2020 NYC AGENCY RENOVATION PROJECT LABOR AGREEMENT
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PROJECT LABOR AGREEMENT
COVERING SPECIFIED
RENOVATION & REHABILITATION
OF CITY OWNED BUILDINGS AND STRUCTURES
2020 – 2024
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTCLE 1 - PREAMBLE .......................................................................................... 1
SECTION 1. PARTIES TO THE AGREEMENT .................................................... 2
ARTICLE 2 - GENERAL CONDITIONS ..................................................................... 2
SECTION 1. DEFINITIONS .................................................................................. 2
SECTION 2. CONDITIONS FOR AGREEMENT TO BECOME
EFFECTIVE .......................................................................................................... 4
SECTION 3. ENTITIES BOUND & ADMINISTRATION OF
AGREEMENT ....................................................................................................... 4
SECTION 4. SUPREMACY CLAUSE ................................................................... 4
SECTION 5. LIABILITY ........................................................................................ 5
SECTION 6. THE AGENCY ................................................................................. 6
SECTION 7. AVAILABILITY AND APPLICABILITY TO ALL
SUCCESSFUL BIDDERS ..................................................................................... 6
SECTION 8. SUBCONTRACTING ....................................................................... 6
ARTICLE 3 - SCOPE OF THE AGREEMENT ............................................................ 7
SECTION 1. WORK COVERED ........................................................................... 7
SECTION 2. TIME LIMITATIONS ......................................................................... 9
SECTION 3. EXCLUDED EMPLOYEES .............................................................. 9
SECTION 4. NON-APPLICATION TO CERTAIN ENTITIES .............................. 11
ARTICLE 4 - UNION RECOGNITION AND EMPLOYMENT.................................... 11
SECTION 1. PRE-HIRE RECOGNITION ........................................................... 11
SECTION 2. UNION REFERRAL ....................................................................... 11
SECTION 3. NON-DISCRIMINATION IN REFERRALS ..................................... 13
SECTION 4. MINORITY, FEMALE, LOCAL AND SECTION 3
REFERRALS ...................................................................................................... 14
SECTION 5. CROSS AND QUALIFIED REFERRALS ....................................... 15
SECTION 6. CRAFT FOREPERSONS AND GENERAL
FOREPERSONS ................................................................................................ 15
SECTION 7. ON CALL REPAIR REFERRALS ................................................... 15
ARTICLE 5 - UNION REPRESENTATION .............................................................. 1 7
SECTION 1. LOCAL UNION REPRESENTATIVE ............................................. 17
SECTION 2. STEWARDS .................................................................................. 17
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SECTION 3. LAYOFF OF A STEWARD ............................................................. 18
ARTICLE 6 - MANAGEMENT’S RIGHTS ................................................................ 18
SECTION 1. RESERVATION OF RIGHTS ......................................................... 18
SECTION 2. MATERIALS, METHODS & EQUIPMENT ..................................... 19
ARTICLE 7 - WORK STOPPAGES AND LOCKOUTS ............................................ 20
SECTION 1. NO STRIKES-NO LOCK OUT ....................................................... 20
SECTION 2. DISCHARGE FOR VIOLATION ..................................................... 20
SECTION 3. NOTIFICATION ............................................................................. 20
SECTION 4. EXPEDITED ARBITRATION ......................................................... 21
SECTION 5. ARBITRATION OF DISCHARGES FOR VIOLATION .................... 22
ARTICLE 8 - LABOR MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE ............................................... 23
SECTION 1. SUBJECTS .................................................................................... 23
SECTION 2. COMPOSITION ............................................................................. 23
ARTICLE 9 - GRIEVANCE & ARBITRATION PROCEDURE................................... 23
SECTION 1. PROCEDURE FOR RESOLUTION OF GRIEVANCES ................. 23
SECTION 2. LIMITATION AS TO RETROACTIVITY ......................................... 26
SECTION 3. PARTICIPATION BY AGENCY AND/OR
CONSTRUCTION MANAGER ............................................................................ 26
ARTICLE 10 - JURISDICTIONAL DISPUTES ......................................................... 27
