract or sublet any work
covered in Article 9 to be performed at the site of the construction, repair or alteration
unless the Employer to whom the work is subcontracted or sublet is a signatory to this
Agreement. Further, this contract prohibits a signatory from entering into or performing
“labor only” contracts. That is, in no event shall a Contractor enter into or perform any
work covered under the Collective Bargaining Agreement that entails providing labor
only without that Contractor furnishing, through direct purchase and payment by the
signatory Contractor, at least eighty (80) percent of the materials associated with that
subcontract.
ARTICLE 34
Pipe Cutting
Section 34.1
(a) All pipes pertaining to plumbing shall be handled, cut, threaded and installed by
Journeymen and Apprentices covered by this Agreement.
(b) Pipe machines shall be permitted in “the area” covered by this Agreement,
provided the machines have been approved with respect to the safety of the
Journeymen who may use the machines. Such approval is to be obtained
from the Joint Arbitration Committee in the territory where the machine is
used.
(c) Pipe two inches (2”) in diameter and smaller may be cut and threaded by pipe
machines. Such pipe must be cut and threaded on the job site where it is to
be installed.
(d) Pipe two and one-half inches (2½”) up to and including eight inches (8”)
shall be cut on the job, on the site, or in the shop of the Employer or in any
approved plumbing contractor’s shop by Journeymen plumbers represented
by the Local Union which has jurisdiction in the territory where the pipe is
to be installed. When pipe is cut off the job site the Journeymen performing
the work must first obtain labels for the pipe from the Local Union with
jurisdiction where the pipe is to be installed and attached the labels to the pipe.
Labels must show the Journeyman’s name, card number and the address of
the shop where the work was performed. A Journeyman who obtains labels
from a Local Union will be held accountable to the Local Union for such
labels. Pipe as described herein shall not be installed unless it is properly
labeled.
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(e) Pipe over eight inches (8”) in diameter may be cut on the job, on the site,
in the shop of the Employer or in any approved plumbing contractor’s shop
within “the area” covered by this Agreement and provided the pipe is labeled
as described heretofore in this article.
(f) Fittings shall not be “made up” or secured to any pipe by machine. This work
must be performed on the job site without the use of any power equipment.
This paragraph applies to pipe two and one-half inches (2½”) in diameter
and larger. Couplings and flanges are excluded from the provisions of this
section.
(g) An apprentice will not be permitted to cut, thread, groove or install pipe
alone. However, every opportunity shall be given to the apprentice to learn
all phases of the plumbing business, consistent with the Apprentice Training
Program.
(h) Welding pertaining to plumbing or any other work controlled by the Union
shall be done on the job or in the shop by Journeymen plumbers represented
by the Local Union, which has jurisdiction in the territory where the work is
being installed.
(i) Welding shall be considered a two man trade, however when working in a
fabrication shop, multiple welders will be permitted to work with one partner.
Whenever a Journeyman and apprentice are welding galvanized pipe or
stainless steel or any other pipe that gives off poisonous gases, the Employer
shall provide all necessary and proper ventilation and safety equipment to
ensure the safety of the employees.
(j) Where the pipe or other plumbing material is being installed fifty (50) or
more feet from its base, without any intervening floor, the Journeymen and
Apprentices shall receive One dollar and fifty cents ($1.50) per hour more than
the standard rate of pay as herein provided.
Definition of a One Man Operation
Section 34.2
(a) Installation of bathroom accessories such as paper holders, toothbrush
holders, towel bars, hampers, curtain tie racks, grab rails, glass holders,
mirrors, medicine cabinets, soap holders, soap dispensers, soap tanks, etc.,
and piping in connection therewith, etc.
(b) Plumbing fixture trim such as handles, escutcheons, seats, etc., flushometers,
faucets, sink wastes, shower heads, laboratory fittings, traps, waste water
supply lines, etc. The term “water supply lines” shall be construed as the
pipe from the wall fittings and supply fixtures, and shall not be interpreted to
mean pipe which is more than three (3’) feet from fixture to which such pipe
will be connected or pipe which is over one (1”) inch in diameter.
(c) The installation of floor flanges, water closets, lavatories and sinks or other
plumbing fixtures or appliances which do not weigh more than 40 lbs., or
measure more than 24” by 24” shall be a one-man operation.
(d) A finishing job with more than three wasted out-lets shall not be considered
a one-man operation.
(e) On any job where more than one man is employed, one man may be permitted
to work alone on cast iron pipe up to and including four inches (4”) diameter
but not more than five feet in length, such as cast iron branches or laterals.
Two (2) or more men will be required on ceiling work soil lines, waste lines,
leaders and house drains.
The above partial listing shall not be construed as all-inclusive. Any operation other than
those enumerated above shall be considered to be more-than-a-one-man-operation were
it is practical and job conditions permit the use of more than one man, bearing in mind
the type of equipment that is being used and the safety condition of an operation. This
provision must be construed in a liberal and practical manner.
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ARTICLE 35
Tools
Section 35.1
(a) The Employer is to furnish all tools and equipment necessary to make a
complete plumbing and pipe installation, and no Employee is to furnish any
tools except those specified in Article 36 of this Agreement. All tools and
equipment (scaffolds-ladder, etc.) shall meet the standard set by the Safety
Division of the New York State Department of Labor.
(b) The employer may keep a record of his tools to guard against loss.
Journeymen who receive tools from the Employer, and for which a receipt
is given the Employer, shall be responsible for such tools lost. The Union
will require Journeymen to replace or pay for lost or missing tools furnished
by the Employer for which the latter holds a receipt from his Journeymen.
Responsibility rests with the Journeymen during working hours only.
(c) When the Employer elects to use a man in a jobsite storeroom for the purpose
of caring for, issuing and receiving, and generally handling tools, the person
assigned to this work shall be a Journeyman member of Local Union No. 200.
(d) The Employer shall furnish “hard hats” when working conditions necessitate,
to Employees and when employment is terminated the Employee shall return
the hard hat or reimburse the Employer for the cost thereof, less reasonable
depreciation. No Employee shall accept an old hat unless the Employer
furnishes a new hatband. Summer and winter liners shall be provided
when weather conditions necessitate. Approved industrial safety goggles
shall be issued to Journeymen and Apprentices by the Employer when such
Journeymen or Apprentices are cutting or chasing concrete or other cement
work. Beginning January 1, 2007 Employees shall furnish hard hats and
safety glasses. These items shall be included in the list of tools as specified
in Article 36 of the Agreement. Any fines levied by OSHA or any other
regulatory agency for non-compliance with accepted safety procedures shall
be the responsibility of the employing Contractor.
