LABORGRAM

ASSOCIATION OF CONTRACTING PLUMBERS OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK, INC.
44 WEST 28TH STREET, 12TH FLOOR, NEW YORK, N.Y.  10001      212-481-4580      FAX 212-481-7185

March 21, 2007

TO:       ALL MEMBERS AND PROMOTION FUND CONTRIBUTORS

RE:       MECHANICAL EQUIPMENT AND SERVICE DIVISION PLUMBERS LOCAL UNION #1, WAGE RATES, FRINGE
              BENEFITS AND OTHER PROVISIONS EFFECTIVE SUNDAY, APRIL 1, 2007

JOURNEYMEN - MECHANICAL EQUIPMENT AND SERVICE DIVISION LOCAL #1

Effective Sunday, April 1, 2007, there shall be a wage rate increase of fifty cents (.50¢) per hour (column 1) and a Fringe Benefits (.10¢ per hour - Welfare Fund / .10¢ per hour - Vacation/Holiday Fund / .05¢ per hour - 401(k) Employer Contribution) increase of twenty-five (.25¢) per hour (column 3), which is a package increase of seventy-five cents (.75¢) per hour (column 5) for Journeymen employed in the Mechanical Equipment and Service Division.  A new schedule of wage rates, fringe benefits and other provisions follows:

APRIL 1, 2007 TO SEPTEMBER 30, 2007
SCHEDULE OF WAGE RATES, FRINGE BENEFITS AND OTHER PROVISIONS

UNION ASSESSMENT CHECK-OFF - 3% of Gross Wages paid to employees in the Mechanical Equipment and Service Division shall be deducted from weekly gross wages.  Plus, five cents (.05¢) per hour for the Political Action Committee Fund.

*INDUSTRY ORGANIZING FUND - Ten cents (.10¢) per pay hour shall be dedicated to an Industry Organizing Fund to advance the interests of the Industry.

**ADDITIONAL SECURITY BENEFITS FUND - Nineteen cents (.19¢) per hour shall be deducted, after taxes, from weekly         wages and sent to a "new" Additional Security Benefits Fund.  (All overtime on this .19¢ will be at straight time.)

EXPENSE ALLOWANCE FOR PERSONAL SAFETY ITEMS - Twenty-eight cents (.28¢) per hour shall be paid to employees in the Mechanical Equipment and Service Division for each hour worked (work hour), as an expense allowance to provide the funds for his/her personal safety and health related items.  Since this is an expense allowance, it should be paid separate from wages and it should be paid on the same day and at the same time as wages.

OVERTIME - For all work required after the completion of regular or shift work, or on any Saturday, Sunday, Holiday or when an employee is called out of his/her house, the Overtime Rate for Wages will be Time and One-Half (1½).  (See Additional Security Benefits Fund Statement Above)  All Fringe Benefits and Contributions on overtime work will be at Straight Time.

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