SECTION 1. NO DISRUPTIONS ........................................................................ 27
SECTION 2. ASSIGNMENT ............................................................................... 27
SECTION 3. NO INTERFERENCE WITH WORK ............................................. 27
ARTICLE 11 - WAGES AND BENEFITS ................................................................. 27
SECTION 1. CLASSIFICATION AND BASE HOURLY RATE ............................ 27
SECTION 2. EMPLOYEE BENEFITS ................................................................. 28
ARTICLE 12 - HOURS OF WORK, PREMIUM PAYMENTS, SHIFTS
AND HOLIDAYS ...................................................................................................... 32
SECTION 1. WORK WEEK AND WORKDAY .................................................... 32
SECTION 2. OVERTIME .................................................................................... 33
SECTION 3. SHIFTS .......................................................................................... 34
SECTION 4. HOLIDAYS ..................................................................................... 35
SECTION 5. MAKE-UP DAYS ........................................................................... 36
SECTION 6
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REPORTING PAY ......................................................................... 36
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SECTION 7. PAYMENT OF WAGES ................................................................. 37
SECTION 8. EMERGENCY WORK SUSPENSION ........................................... 37
SECTION 9. INJURY/DISABILITY ..................................................................... 38
SECTION 10. TIME KEEPING ........................................................................... 38
SECTION 11. MEAL PERIOD ............................................................................ 38
SECTION 12. BREAK PERIODS........................................................................ 38
ARTICLE 13 - APPRENTICES AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT ................... 39
SECTION 1. APPRENTICE RATIOS AND REFERRALS ................................... 39
SECTION 2. WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT .................................................. 39
ARTICLE 14 - SAFETY PROTECTION OF PERSON AND PROPERTY ................ 41
SECTION 1. SAFETY REQUIREMENTS ........................................................... 41
SECTION 2. CONTRACTOR RULES ................................................................. 42
SECTION 3. INSPECTIONS .............................................................................. 42
ARTICLE 15 - TEMPORARY SERVICES ................................................................ 42
ARTICLE 16 - NO DISCRIMINATION ...................................................................... 43
SECTION 1. COOPERATIVE EFFORTS ........................................................... 43
SECTION 2. LANGUAGE OF AGREEMENT ..................................................... 43
ARTICLE 17 - GENERAL TERMS ........................................................................... 43
SECTION 1. PROJECT RULES ......................................................................... 43
SECTION 2. TOOLS OF THE TRADE ............................................................... 44
SECTION 3. SUPERVISION .............................................................................. 44
SECTION 4. TRAVEL ALLOWANCES ............................................................... 44
SECTION 5
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FULL WORKDAY .......................................................................... 44
SECTION 6. COOPERATION AND WAIVER ..................................................... 44
ARTICLE 18 - SAVINGS AND SEPARABILITY ....................................................... 45
SECTION 1. THIS AGREEMENT ....................................................................... 45
SECTION 2. THE BID SPECIFICATIONS .......................................................... 45
SECTION 3. NON-LIABILITY ............................................................................. 46
SECTION 4. NON-WAIVER ............................................................................... 46
ARTICLE 19 - FUTURE CHANGES IN SCHEDULE “A” AREA
CONTRACTS .......................................................................................................... 46
SECTION 1. CHANGES TO AREA CONTRACTS ............................................. 46
SECTION 2. LABOR DISPUTES DURING AREA CONTRACT
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NEGOTIATIONS ................................................................................................ 47
ARTICLE 20 - WORKERS’ COMPENSATION ADR ................................................ 47
SECTION 1. ........................................................................................................ 47