ARTICLE 36
Hand Tools
| Section 36.1 | All Foremen, Journeymen and Apprentices working under the |
| Building Trades Agreement shall provide hand tools as per the following approved | |
| list: • |
Ruler and Pencil |
• Channel Locks
• Pliers
• Screw Drivers – Blade and Phillips
• Hacksaw Frames
• Torpedo Level
• File
• Pipe Wrenches up to and including 14”
• Adjustable Wrenches, 6” and 10”
• Plumb Bob
• Tubing Cutters, #15 and #20
• Claw Hammer
• Nut Driver or Ratchet Set
• No-Hub Torque Wrench
• Basin Wrench
• Allen Wrenches
• Hard Hats with liners
• Safety Glasses
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Employers are to furnish hacksaw blades, cutter wheels and rollers,
all power tools and all other hand tools. Apprentices will be furnished an
initial kit of hand tools upon completion of the probationary period. These
tools will be supplied by the Labor Management Cooperation Fund.
ARTICLE 37
Miscellaneous
Section 37.1
(a) Journeymen and Apprentices shall not report for work earlier than 7:45
a.m. at shop or job, except jobs where early start has been approved in
which case Journeymen or Apprentices shall not report for work earlier
than 6:45 a.m. at shop or job. Employees failing to comply with this
provision will be removed from shop or job. Employees shall start work at
the beginning of the subsequent hour from shop, ground, shanty or locker.
When ordered to report to a shop the Employer shall furnish transportation
to the job and return. Where it necessary to cross water to reach a job and
there is no standard means of transportation available, the Employer shall
furnish transportation by boat. If unable to furnish such transportation,
Employees on the job shall receive board. Where it is necessary to cross
water, by boat, Employees shall not report to the dock earlier than seventhirty (7:30) a.m., except on jobs where early start has been approved, in
which case Employees shall not report to the dock earlier than six-thirty
(6:30) a.m.
The Employees shall receive portal to portal pay from the time they
leave the dock until such time as they return. The Employer shall carry
Compensation Insurance on all Employees from the time they leave the
dock until they return at the end of the working day.
When Journeymen and Apprentice Plumbers are required by the Employer
to leave the jurisdiction of a Local Union to man a job, and the distance
or conditions of travel are such that they cannot get home at night, the
Employer shall pay board and transportation. The cost of any proper toll
charges shall also be borne by the Employer.
(b) Should the Employer have work in the jurisdiction of another Local
Union, at least one Journeyman from the territory of the Employer may
be employed for the duration of the job.
(c) A Journeyman, Apprentice or Foreman shall not use his own vehicle
during working hours for his Employer.
(d) The Employer shall furnish on all jobs a suitable shanty or locker for
the Employee’s clothes which shall be used exclusively by Journeymen
and apprentices. The shanty shall be heated during the normal heating
season. Journeymen working at a pipe machine or kicker shall be
protected from the weather by a three-sided shed with a roof.
(e) In the event that the Employee’s working clothes, including shoes and
hand tools, are seriously damaged by fire or theft, not during working
hours, the Employer shall compensate the Journeyman or apprentice
for the replacement of these articles, but in no event shall the amount
for replacement exceed $300.00 per man based on receipts and a police
report. In the event of a fire or theft taking place during working hours
when the Journeymen’s or apprentices’ clothes were left in a suitable
locker, the amount of damage for each man shall be determined by the
Local Joint Negotiating Committee.
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(f) Contractors shall comply with all the rules and regulations of the Codes
now in effect in Nassau County and Suffolk County in the performance
of all work. Any violations of such rules, regulations requirements shall
be reported to the Local Union by the Employees working on the job.
(g) In the event the union grants to any Employer, orally or in writing,
privileges, terms or conditions of employment, more advantageous than
those contained in this agreement, then the Employer shall have the
immediate right to adopt, and the union will grant, the more favorable
conditions to Employers doing the same identical type work.
(h) The Contractor shall have the right to restrict cell phone use during
working hours providing that there is an emergency number available
whereby employees can be contacted.
(i) All initial certifications required for an employee in the performance of
work covered by this Agreement and governed by OSHA and/or Codes
or regulations now in effect in Nassau and Suffolk Counties, New York,
shall be secured through the Joint Apprentice Training Committee and/
or the Labor Management Cooperation Fund, at no additional cost to
the Contractor. Required renewals for all such certifications after initial
certification, shall be the responsibility of the employee.
ARTICLE 38
Job Numbers and LaborTrax
Section 38.1 It is the responsibility of the Contractor to properly register any and
all jobs on the LaborTrax online reporting system. Before starting work on any jobsite,
the Contractor shall contact the Union office and notify them of the job name, location,
classification, start date and approximate duration of the project. This information
shall be entered into the LaborTrax system and will be available to the Contractor
online. All Contractors must utilize the LaborTrax system when reporting man-hours
worked for the purpose of making fringe benefit, assessment and promotional fund
contributions. Contractors who refuse to use the LaborTrax system are subject to
being brought before the Joint Arbitration Committee. Any Contractor that sends
members to a job without first registering the job with the Union shall be considered
in breach of contract and such Contractor shall be subject to the Joint Arbitration
procedure and the Committee shall have the right to issue an appropriate remedy.
ARTICLE 39
Scope of Agreement
Section 39.1 This Agreement shall apply to and cover all employees of an
Employer employed to perform or performing plumbing, as listed hereinafter within the
geographical jurisdiction allocated to the local union by the United Association:
1. All piping for plumbing, water, waste, floor drains, drain grates, supply,
leader, soil pipe, grease traps, sewage and vent lines.
2. All piping for filters, water softeners, water meters and the setting of same
including back flow preventers of all kinds, and testing of the same.
3. All cold, hot and circulating water lines, piping for house pumps, cellar
drainers, ejectors, house tanks, pressure tanks, swimming pools, ornamental
pools, display fountains, drinking fountains, aquariums, plumbing fixtures and
appliances, and the handling and setting of the above mentioned equipment.
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4. All water services from mains to buildings, including water meters and water
meter foundation.
5. All water mains from whatever source, including branches and fire hydrants,
etc.
6. All down spouts made of pipe to catch basins, manholes, drains, gravel basins,
storm water sewers, septic tanks, cesspools, water storage tanks, gray water,
rainwater, and reclaimable water collection of every type and description
used for plumbing and pipefitting systems, etc.
7. All liquid soap piping, liquid soap tanks, soap valves, and equipment in bath
and washrooms, shower stalls, etc.
8. All bathroom, toilet room and shower room accessories, i.e., towel racks,
paper holders, glass shelves, hooks, mirrors, cabinets, etc.
9. All lawn sprinkler work, including piping, fittings, and lawn sprinkler heads.
10. All sheet lead lining for X-ray rooms, fountains, swimming pools or shower
stalls, tanks or vats for all purposes and for roof flashings in connection with
the pipe fitting industry.
11. All fire stand pipes, fire pumps, pressure and storage tanks, valves, hose
racks, fire hose, cabinets and accessories.
12. All block tin coils, carbonic gas piping soda fountains and bars, etc.
13. All piping for railing work and racks of every description, whether screwed
or welded.
