Provincewide, Newfoundland and Labrador (280 carpenters, certified scaffolders, interior-system mechanics, form workers, form worker layout person, foreman, general foreman, carpenter apprentices, carpenter trade helpers ) and the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America (UBC), Local 579
Renewal agreement: Effective Nov. 3, 2017, to April 30, 2022. Signed on Nov. 3, 2017.
Wage adjustments:
Effective upon signing: 2%
Effective May 1, 2018: 1%
Effective May 1, 2019: 1%
Effective May 1, 2020: 0.5%
Effective May 1, 2021: 0.5%
Shift premium: 15% of hourly rate if employer desires to put on shifts, other than regular day shift. $1.75 per hour for employees working higher than 40 feet on swing stage, scaffold, ladder, bosun chair or temporary working platform, excluding temporary working platforms that are in good condition, solidly constructed, rigidly fixed to structure by mechanical means and equipped with mesh fencing to prevent falling.
Paid holidays: 11 days.
Vacations with pay: 10% per paycheque.
Overtime: Time and one-half after 50 hours per week, double time on Sundays, holidays for commercial work. Time and one-half after 40 hours per week or 10 hours per day, double time on Sundays, holidays for commercial work.
Meal allowance: Hot meal will be supplied at end of regular shift. If meal cannot be supplied, employer will pay 1 hour overtime and allow 15-minute coffee break.
Medical benefits: Employer pays $2.25 per hour for health and welfare benefit.
Pension: Employer pays $5.25 per hour for health and welfare benefit.
Bereavement leave: 3 days for death in immediate family (parents, spouse, common-law partner as per provincial statutes, children, brothers, sisters, stepbrothers, stepsisters, father-in-law, mother-in-law, grandchildren, grandparents, stepchild, brothers-in-law, sisters-in-law).
Uniforms/clothing: On all heavy industrial jobs, employer will supply weather-appropriate coveralls, gloves, hard hats, liners and goggles, or any other additional work-wear necessary for employees. Employer will provide hard hat, safety glasses (non-prescription), safety vests, goggles, face shield, safety ear protection, gloves, dust masks.
Tool allowance: Employer will replace worker’s personal tools when tools are destroyed by fire, lost through theft by forced entry of designated storage place on contractor’s premises.
Sample rates of hourly pay (current):
Carpenter trade helper: $30
Apprentice 1: $31.68
Apprentice 2: $33.37
Apprentice 3: $36.74
Apprentice 4: $40.12
Journeyman carpenter/welder scaffolder: $43.49
Working foreman: $46.87
Non-working foreman: $48.55
General foreman: $50.24
Editor’s notes: Industry fund: Employer shall remit $0.60 per person hour worked to Newfoundland Construction Industry Fund. ($0.30 payable each to CLRA and NLBCTC).
Wage adjustments:
Effective upon signing: 2%
Effective May 1, 2018: 1%
Effective May 1, 2019: 1%
Effective May 1, 2020: 0.5%
Effective May 1, 2021: 0.5%
Shift premium: 15% of hourly rate if employer desires to put on shifts, other than regular day shift. $1.75 per hour for employees working higher than 40 feet on swing stage, scaffold, ladder, bosun chair or temporary working platform, excluding temporary working platforms that are in good condition, solidly constructed, rigidly fixed to structure by mechanical means and equipped with mesh fencing to prevent falling.
Paid holidays: 11 days.
Vacations with pay: 10% per paycheque.
Overtime: Time and one-half after 50 hours per week, double time on Sundays, holidays for commercial work. Time and one-half after 40 hours per week or 10 hours per day, double time on Sundays, holidays for commercial work.
Meal allowance: Hot meal will be supplied at end of regular shift. If meal cannot be supplied, employer will pay 1 hour overtime and allow 15-minute coffee break.
Medical benefits: Employer pays $2.25 per hour for health and welfare benefit.
Pension: Employer pays $5.25 per hour for health and welfare benefit.
Bereavement leave: 3 days for death in immediate family (parents, spouse, common-law partner as per provincial statutes, children, brothers, sisters, stepbrothers, stepsisters, father-in-law, mother-in-law, grandchildren, grandparents, stepchild, brothers-in-law, sisters-in-law).
Uniforms/clothing: On all heavy industrial jobs, employer will supply weather-appropriate coveralls, gloves, hard hats, liners and goggles, or any other additional work-wear necessary for employees. Employer will provide hard hat, safety glasses (non-prescription), safety vests, goggles, face shield, safety ear protection, gloves, dust masks.
Tool allowance: Employer will replace worker’s personal tools when tools are destroyed by fire, lost through theft by forced entry of designated storage place on contractor’s premises.
Sample rates of hourly pay (current):
Carpenter trade helper: $30
Apprentice 1: $31.68
Apprentice 2: $33.37
Apprentice 3: $36.74
Apprentice 4: $40.12
Journeyman carpenter/welder scaffolder: $43.49
Working foreman: $46.87
Non-working foreman: $48.55
General foreman: $50.24
Editor’s notes: Industry fund: Employer shall remit $0.60 per person hour worked to Newfoundland Construction Industry Fund. ($0.30 payable each to CLRA and NLBCTC).