ARTICLE 21 - HELMETS TO HARDHATS .............................................................. 4 7
SECTION 1. ........................................................................................................ 47
SECTION 2. ........................................................................................................ 48
SGNATURE PAGES .............................................................................................. 54
SCHEDULE “A” - CBAs ........................................................................................... 84
Exhibit A ................................................................................................................... 89
Project Labor Agreement - Letter of Assent ............................................................. 89
Exhibit B ................................................................................................................... 91
NEW YORK CITY BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION TRADES
COUNCIL STANDARDS OF EXCELLENCE ........................................................... 91
Exhibit C – ZIP CODE LIST ...................................................................................... 92
Exhibit D – MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING ................................................... 917
SCHEDULE “B” - DRUG AND ALCOHOL POLICY ............................................... 102
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PROJECT LABOR AGREEMENT COVERING SPECIFIED
RENOVATION & REHABILITATION OF NEW YORK CITY OWNED
BUILDINGS & STRUCTURES
ARTICLE 1 - PREAMBLE
WHEREAS, the City of New York desires to provide for the cost efficient, safe, quality,
and timely completion of certain rehabilitation and renovation work (“Program Work,” as defined
in Article 3) in a manner designed to afford the lowest costs to the Agencies covered by this
Agreement, and the public it represents, and the advancement of permissible statutory objectives;
WHEREAS, this Project Labor Agreement will foster the achievement of these goals, inter
alia, by:
(1) providing a mechanism for responding to the unique construction needs
associated with this Program Work and achieving the most cost-effective means of construction,
including direct labor cost savings, by the Building and Construction Trades Council of Greater
New York and Vicinity and the signatory Local Unions and their members waiving various shift
and other hourly premiums and other work and pay practices which would otherwise apply to
Program Work;
(2) expediting the construction process and otherwise minimizing the disruption
to the covered Agencies’ ongoing operations at the facilities that are the subject of the Agreement;
(3) avoiding the costly delays of potential strikes, slowdowns, walkouts,
picketing and other disruptions arising from work disputes, reducing jobsite friction on common
situs worksites, and promoting labor harmony and peace for the duration of the Program Work;
(4) standardizing the terms and conditions governing the employment of labor
on Program Work;
(5) permitting wide flexibility in work scheduling and shift hours and times to
allow maximum work to be done during off hours yet at affordable pay rates;
(6) permitting adjustments to work rules and staffing requirements from those
which otherwise might obtain;
(7) providing comprehensive and standardized mechanisms for the settlement of
work disputes, including those relating to jurisdiction;
(8) fostering increased participation by Minority and Women-owned Business
Enterprises (“MWBEs”);
(9) encouraging the development of pathways to construction careers;
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(10) ensuring a reliable source of skilled and experienced labor; and
(11) securing applicable New York State Labor Law exemptions.
WHEREAS, the Building and Construction Trades Council of Greater New York and
Vicinity, its participating affiliated Local Unions and their members, desire to assist the City in
meeting these operational needs and objectives as well as to provide for stability, security and work
opportunities which are afforded by this Project Labor Agreement; and
WHEREAS, the Parties desire to maximize Program Work safety conditions for both
workers and the community in the project area.
NOW, THEREFORE, the Parties enter into this Agreement:
SECTION 1. PARTIES TO THE AGREEMENT
This is a Project Labor Agreement (“Agreement”) entered into by the City of New York
(“City”), on behalf of itself and the Agencies covered herein, including in their capacity as
construction manager of covered projects and/or on behalf of any third party construction manager
which may be utilized, and the Building and Construction Trades Council of Greater New York
and Vicinity (“Council” or “BCTC”) (on behalf of itself) and the signatory affiliated Local Unions
(“Unions” or “Local Unions”). The Council and each signatory Local Union hereby warrant and
represents that it has been duly authorized to enter into this Agreement.