14. All piping for pneumatic vacuum cleaning systems of every description.
15. All piping for sterilizing, chemical treatment, deodorizing, and all cleaning
systems of every description, and laundries for all purposes.
16. All piping in connection with central distributing filtration treatment stations,
boosting stations, waste and sewage disposal plants, central chlorination and
chemical treatment work, and all underground supply lines to cooling wells,
suction basins, filter basins, settling basins, and aeration basins.
17. All temporary piping of every description in connection with building and
construction, excavating and underground construction, including temporary
water.
18. All temporary gas piping of every description in connection with building
and construction, excavating and underground construction for temporary
heat.
19. The laying out and cutting of all holes, chases and channels, the setting
and erection of bolts, inserts, stands, brackets, supports, sleeves, thimbles,
hangers, conduit and boxes, used in connection with pipe fitting industry.
20. All pipe transportation lines for gas, oil, gasoline, fluids and liquids, water
aqueducts, and water lines, and booster stations of every description.
21. All acetylene and arc welding, brazing, lead burning, soldered and wiped
joints, caulked joints, expanded joints, rolled joints, or any other mode or
method of making joints in connection with the pipe fitting industry.
22. Laying out, cutting, bending and fabricating of all pipe work of every
description by whatever mode or method.
23. All methods of stress relieving of all pipe joints made by every mode or
method.
24. The handling and using of all tools and equipment that may be necessary for
the erection and installation of all work and materials used in the pipe fitting
industry.
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25. The operation, maintenance, repairing, servicing and dismantling of all work
installed by journeymen members of the United Association.
26. All piping for cataracts, cascades (i.e., artificial water falls), makeover water
fountains, captured waters, water towers, cooling towers, and spray ponds.
27. All piping for and installations for solar energy systems. Piping herein
specified means pipe made from metals, tile, glass, rubber, plastics, wood, or
any other kind of material or product manufactured in pipe, usable into the
pipe fitting industry, regardless of size or shapes or type of joints.
28. All air piping and installations for temperature control systems.
29. All work falling under the jurisdiction of Plumbers Local Union #200 that is
not covered under any other Agreement negotiated by Plumbers Local Union
#200.
30. Nothing within this Agreement shall be interpreted to restrict the employer’s
right to supply and install “catalog items” or “packaged products” so long as
such items or products are regularly manufactured for sale to the trade.
Section 39.2 The following work will become an EXCLUSION of the Metal Trades
Division Agreement and will, therefore, be covered under this Agreement:
(a) All educational institutions at any level – public and/or private;
(b) All hospital, laboratories and research facilities;
(c) Any medical buildings which include medical gas piping and/or specialty
medical fixtures;
(d) All nursing homes;
(e) All supermarket work; and
(f) All work in shopping malls in excess of 100,000 square feet.
Section 39.3 The following ALTERATION work will become an EXCLUSION
of this Agreement and will, therefore, be covered under the Metal Trades Division
Agreement:
(a) All private educational institutions at any level and not to exceed 2000
linear feet of pipe and/or 150 fixture units; and
(b) All boutique grocery stores under 25,000 square feet not to exceed 2000
linear feet of pipe and/or 150 fixture units.
ARTICLE 40
Owner Operator
Section 40. 1 Any officer, director, shareholder and/or managerial representative of
the Signatory Employer, either in their corporate or individual capacity (herein defined
as an owner/operator – employer/principal) who himself performs the functions of a
plumber, foreman or utilizes his plumbing license in covered employment within the
geographic jurisdiction of Plumbers Local Union #200, shall be required to comply with
all of the terms of the Collective Bargaining Agreement, including, but not limited to, the
payment of fringe benefit contributions to be made on his behalf and must execute the
appropriate Agreement to participate in Plumbers Local Union #200 Fringe Benefit Fund
(‘Participation Agreement”).
When the workforce of an Owner-Operator reaches seven (7) Building Trades
members, the Owner-Operator will not be permitted to work with the tools on work
which falls under the jurisdiction of the Building Trades Agreement.
ARTICLE 41
Job Targeting Program
Section 41.1 The fundamental goal of the Local Union #200 Job Targeting
Program is to maintain, and where possible, improve its current market share of the
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existing plumbing market. This approach, coupled with effective Labor Management
relations, competitive labor agreements, a pool of qualified manpower, ongoing training
of Apprentices and Journeymen and effective Union organizing is intended to protect and
expand the Union’s share of the construction market.
The Program will be funded through a dedicated member assessment. The
Fund will be controlled by the Union and no Contractor or Contractors Association shall
have control over the disbursement of Fund assets. The Fund is not to be used on projects
subject to prevailing wage laws. It is intended to be used to recover work covered under
the scope of the Building Trades Agreement.
Section 41.2 There shall be established, for the purposes of administering the Job
Target Program, a Joint Industry Board consisting of an equal number of Association
members and Union officials. The function of the Industry Board will be to accept and
review all requests for relief under the Target Program. The Board will have the authority
to grant relief in the form of one or more of the following conditions:
Increased ratios of Apprentices to Journeymen
Eight (8) hour work day
Flexible starting times
Exclusion of accessory installations
Section 41.3 Any Contractor wishing to access the Job Targeting Program must
notify the Business Manager a minimum of five (5) days before the bid is due. The
Business Agent in the area where the project is to take place will investigate the project
and report back to the Joint Industry Board. The Board will then make a determination
as to what relief will be available for this project and notify all signatory contractors of
the conditions available for bidding purposes.
The Union may also offer monetary relief from the Target Fund as part of the
overall strategy to capture the work in question. Any funding will be an offset against
Fringe Benefit contributions and will be paid to the Fringe Benefit Funds of Plumbers
Local Union #200. There will be no direct payments from the Target Fund to any group,
corporation or individual. Any successful bidder must sign the appropriate Funding
Request Form and Memorandum of Understanding as required by the Union.
ARTICLE 42
Funding Improvement Plan
Section 42.1 The Trustees of the Plumbers Local 200 Pension Fund have adopted a
Funding Improvement Plan which requires a commitment by the Association and the
Union to comply with the terms of that plan.
Section 42.2 The parties therefore agree, for the term of the current Collective Bargaining
Agreement, that the Agreement shall provide incremental employer contributions, as
appropriate at least in such amounts to the Pension Fund as required by the Fund Plan.
ARTICLE 43
Standard For Excellence
The Parties subscribe to and adopt the United Association Standard of Excellence. It is
also agreed that each Employer will adopt and be bound by the procedures in place to
effectuate the Standard For Excellence, if any, as negotiated by the Local Union and the
Association.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused these presents to be signed
and sealed this first day of May, 2022 by its proper officers.
PLUMBING CONTRACTORS ASSOCIATION
OF LONG ISLAND, INC.
Robert Ruggiero, ARA Plumbing Corp.
