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THE ASSOCIATION OF WALL•CEILING & CARPENTRY INDUSTRIES OF NEW YORK INC.
76 NORTH BROADWAY -HICKSVILLE - N.Y. 77801   516 -942 -5800 FAX -(516) -942-5802

TO:   Association Members

FROM:   Joseph Olivieri, Executive Director

RE:   Finalized Terms and Conditions

of Negotiations with New York

District Council of Carpenters DATE:   July2., 2001

Enclosed are the completed terms and conditions that have been negotiated and resolved between our Association and the New York District Council

All remaining terms and conditions that were not amended and/or modified remain in full force and effect.

We further enclose the schedule of wages for all journeyman, apprentices. forman and general forman effective July 1, 2001, together with all fringe benefit contributions required to be paid.

Please note that with the exception of the payment of wages and fringe benefit contributions, the amendments and/or modifications in the new contract do not apply to work in progress but only to new work.

A complete contract for the full five (5) year term, will be forwarded to you as soon as practical. Should you have any questions concerning the foregoing, do not hesitate to call.

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LETTER OF AGREEMENT FOR C.B.A. commencing 7/01/2001

1. Five year agreement with wage of 25.75 % over that period.

1st year--2nd year--3rd year---4th year—5th year

4.5 %   6%    5%    5%    5.25

(2+ 2.5) (3+3)

2, All Foreman shall receive $3.00 per hour more in wages than Journeyman.

3.   All General Foreman shall receive $ 6.00 per hour in wages more than Journeyman.

4. Carpenters shall only work 35 hour work weeks. (40 hour work must have written notification to the D.C. prior to commencement of job and must continue for the duration of the job.   

5.   All contractors will make sure that any products they ask carpenters to handle

wilt have a UBC stamp on it as long as it is within their power to do so..

6. All jobs regardless of what type agreement they work under shall have a NYCDC certified shop steward.

7. All shanties shall be assembled by carpenters on the job whether they are built in place or they are knockdown shanties as long as it within that contractors power to do so..

8.. All Carpenters win be given tiime to wrap up their tools and wash up brfore lunch and quitting time.

9. Carpenters will be hired by the job referral list at the district council. The 50/50 will be enforced and the contractor can hire whom he wants on his 50/50 ratio. The other 50% will come from the jpb referral list and all requests will be honored from the job referral list, providing those carpenters requested are members of the NYCDC. All requests must be made for N.Y.C. District Council of carpenters only. All Carpenters on a job site whp are mpt members of the N.Y.C. District Council of

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Carpenters will be matched from the out of work referral list one for one, and requests cannot be used to match out of town carpenters.

10. There will be no quotas imposed on Carpenters working on a jobsite.

11. We want apprentices to learn the trade. All apprentices must work a minimum of 50% of a work week on the tools with journeyman while employed on a regular basis.

12. Any contractor found guilty of offering cash to Carpenters for hours worke
shall pay a fine of $5000 to the carpenters relief and charity fund after he has paid all monies that were due to the benefit funds.This will be decided through the C.B.A. grievance and arbitration clause.

13.In the agreement the monetary amounts need to be changed to the following:

Tools $600 [Finish]

$5O0 [concrete]

Overcoat $150

Other clothing $150

Shoes $125

14. Other than an emergency, notice of all overtime work should be given to the Carpenters before noon if possible.

15 Carpenters will never be penalized for refusing to work overtime.

16. All NYC certified shop stewards shall be given time to deliver his or her shop steward reports for that work week to the union hall in the jurisdictional area they are working in and the time must be agreed between the Company and Steward.

17. No Carpenter is to start work before the designated starting time.

18. When a carpenter is terminated from a job, his or her wages and beefits must be paid in full at that time. If the employer through no fault of his own cannot have the benefits ther at that time, they will be allowed a twenty four hour grace period to overnight the beefits to the members nome or local union.

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19.

we want to add:

   Section 10.When the emplyer desires to engage in manufacturing

of custom fixtures and mill-cabinet products, within the jurisdiction of Local 2099, than ot shall be governed by the appropriate agreement signed betwen the District Council and the Association of employers engaged in such work.

20.When a signatory contractor wishes tolayoff a shop steward during continuous employement, the contractor must notify the union and have a meeting on the job with the union within 24 hours. If termination takes place a letter must be sent to the union.

21. In order to protect and preserve for the employees engaged in the manufacturing of custom fixture and mill cabinet products used in the trade, and in order to prevent any device or subterfuge to avoid the protection and preservation of such work, it is hereby agreed that all customed manufactured mill cabinet and architectural woodwork products which are specified and required in the emplyers cintract with the client, including doors specifically designed as matching components of said products, shall be fabricated in a signatory shop within an area encompassing the five boroughs of New York City and extending approximately 40 miles beyond the city's borders . Doors, jambs and related components which do not fall within the stated category will be excluded from this provision.

22 No work normally built by carpenters on the job will be fabricated off the job with anyone other than union Carpenters being paid the same wages and benefit package.

23, All Carpenters will be allowed a ten minute coffee break in the morning . This will also be allowed in the afternoon when working 40 hours.

24.The apprentice ratio in the agreement will be raised to two apprentices to every five journeymen and one of those apprentices must be a third or fourth year apprentice referred from the out of work list by the District Council.

25. The Union and the Association agree to explore other forms of worker's compensation insurancee, such as Alternative Dispute Resolution, (ADR) to help our union contractors be more competitive.

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Accepted and agreed to on June 23rd 2001 by:

signed
Contractor Association

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