ARTICLE 2 - GENERAL CONDITIONS
SECTION 1. DEFINITIONS
A. The term “Agency” means the following New York City agencies: the Department
for the Aging (“DFTA”), Administration for Children’s Services (“ACS”), Department of Citywide
Administrative Services (“DCAS”), Department of Correction (“DOC”), Department of Design and
Construction (“DDC”), Fire Department (“FDNY”), Department of Homeless Services (“DHS”),
Human Resources Administration (“HRA”), Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
(“DOHMH”), Department of Parks and Recreation (“DPR”), Police Department (“NYPD”),
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Department of Sanitation (“DSNY”); Department of Transportation (“DOT”), Department of
Buildings (“DOB”); with respect to Program Work as defined in Article 3, the New York City
Agency that awards a particular contract subject to this Agreement may be referred to hereafter as
the “Agency”;
B. The term “Agreement” means this project labor agreement (“PLA”), the applicable
Schedule “A” Collective Bargaining Agreements (each a “CBA”) identified in Schedule “A”, and
each Exhibit hereto;
C. The term “BCTC” refers to the Building and Construction Trades Council of Greater
New York and Vicinity. The terms “BCTC” and “Council” are used interchangeably;
D. The term “Contractor(s)” shall include any Construction Manager, General
Contractor and all other contractors, and subcontractors of all tiers engaged in Program Work within
the scope of this Agreement as defined in Article 3. When an Agency acts as Construction Manager,
unless otherwise provided, it has the rights and obligations of a “Construction Manager” in addition
to the rights and obligations of an Agency;
E. The term “Core Employee” means an employee that has been on a contractor’s
payroll consistent with Article 4, Section 2(B) and (C);
F. The term “Minor Repair” means routine repair, service, or maintenance that is
recurrent, day to day, periodic scheduled or routine work required to preserve or restore a building,
facility or system to working order;
G. The term “HireNYC Construction Careers” refers to the PLA initiative to advance
career opportunities for Program Hires;
H. The term “Program Work” is the work covered by this Agreement as defined in
Article 3;
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I. The term “Program Hire” means an individual that resides in a zip code where at
least 15% of the individuals residing in such zip code are below the federal poverty rate and
residents of NYCHA housing regardless of zip codes; and
J. The term “Union(s)” or “Local Union(s)” refers to the various participating unions
affiliated with the BCTC, singularly and collectively.
SECTION 2. CONDITIONS FOR AGREEMENT TO BECOME EFFECTIVE
This Agreement shall not become effective unless each of the following conditions are met:
the Agreement is executed by (1) the Council, on behalf of itself, (2) the participating affiliated
Local Unions; and (3) the mayor of the City of New York or their designee.
SECTION 3. ENTITIES BOUND & ADMINISTRATION OF AGREEMENT
This Agreement shall be binding on all participating Unions and their affiliates, the
Construction Manager (in its capacity as such) and all Contractors of all tiers performing Program
Work, as defined in Article 3. The Contractors shall include in any subcontract that they let for
performance during the term of this Agreement a requirement that their subcontractors, of all tiers,
become signatory and bound by this Agreement with respect to that subcontracted work falling
within the scope of Article 3 and all Contractors (including subcontractors) performing Program
Work shall be required to sign a “Letter of Assent” in the form annexed hereto as Exhibit “A”. This
Agreement shall be administered by the applicable Agency or a Construction Manager or such other
designee as may be named by the Agency or Construction Manager, on behalf of all Contractors.
SECTION 4. SUPREMACY CLAUSE
This Agreement, together with the local Collective Bargaining Agreements (each a “CBA”)
appended hereto as Schedule “A”, represents the complete understanding of all signatories and
supersedes any national agreement, local agreement or other CBA of any type which would
otherwise apply to this Program Work, in whole or in part, except for Program Work which falls
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within the jurisdiction of the Operating Engineers Locals 14 and 15. If Program Work falling within
the jurisdiction of Operating Engineers Locals 14 and 15 is accepted by and performed by said
locals, only then will such work be performed under the terms and conditions set out in the Schedule
“A” agreements of Operating Engineers Locals 14 and 15. The CBAs of the affiliated local unions
that cover the particular type of construction work to be performed by the contractor, and as set
forth in the Schedule “A” list of agreements, shall be deemed the Schedule “A” Collective
Bargaining Agreements (“Schedule “A” CBA”) under this Agreement. Where association and
independent CBAs for a particular type of construction work are both set forth in Schedule “A”,
association members shall treat the applicable association agreement as the Schedule “A” CBA and
independent contractors shall treat the applicable independent agreement as the Schedule “A” CBA.
Subject to the foregoing, where a subject covered by the provisions of this project labor agreement
is also covered by a Schedule “A” CBA, the provisions of this project labor agreement shall prevail.