John Botto, Botto Mechanical Corp.
Ryan Truncali, Lakeville/Pace Mechanical Corp
Michael Scott, Seaford Avenue Corp.
All as members of the Negotiating Committee for said Association
and signing on behalf of members of the Association;
All Systems Maintenance Inc.
ARA Plumbing Corp.
Asco Mechanical & Plumbing Inc.
Botto Mechanical Corp.
Connelly & Sons Plumbing & Heating Inc.
FJC Plumbing and Heating, Inc.
JPR Plumbing & Heating Co., Inc.
Lakeville/Pace Mechanical Corp.
Maccarone Plumbing and Heating Corp.
Par Plumbing Co. Inc.
Railworks Transit Corp.
Rocon Plumbing and Heating Corp.
Seaford Avenue Corp.
WHM Plumbing and Heating Corp.
PLUMBERS LOCAL UNION NO. 200
OF NASSAU COUNTY AND SUFFOLK COUNTY
Richard P. Brooks, Business Manager, Financial Secretary/Treasurer
Mario Mattera, Business Agent
Joseph Squicciarini, Business Agent
All as members of the Negotiating Committee
for the Union and signing
on behalf of all members of Plumbers Local
Union #200 that work under the
scope of this Agreement.
On Behalf Of:
Long Island Plumbing Contractors Association, Inc., Ryan Truncali, President
Plumber’s Local Union #200, Richard Brooks, Business Manager
The undersigned Plumbing Contractor agrees to be bound by all provisions of the
Collective Bargaining Agreement between Local Union 200 of the United Association of
Journeymen and Apprentices of the Plumbing and Pipefitting Industry of the United States
and Canada and PLUMBING CONTRACTORS ASSOCIATION OF LONG ISLAND,
INC. The undersigned further agrees to be bound by any amendment to this Agreement
or anything, supplementary thereto as adopted by the aforesaid Association and the
aforesaid Local Union, and the undersigned hereby designates and acknowledges that
the said Association is its duly authorized Bargaining Representative in the negotiation
of the foregoing Agreement and of any amendments that may hereafter be made thereto.
Name of Company: Plumbing Contractors Association of Long Island
Address: 816 Deer Park Avenue, North Babylon, NY 11703
Telephone: 1.631.422.2900
Fax: 1.63.422.0987 c/o Schaffer
License number: 2538 MP
Issuing Agency: Suffolk County
Federal ID #: 113118678
Title of Person Signing: President
Name (print): Ryan Truncali
Signature: ______________________________________________
Date of Signing: May 1, 2022
PLUMBERS LOCAL UNION NO. 200
Title: Business Manager
Name (print): Richard Brooks
Signature: ____________________________________________
Date: May 1, 2022
Archer, Byington. Glennon & Levine, LLP
Attorneys for Plumbers Local Union No. 200
Of Nassau County and Suffolk County
Richard Schaffer
Attorney for Plumbing Contractors
Association of Long Island, Inc.
Name of Company: Plumbing Contractors Association of Long Island
Address: 816 Deer Park Avenue, North Babylon, NY 11703
Telephone: 1.631.422.2900
Fax: 1.63.422.0987 c/o Schaffer
License number: 2538 MP
Issuing Agency: Suffolk County
Federal ID#: 113118678
Title of Person Signing: President
Name (print): Ryan Ijuncali
Signature:
Date of Signing: May 1, 2022
PLUMBERS LOCAL UNION NO. 200
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Title: Business Ma
Name (print): Rich
Signature:
Date: May 1, 2022
A – WAGE AGREEMENT
4 YEAR CONTRACT
BUILDING TRADES RATE WAGE May 1, 2022 to April 30, 2026
May 1, 2022 to October 31, 2022
| Wages Tools | VAC | Target Org | LU PAC |
UA PAC |
UA ITF PENS. |
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| LMCF Welfare Pension AnnunityTraining ASB LMCF Welfare Pension AnnunityTraining ASB |
Promo Total Fringe Promo Total Fringe |
Wages Tools | VAC | Target Org | LU | UA | UA | ITF | |||||
| PAC 0.10 0.10 0.10 0.10 0.10 0.10 0.10 0.10 0.10 0.10 0.10 0.10 0.10 0.10 0.10 0.10 0.10 0.10 |
PAC 0.05 0.05 0.05 0.05 0.05 0.05 0.05 0.05 0.05 0.05 0.05 0.05 0.05 0.05 0.05 0.05 0.05 0.05 |
PENS. 1.20 1.20 1.27 1.27 1.36 3.00 3.00 3.00 3.00 1.20 1.20 1.27 1.27 1.36 3.00 3.00 3.00 3.00 |
Apprentice 1 Apprentice 2 Apprentice 3 Apprentice 4 Apprentice 5 Journeyman Foreman <7 Foreman >6 Gen Foreman Apprentice 1 Apprentice 2 Apprentice 3 Apprentice 4 Apprentice 5 Journeyman Foreman <7 Foreman >6 Gen Foreman |
16.64 22.19 27.74 33.29 38.84 55.48 59.51 60.51 61.12 16.64 22.19 27.74 33.29 38.84 55.48 59.51 60.51 61.12 |
0.13 0.13 0.13 0.13 0.13 0.13 0.13 0.13 0.13 0.13 0.13 0.13 0.13 0.13 0.13 0.13 0.13 0.13 |
2.11 2.94 3.19 3.55 3.80 4.52 4.52 4.52 4.52 2.11 2.94 3.19 3.55 3.80 4.52 4.52 4.52 4.52 |
0.85 0.88 0.91 0.93 0.94 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 0.85 0.88 0.91 0.93 0.94 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 |
0.30 0.30 0.30 0.30 0.30 0.30 0.30 0.30 0.30 0.30 0.30 0.30 0.30 0.30 0.30 0.30 0.30 0.30 |
0.80 0.83 0.83 0.85 0.85 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 0.80 0.83 0.83 0.85 0.85 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 |
0.50 0.60 0.65 0.70 0.80 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 0.50 0.60 0.65 0.70 0.80 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 |
0.10 0.10 0.10 0.10 0.10 0.10 0.10 0.10 0.10 0.10 0.10 0.10 0.10 0.10 0.10 0.10 0.10 0.10 |
0.37 0.44 0.44 0.47 0.49 0.56 0.57 0.57 0.58 0.37 0.44 0.44 0.47 0.49 0.56 0.57 0.57 0.58 |
