Good pay for great work!
Currently, our Carpenter and Scaffolder members receive the following basic pay:
Journeyman (Industrial) $38.63/hr
Journeyman (Commercial) $34.29/hr
When you add 10% vacation pay and fully employer-paid pension, health & welfare and training contributions, the total pay package works out to:
Journeyman (Industrial) $51.04
Journeyman (Commercial) $42.84
Inflation-Proof Income!
Our new contract gives us between 0% and 4 or 5% in 2012, 2013 and 2014, depending on the cost of living and the world price of oil.
Shift Differential and Overtime
Shift differentials are $2.75/hr (industrial) and $1.50/hr (commercial).
Industrial workers receive 1.5X overtime for the first 2 hours of a weekday (5-8s schedule) or for the first 10 hours of a Friday (4-10s schedule). All other overtime, including weekends, is double time. Some project agreements contain different provisions regardsing schedules and/or overtime.
Commercial workers receive 1.5X overtime for any extra weekday hours,
the first 8 Saturday hours and the first 4 Sunday hours. All other extra
hours are paid at double time.
Work when, where and for whom you want!
Union members have the freedom to choose when and where they want to work, for how long they wish to work and which employers they work for.
They access our dispatch system by phone or internet, consider the various jobs that employers have offered, and decide which jobs they wish to bid on.
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