The Philadelphia Business Journal is reporting that The Metropolitan Regional Council of Carpenters is striking after the Building Industry Association rejected a proposal by the union that would allow shop stewards to be placed at project sites.

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Wages, Fringe Benefits And Unique Working Conditions of
Independent Collective Bargaining Agreement
For Cement Masons Local 592, Philadelphia Area
Commerical Construction

Applicable Geographic Area:
Counties of Philadelphia, Montgomery, Delaware, Chester and Bucks

Employer Assocation:
General Building Contractors’ Association
Currently – Effective Duration Of Master Contract
May 1st 2009 through April 30th, 2010

Total Benefit Package $24.81

Total Hourly Amount Sent To Cement Masons Welfare Office:
$24.81 BENEFITS
$ 3.50 CHECK-OFF, PAC & JOB TARGET
$28.31 PER HOUR

Mail Contributions and Deductions To:
Cement Masons Welfare Office
2315 So. 22nd Street
Philadelphia, PA 19145

Unique Conditions
Overtime:
All overtime is at time and one half except
Sundays and holidays are at double time.
Lunch hour (12-12:30), if worked, is overtime.
$4.00 per day travel expense per man in Phila., Bucks, Chester, Delaware and Montgomery Counties.

* (To be divided between wages & fringe benefits)

Philadelphia Apprentice Rates Effective 5/1/09

Commercial

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Commercial, Industrial, and Institutional Employers
Rate Code Number: 2 – Rate Amount: $22.70

1st Year Breakdown – 5/1/09 TO 4/30/10

Term of Agreement: May 1, 2009 to April 30, 2010

Our Agreement provides for an increase of $1.50 per hour for both Philadelphia and the Counties effective May 1, 2009.

All Employers with 25 or more members on the payroll must post a $100,000.00 Surety Bond. All others must post a $75,000.00 Surety Bond. Please contact your bonding agent or insurance carrier immediately to update or post the proper bonding requirements.

We reserve the right to require a Cash Bond, estimated payments in advance and a financial Statement from any new Contractor or a Contractor who has a record of delinquent payments. Every Employer’s payroll records are subject to audit by the Funds. If a discrepancy is discovered, the Employer will be responsible for the discrepancy and pay for the cost of the audit, $250.00 per day.

Sincerely yours,
Edward Coryell
Secretary-Treasurer

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Commercial, Industrial, and Institutional Employers
Rate Code Number: 2

Summary Of 5/1/09 – 4/30/10 Apprentice Fringe Benefit Rates

Apprentice Wage Rates

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The GBCA negotiating team has reached a tentative settlement with District Council No. 21.  

We have received notification that some contractors have received a mailing from District Council No. 21 indicating a need to sign their Independent Contactors’ Agreement.  

Do not sign or return the supplied Signature Page.  As a member of the bargaining unit, you are no longer an independent and instead, belong to a multi-employer bargaining unit called the “Drywall Finishers of the GBCA”.  

The association will follow-up as details of the new agreement are finalized.

The breakdowns for carpenters, laborers, and cement masons are now available. They will be posted online soon, or they may be obtained via fax by calling Roseann Rotz at GBCA, 215-568-7015.

To: Active, Associate & Affiliate Members & IAP Contributors

From: Walter P. Palmer, 3^rd

^{Subject: TENTATIVE AGREEMENTS}

The GBCA has reached tentative agreements for (3) three out of the (5) five collective bargaining agreements that the association is negotiating at this time.  While we are currently awaiting ratification by the GBCA Board of Directors and Union membership with each agreement, the terms of agreement are as follows:

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The General Building Contractors Association (GBCA) announced this evening that they have reached a tentative one-year settlement that freezes wages for union cement masons in Philadelphia.
 
The tentative one-year agreement offers an increase of $1.50 per hour effective May 1, 2009 and an additional $0.15 per hour effective November 1, 2009 that will be dedicated to the pension and other benefit funds operated by the union.

As more information is confirmed it will be released.