35.13 37.69 39.21 40.89 42.64 50.00 50.06 50.06 50.07 35.13 37.69 39.21 40.89 42.64 50.00 50.06 50.06 50.07 |
| 0.09 0.09 0.09 0.09 0.09 0.09 0.09 0.09 0.09 0.09 0.09 0.09 0.09 0.09 0.09 0.09 0.09 0.09 |
18.50 18.50 18.50 18.50 18.50 20.00 20.00 20.00 20.00 18.50 18.50 18.50 18.50 18.50 20.00 20.00 20.00 20.00 |
7.33 7.83 7.95 8.15 8.43 9.45 9.50 9.50 9.50 7.33 7.83 7.95 8.15 8.43 9.45 9.50 9.50 9.50 |
2.70 3.70 4.70 5.70 6.70 8.70 8.70 8.70 8.70 2.70 3.70 4.70 5.70 6.70 8.70 8.70 8.70 8.70 |
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| November 1, 2022 to April 30, 2023 November 1, 2022 to April 30, 2023 |
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| Wages Tools | VAC | Target Org | LU PAC |
UA PAC |
UA ITF PENS. |
||||||||
| LMCF Welfare Pension AnnunityTraining ASB LMCF Welfare Pension AnnunityTraining ASB |
Promo Total Fringe Promo Total Fringe |
Wages Tools | VAC | Target Org | LU | UA | UA | ITF | |||||
| PAC 0.10 0.10 0.10 0.10 0.10 0.10 0.10 0.10 0.10 0.10 0.10 0.10 0.10 0.10 0.10 0.10 0.10 0.10 |
PAC 0.05 0.05 0.05 0.05 0.05 0.05 0.05 0.05 0.05 0.05 0.05 0.05 0.05 0.05 0.05 0.05 0.05 0.05 |
PENS. 1.20 1.20 1.27 1.27 1.36 3.00 3.00 3.00 3.00 1.20 1.20 1.27 1.27 1.36 3.00 3.00 3.00 3.00 |
Apprentice 1 Apprentice 2 Apprentice 3 Apprentice 4 Apprentice 5 Journeyman Foreman <7 Foreman >6 Gen Foreman Apprentice 1 Apprentice 2 Apprentice 3 Apprentice 4 Apprentice 5 Journeyman Foreman <7 Foreman >6 Gen Foreman |
16.94 22.59 28.24 33.89 39.54 56.48 60.51 61.51 62.12 16.94 22.59 28.24 33.89 39.54 56.48 60.51 61.51 62.12 |
0.13 0.13 0.13 0.13 0.13 0.13 0.13 0.13 0.13 0.13 0.13 0.13 0.13 0.13 0.13 0.13 0.13 0.13 |
2.11 2.94 3.19 3.55 3.80 4.52 4.52 4.52 4.52 2.11 2.94 3.19 3.55 3.80 4.52 4.52 4.52 4.52 |
0.85 0.88 0.91 0.93 0.94 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 0.85 0.88 0.91 0.93 0.94 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 |
0.30 0.30 0.30 0.30 0.30 0.30 0.30 0.30 0.30 0.30 0.30 0.30 0.30 0.30 0.30 0.30 0.30 0.30 |
0.80 0.83 0.83 0.85 0.85 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 0.80 0.83 0.83 0.85 0.85 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 |
0.50 0.60 0.65 0.70 0.80 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 0.50 0.60 0.65 0.70 0.80 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 |
0.10 0.10 0.10 0.10 0.10 0.10 0.10 0.10 0.10 0.10 0.10 0.10 0.10 0.10 0.10 0.10 0.10 0.10 |
0.37 0.44 0.44 0.47 0.49 0.56 0.57 0.57 0.58 0.37 0.44 0.44 0.47 0.49 0.56 0.57 0.57 0.58 |
35.13 37.69 39.21 40.89 42.64 50.00 50.06 50.06 50.07 35.13 37.69 39.21 40.89 42.64 50.00 50.06 50.06 50.07 |
| 0.09 0.09 0.09 0.09 0.09 0.09 0.09 0.09 0.09 0.09 0.09 0.09 0.09 0.09 0.09 0.09 0.09 0.09 |
18.50 18.50 18.50 18.50 18.50 20.00 20.00 20.00 20.00 18.50 18.50 18.50 18.50 18.50 20.00 20.00 20.00 20.00 |
7.33 7.83 7.95 8.15 8.43 9.45 9.50 9.50 9.50 7.33 7.83 7.95 8.15 8.43 9.45 9.50 9.50 9.50 |
2.70 3.70 4.70 5.70 6.70 8.70 8.70 8.70 8.70 2.70 3.70 4.70 5.70 6.70 8.70 8.70 8.70 8.70 |
TOTAL PKG
51.77
59.88
66.95
74.18
81.48
105.48
109.57
110.57
111.19
TOTAL PKG
52.07
60.28
67.45
74.78
82.18
106.48
110.57
111.57
112.19
BUILDING TRADES RATE WAGE May 1, 2022 to April 30, 2026
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BUILDING TRADES RATE WAGE May 1, 2022 to April 30, 2026
May 1, 2022 to October 31, 2022
TOTAL PKG
51.77
59.88
66.95
74.18
81.48
105.48
109.57
110.57
111.19
TOTAL PKG
52.07
60.28
67.45
74.78
82.18
106.48
110.57
111.57
112.19
BUILDING TRADES RATE WAGE May 1, 2022 to April 30, 2026
May 1, 2023 to October 31, 2023
A – WAGE AGREEMENT
4 YEAR CONTRACT
November 1, 2023 to April 30, 2024
| Wages Tools | VAC | Target Org | LU | UA | LMCF Welfare Pension AnnunityTraining ASB | UA PENS. 1.20 1.20 1.27 1.27 1.36 3.00 3.00 3.00 3.00 |
ITF | Promo Total Fringe | TOTAL PKG | Apprentice 1 Apprentice 2 Apprentice 3 Apprentice 4 Apprentice 5 Journeyman Foreman <7 Foreman >6 Gen Foreman |
0.13 0.13 0.13 0.13 0.13 0.13 0.13 0.13 0.13 |
0.30 0.30 0.30 0.30 0.30 0.30 0.30 0.30 0.30 |
0.10 0.10 0.10 0.10 0.10 0.10 0.10 0.10 0.10 |
| PAC 0.10 0.10 0.10 0.10 0.10 0.10 0.10 0.10 0.10 |
PAC 0.05 0.05 0.05 0.05 0.05 0.05 0.05 0.05 0.05 |
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| 17.40 23.19 29.00 34.79 40.60 57.98 62.01 63.01 63.62 |
2.11 2.94 3.19 3.55 3.80 4.52 4.52 4.52 4.52 |
0.85 0.88 0.91 0.93 0.94 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 |
0.09 0.09 0.09 0.09 0.09 0.09 0.09 0.09 0.09 |
19.00 19.00 19.00 19.00 19.00 20.50 20.50 20.50 20.50 |
7.33 7.83 7.95 8.15 8.43 9.45 9.50 9.50 9.50 |
2.70 3.70 4.70 5.70 6.70 8.70 8.70 8.70 8.70 |
1.30 1.33 1.33 1.35 1.35 1.50 1.50 1.50 1.50 |
0.50 0.60 0.65 0.70 0.80 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 |
0.37 0.44 0.44 0.47 0.49 0.56 0.57 0.57 0.58 |
36.13 38.69 40.21 41.89 43.64 51.00 51.06 51.06 51.07 |
53.53 61.88 69.21 76.68 84.24 108.98 113.07 114.07 114.69 |
BUILDING TRADES RATE WAGE May 1, 2022 to April 30, 2026
May 1, 2024 to October 31, 2024
| Wages Tools | VAC | Target Org | LU |
| PAC |
UA LMCF Welfare Pension AnnunityTraining ASB UA ITF Promo Total Fringe TOTAL PKG
PAC PENS
Journeyman 56.48 0.13 4.52 1.00 0.30 0.10 0.05 0.09 20.00 9.45 8.70 1.00 1.00 3.00 0.10 0.56 50.00 106.48
Foreman <7 60.51 0.13 4.52 1.00 0.30 0.10 0.05 0.09 20.00 9.50 8.70 1.00 1.00 3.00 0.10 0.57 50.06 110.57
Foreman >6 61.51 0.13 4.52 1.00 0.30 0.10 0.05 0.09 20.00 9.50 8.70 1.00 1.00 3.00 0.10 0.57 50.06 111.57
Gen Foreman 62.12 0.13 4.52 1.00 0.30 0.10 0.05 0.09 20.00 9.50 8.70 1.00 1.00 3.00 0.10 0.58 50.07 112.19
BUILDING TRADES RATE WAGE May 1, 2022 to April 30, 2026
May 1, 2023 to October 31, 2023
| Wages Tools | VAC | Target Org | LU | UA | LMCF Welfare Pension AnnunityTraining ASB | UA PENS. 1.20 1.20 1.27 1.27 1.36 3.00 3.00 3.00 3.00 |
ITF | Promo Total Fringe | Apprentice 1 Apprentice 2 Apprentice 3 Apprentice 4 Apprentice 5 Journeyman Foreman <7 Foreman >6 Gen Foreman |
0.13 0.13 0.13 0.13 0.13 0.13 0.13 0.13 0.13 |
0.30 0.30 0.30 0.30 0.30 0.30 0.30 0.30 0.30 |
0.10 0.10 0.10 0.10 0.10 0.10 0.10 0.10 0.10 |
| PAC 0.10 0.10 0.10 0.10 0.10 0.10 0.10 0.10 0.10 |
PAC 0.05 0.05 0.05 0.05 0.05 0.05 0.05 0.05 0.05 |
|||||||||||
| 17.17 22.89 28.62 34.34 40.07 57.23 61.26 62.26 62.87 |
2.11 2.94 3.19 3.55 3.80 4.52 4.52 4.52 4.52 |
0.85 0.88 0.91 0.93 0.94 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 |
0.09 0.09 0.09 0.09 0.09 0.09 0.09 0.09 0.09 |
18.75 18.75 18.75 18.75 18.75 20.25 20.25 20.25 20.25 |
7.33 7.83 7.95 8.15 8.43 9.45 9.50 9.50 9.50 |
2.70 3.70 4.70 5.70 6.70 8.70 8.70 8.70 8.70 |
1.05 1.08 1.08 1.10 1.10 1.25 1.25 1.25 1.25 |
0.50 0.60 0.65 0.70 0.80 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 |
0.37 0.44 0.44 0.47 0.49 0.56 0.57 0.57 0.58 |
35.63 38.19 39.71 41.39 43.14 50.50 50.56 50.56 50.57 |
TOTAL PKG
52.80
61.08
68.33
75.73
83.21
107.73
111.82
112.82
113.44
A – WAGE AGREEMENT
4 YEAR CONTRACT
Apprentice 5 40.60 0.13 3.80 0.94 0.30 0.10 0.05 0.09 19.00 8.43 6.70 1.35 0.80 1.36 0.10 0.49 43.64 84.24
Journeyman 57.98 0.13 4.52 1.00 0.30 0.10 0.05 0.09 20.50 9.45 8.70 1.50 1.00 3.00 0.10 0.56 51.00 108.98
Foreman <7 62.01 0.13 4.52 1.00 0.30 0.10 0.05 0.09 20.50 9.50 8.70 1.50 1.00 3.00 0.10 0.57 51.06 113.07
Foreman >6 63.01 0.13 4.52 1.00 0.30 0.10 0.05 0.09 20.50 9.50 8.70 1.50 1.00 3.00 0.10 0.57 51.06 114.07
Gen Foreman 63.62 0.13 4.52 1.00 0.30 0.10 0.05 0.09 20.50 9.50 8.70 1.50 1.00 3.00 0.10 0.58 51.07 114.69
BUILDING TRADES RATE WAGE May 1, 2022 to April 30, 2026
May 1, 2024 to October 31, 2024
| Wages Tools | VAC | Target Org | LU | UA | LMCF Welfare Pension AnnunityTraining ASB | UA PENS. 1.20 1.20 1.27 1.27 1.36 3.00 3.00 3.00 3.00 |
ITF | Promo Total Fringe | TOTAL PKG | Apprentice 1 Apprentice 2 Apprentice 3 Apprentice 4 Apprentice 5 Journeyman Foreman <7 Foreman >6 Gen Foreman |
0.13 0.13 0.13 0.13 0.13 0.13 0.13 0.13 0.13 |
0.30 0.30 0.30 0.30 0.30 0.30 0.30 0.30 0.30 |
0.10 0.10 0.10 0.10 0.10 0.10 0.10 0.10 0.10 |
| PAC 0.10 0.10 0.10 0.10 0.10 0.10 0.10 0.10 0.10 |
PAC 0.05 0.05 0.05 0.05 0.05 0.05 0.05 0.05 0.05 |
||||||||||||
| 17.70 23.59 29.50 35.39 41.30 58.98 63.01 64.01 64.62 |
2.11 2.94 3.19 3.55 3.80 4.52 4.52 4.52 4.52 |
0.85 0.88 0.91 0.93 0.94 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 |
0.09 0.09 0.09 0.09 0.09 0.09 0.09 0.09 0.09 |
19.25 19.25 19.25 19.25 19.25 20.75 20.75 20.75 20.75 |
7.33 7.83 7.95 8.15 8.43 9.45 9.50 9.50 9.50 |
2.70 3.70 4.70 5.70 6.70 8.70 8.70 8.70 8.70 |
1.55 1.58 1.58 1.60 1.60 1.75 1.75 1.75 1.75 |
0.50 0.60 0.65 0.70 0.80 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 |
0.37 0.44 0.44 0.47 0.49 0.56 0.57 0.57 0.58 |
36.63 39.19 40.71 42.39 44.14 51.50 51.56 51.56 51.57 |
54.33 62.78 70.21 77.78 85.44 110.48 114.57 115.57 116.19 |
November 1, 2024 to April 30, 2025
| Wages Tools | VAC | Target Org | LU | UA | LMCF Welfare Pension AnnunityTraining ASB | UA PENS. 1.20 1.20 1.27 1.27 1.36 3.00 3.00 3.00 3.00 |
ITF | Promo Total Fringe | TOTAL PKG | Apprentice 1 Apprentice 2 Apprentice 3 Apprentice 4 Apprentice 5 Journeyman Foreman <7 Foreman >6 Gen Foreman |
0.13 0.13 0.13 0.13 0.13 0.13 0.13 0.13 0.13 |
0.30 0.30 0.30 0.30 0.30 0.30 0.30 0.30 0.30 |
0.10 0.10 0.10 0.10 0.10 0.10 0.10 0.10 0.10 |
| PAC 0.10 0.10 0.10 0.10 0.10 0.10 0.10 0.10 0.10 |
PAC 0.05 0.05 0.05 0.05 0.05 0.05 0.05 0.05 0.05 |
||||||||||||
| 17.93 23.89 29.88 35.84 41.83 59.73 63.76 64.76 65.37 |
2.11 2.94 3.19 3.55 3.80 4.52 4.52 4.52 4.52 |
1.10 1.13 1.16 1.18 1.19 1.25 1.25 1.25 1.25 |
0.09 0.09 0.09 0.09 0.09 0.09 0.09 0.09 0.09 |
19.50 19.50 19.50 19.50 19.50 21.00 21.00 21.00 21.00 |
7.33 7.83 7.95 8.15 8.43 9.45 9.50 9.50 9.50 |
2.70 3.70 4.70 5.70 6.70 8.70 8.70 8.70 8.70 |
1.80 1.83 1.83 1.85 1.85 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 |
0.50 0.60 0.65 0.70 0.80 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 |
0.37 0.44 0.44 0.47 0.49 0.56 0.57 0.57 0.58 |
37.38 39.94 41.46 43.14 44.89 52.25 52.31 52.31 52.32 |
55.31 63.83 71.34 78.98 86.72 111.98 116.07 117.07 117.69 |
A – WAGE AGREEMENT
4 YEAR CONTRACT
BUILDING TRADES RATE WAGE May 1, 2022 to April 30, 2026
May 1, 2025 to October 31, 2025
| Wages Tools | VAC | Target Org | LU | UA | LMCF Welfare Pension AnnunityTraining ASB | UA PENS. 1.20 1.20 1.27 1.27 1.36 3.00 3.00 3.00 3.00 |
ITF | Promo Total Fringe | TOTAL PKG | Apprentice 1 Apprentice 2 Apprentice 3 Apprentice 4 Apprentice 5 Journeyman Foreman <7 Foreman >6 Gen Foreman |
0.13 0.13 0.13 0.13 0.13 0.13 0.13 0.13 0.13 |
0.30 0.30 0.30 0.30 0.30 0.30 0.30 0.30 0.30 |
0.10 0.10 0.10 0.10 0.10 0.10 0.10 0.10 0.10 |
| PAC 0.10 0.10 0.10 0.10 0.10 0.10 0.10 0.10 0.10 |
PAC 0.05 0.05 0.05 0.05 0.05 0.05 0.05 0.05 0.05 |
||||||||||||
| 18.23 24.29 30.38 36.44 42.53 60.73 64.76 65.76 66.37 |
2.11 2.94 3.19 3.55 3.80 4.52 4.52 4.52 4.52 |
1.10 1.13 1.16 1.18 1.19 1.25 1.25 1.25 1.25 |
0.09 0.09 0.09 0.09 0.09 0.09 0.09 0.09 0.09 |
19.75 19.75 19.75 19.75 19.75 21.25 21.25 21.25 21.25 |
7.33 7.83 7.95 8.15 8.43 9.45 9.50 9.50 9.50 |
2.95 3.95 4.95 5.95 6.95 8.95 8.95 8.95 8.95 |
1.80 1.83 1.83 1.85 1.85 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 |
0.50 0.60 0.65 0.70 0.80 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 |
0.37 0.44 0.44 0.47 0.49 0.56 0.57 0.57 0.58 |
37.88 40.44 41.96 43.64 45.39 52.75 52.81 52.81 52.82 |
56.11 64.73 72.34 80.08 87.92 113.48 117.57 118.57 119.19 |
November 1, 2025 to April 30, 2026
| Wages Tools | VAC | Target Org | LU | UA | LMCF Welfare Pension AnnunityTraining ASB | UA PENS. 1.20 1.20 1.27 1.27 1.36 3.00 3.00 3.00 3.00 |
ITF | Promo Total Fringe | TOTAL PKG | Apprentice 1 Apprentice 2 Apprentice 3 Apprentice 4 Apprentice 5 Journeyman Foreman <7 Foreman >6 Gen Foreman |
0.13 0.13 0.13 0.13 0.13 0.13 0.13 0.13 0.13 |
0.30 0.30 0.30 0.30 0.30 0.30 0.30 0.30 0.30 |
0.10 0.10 0.10 0.10 0.10 0.10 0.10 0.10 0.10 |
| PAC 0.10 0.10 0.10 0.10 0.10 0.10 0.10 0.10 0.10 |
PAC 0.05 0.05 0.05 0.05 0.05 0.05 0.05 0.05 0.05 |
||||||||||||
| 18.46 24.59 30.78 36.89 43.06 61.48 65.51 66.51 67.12 |
2.11 2.94 3.19 3.55 3.80 4.52 4.52 4.52 4.52 |
1.10 1.13 1.16 1.18 1.19 1.25 1.25 1.25 1.25 |
0.09 0.09 0.09 0.09 0.09 0.09 0.09 0.09 0.09 |
20.00 20.00 20.00 20.00 20.00 21.50 21.50 21.50 21.50 |
7.58 8.08 8.20 8.45 8.68 9.70 9.75 9.75 9.75 |
3.20 4.20 5.20 6.20 7.20 9.20 9.20 9.20 9.20 |
1.80 1.83 1.83 1.85 1.85 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 |
0.50 0.60 0.65 0.70 0.80 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 |
0.37 0.44 0.44 0.47 0.49 0.56 0.57 0.57 0.58 |
38.63 41.19 42.71 44.44 46.14 53.50 53.56 53.56 53.57 |
57.09 65.78 73.49 81.33 89.20 114.98 119.07 120.07 120.69 |
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INDEX
Additional Security Benefit Fund ………………………………………………………..Article 22
Apprentice Ratio ………………………………………………………………………………. Article 12
Apprentice Training Fund …………………………………………………………………. Article 20
Bond……………………………………………………………………………………………….. Article 26
Check Off Account……………………………………………………………………………. Article 23
Contributions to Fringe Benefit Funds…………………………………………………. Article 21
Double Breasting …………………………………………………………………………….. Article 3
Duration, Termination and Renewal of Agreement ……………………………….. Article 6
Employment Regulations…………………………………………………………………… Article 12
Foreman and Deputy Foreman …………………………………………………………… Article 16
Funding Improvement Plan ……………………………………………………………….. Article 42
Grievance and Arbitration Procedure…………………………………………………… Article 11
Hand Tools ………………………………………………………………………………………Article 36
Holidays …………………………………………………………………………………………..Article 14
Hours of Works, Overtime and Shift Work……………………………………………Article 14
Inspection of Books and Records ……………………………………………………….Article 21
Insurance………………………………………………………………………………………….Article 26
International Training Fund ………………………………………………………………..Article 31
Interpretation of Agreement ……………………………………………………………….Article 5
Job or Shop Stewards…………………………………………………………………………Article 16
Job Targeting Program ……………………………………………………………………….Article 41
Joint Arbitration Committee ……………………………………………………………… Article 11
Jointly Administered Fringe Benefit Fund…………………………………………….Article 24
Labor Management Cooperation Fund …………………………………………………Article 30
Labor/Tax Reporting System ……………………………………………………………..Article 38
Layoff………………………………………………………………………………………………Article 15
Length and Purpose of Agreement……………………………………………………….Article 1
Management Rights …………………………………………………………………………..Article 8
Miscellaneous ………………………………………………………………………………….Article 37
National Pension Fund……………………………………………………………………….Article 19
No Strike, No Lockout……………………………………………………………………….Article 10
Non Discrimination Clause…………………………………………………………………Article 2
One Man Operation……………………………………………………………………………Article 34
Organizing Fund ……………………………………………………………………………….Article 27
Overtime …………………………………………………………………………………………Article 14
Owner Operator ………………………………………………………………………………..Article 40
Payday, Accountability and Termination ………………………………………………Article 15
Pension Fund ……………………………………………………………………………………Article 19
Pipe Cutting ……………………………………………………………………………………..Article 34
Political Action Committee (Local #200)……………………………………………..Article 28
Political Action Fund (United Association) ………………………………………….Article 29
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Promotion Fund ………………………………………………………………………………..Article 25
Recognition………………………………………………………………………………………Article 4
Refferal and Hiring Procedure ……………………………………………………………Article 12
Review of Apprentices……………………………………………………………………….Article 12
Scope of Agreement…………………………………………………………………………..Article 39
Shanty …………………………………………………………………………………………….Article 37
Comparable Paid Sick Leave Benefit and Waiver ………………………………….Article 17
Special Condition Shift………………………………………………………………………Article 14
Standard for Excellence ……………………………………………………………………..Article 43
Subcontracting …………………………………………………………………………………Article 33
Superintendents…………………………………………………………………………………Article 16
Supervision and Job Standards …………………………………………………………..Article 16
Supplemental Vested Annuity Fund …………………………………………………….Article 22
Temporary Heat ………………………………………………………………………………..Article 14
Temporary Water……………………………………………………………………………….Article 39
Testing …………………………………………………………………………………………….Article 14
Tools………………………………………………………………………………………………..Article 35
Trade or Work Justification…………………………………………………………………Article 9
Transportation ………………………………………………………………………………….Article 37
Union Security ………………………………………………………………………………….Article 7
Vacation Fund …………………………………………………………………………………..Article 17
Wages ……………………………………………………………………………………………..Article 13
Welding ……………………………………………………………………………………………Article 34
Welfare Fund…………………………………………………………………………………….Article 18
Work Rules and Miscellaneous Provisions …………………………………………..Article 32
779244-3
PLUMBERS LOCAL UNION NO. 200
BUILDING TRADES AGREEMENT
MAY 1, 2022 THROUGH APRIL 30, 2026
The undersigned Plumbing Contractor agrees to be bound by all provisions of the
Collective Bargaining Agreement between Local Union 200 of the United Association of
Journeymen and Apprentices of the Plumbing and Pipefitting Industry of the United States
and Canada and PLUMBING CONTRACTORS ASSOCIATION OF LONG ISLAND,
INC. The undersigned further agrees to be bound by any amendment to this Agreement
or anything, supplementary thereto as adopted by the aforesaid Association and the
aforesaid Local Union, and the undersigned hereby designates and acknowledges that
the said Association is its duly authorized Bargaining Representative in the negotiation
of the foregoing Agreement and of any amendments that may hereafter be made thereto.
Name of Company: __________________________________________
Address: ___________________________________________________
Telephone: _________________________________________________
Fax: _______________________________________________________
License number: _____________________________________________
Issuing Agency: _____________________________________________
Federal ID #: _______________________________________________
Title of Person Signing: _______________________________________
Name (print): _______________________________________________
Signature: __________________________________________________
Date of Signing: _____________________________________________
PLUMBERS LOCAL UNION NO. 200
Title: Business Manager
Name (print): Richard Brooks
Signature: ___________________________________________
Date: May 1, 2022
Archer, Byington. Glennon & Levine, LLP
Attorneys for Plumbers Local Union No. 200
Of Nassau County and Suffolk County
Richard Schaffer
Attorney for Plumbing Contractors
Association of Long Island, Inc.
Title: Business Manager
Name (print): RicliardBro^ks^ x?
Signature: >
Date: May 1,2022
STANDARD FOR EXCELLENCE
The United Association Standard for Excellence policy is a labor-management
commitment to uphold the highest industry standards for quality in the workplace
and ensure customer satisfaction.
MEMBER AND LOCAL UNION RESPONSIBILITIES
To ensure the UA standard for excellence platform meets and maintains its goals, UA
business managers, shop stewards and local membership shall ensure all members:
• Arrive on time. Adhere to lunch and break times. (Personal
cell phones are only used at this time)
• Be prepared with required tools. Respect tools and equipment supplied by employer
• Adhere to the zero tolerance substance abuse policy
• Eliminate work disruptions
• Ensure safe on-time completion of projects
• Respect property. Vandalism is not tolerated
• Be productive and dress appropriately
• Respect and adhere to employer and customer rules and
policies
• Follow Management directives
• Enhance skill level by using local and international training
classes and take advantage of the certification system
EMPLOYER AND MANAGEMENT RESPONSIBILITIES
MCAA/MSOA/PFI/NCPWB/PCA/UAC AND NFSA and its signatory contractors
have the responsibility to manage their jobs effectively. They have the following
responsibilities under the UA Standard for Excellence
• Ineffective management, superintendents, journey-workers
and apprentices will be returned to referral hall
• Provide worker recognition
• Ensure all materials needed are available
• Provide storage for tools
• Provide leadership to jobsite supervisors
• Ensure leadership takes responsibility for mistakes created
by management decisions
• Be consistent and fair with disciplinary action
• Create and maintain a safe work environment
• Promote and support continued education and training
• Have properly manned projects
• Treat employees with respect
• Cooperate and communicate with job steward
More about the UA Standard for Excellence Policy can be reviewed at your
local union headquarters