It is further understood that no Contractor shall be required to sign any other agreement as a
condition of performing Program Work. No practice, understanding or agreement between a
Contractor and a Local Union which is not set forth in this Agreement shall be binding with respect
to Program Work unless endorsed in writing by the Construction Manager or such other designee
as may be designated by the Agency. Nothing in this Agreement requires employees to join a union
or pay dues or fees to a union as a condition of working on the covered project. This Agreement is
not, however, intended to supersede independent requirements in applicable local union agreements
as to contractors that are otherwise signatory to those agreements and as to employees of such
employers performing covered work.
SECTION 5. LIABILITY
The liability of any Contractor and the liability of any Union under this Agreement shall be
several and not joint. The Construction Manager and any Contractor shall not be liable for any
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violations of this Agreement by any other Contractor; and the Council and Local Unions shall not
be liable for any violations of this Agreement by any other Union.
SECTION 6. THE AGENCY
The Agency (or Construction Manager where applicable) shall require in its bid
specifications for all Program Work within the scope of Article 3 that all successful bidders, and
their subcontractors of all tiers, become bound by, and signatory to, this Agreement. The Agency
(or Construction Manager) shall not be liable for any violation of this Agreement by any Contractor.
It is understood that nothing in this Agreement shall be construed as limiting the sole discretion of
the Agency or Construction Manager in determining which Contractors shall be awarded contracts
for Program Work. It is further understood that the Agency or Construction Manager has sole
discretion at any time to terminate, delay or suspend the Program Work, in whole or part, on any
project.
SECTION 7. AVAILABILITY AND APPLICABILITY
TO ALL SUCCESSFUL BIDDERS
The Unions agree that this Agreement will be made available to, and will fully apply to, any
successful bidder for (or subcontractor of) Program Work who becomes signatory thereto, without
regard to whether that successful bidder (or subcontractor) performs work at other sites on either a
union or non-union basis and without regard to whether employees of such successful bidder (or
subcontractor) are, or are not, members of any unions. This Agreement shall not apply to the work
of any Contractor which is performed at any location other than the site of Program Work.
SECTION 8. SUBCONTRACTING
Contractors will subcontract Program Work only to a person, firm or corporation who is or
agrees to become party to this Agreement.
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ARTICLE 3 - SCOPE OF THE AGREEMENT
SECTION 1. WORK COVERED
A. Program Work shall be limited to designated rehabilitation and renovation
construction contracts bid and let by an Agency (or its Construction Manager where applicable)
after the effective date of this Agreement with respect to rehabilitation and renovation work
performed for an Agency on City-owned property under contracts advertised for public solicitation
prior to December 31, 2024. Subject to the foregoing, and the exclusions below, such Program
Work shall mean any and all contracts that predominantly involve the renovation, alteration, repair,
rehabilitation or expansion of an existing City-owned building or structure within the five boroughs
of New York City. Examples of Program Work include, but are not limited to, the renovation,
repair, alteration and rehabilitation of an existing temporary or permanent structure, or an expansion
of above ground structures located in the City on a City-owned building. Program Work shall also
include job order contracts (“JOCS”), demolition work, painting services. Low voltage work, site
work, elevator work, mold, asbestos and lead abatement, carpentry services, and carpet removal
and installation shall be included as Program Work only when incidental to such building
renovation and/or rehabilitation of City-owned buildings or structures and included in a contract
that predominantly involves such renovation and/or rehabilitation.
B. It is understood that, except where the City specifically applies this Agreement to
such work in its bid documents, Program Work does not include, and this Agreement shall not
apply to, any other work, including:
1. Contracts that are let under a different project labor agreement with one of
the defined City Agencies, and/or other Agencies and Authorities that have entered separate PLAs,
such as DEP, NYCHA, H+H and SCA;
2. Contracts let and work performed in connection with projects carried over,
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recycled from, or performed under bids or rebids relating to work that were bid prior to the effective
date of this Agreement or after December 31, 2024;
3. Contracts procured on an emergency basis;
4. Prime contracts that do not exceed $3,000,000;
5. Contracts for work on streets and bridges and for the closing or
environmental remediation of landfills;
6. Contracts with not-for-profit corporations where the City is not awarding or
performing the work performed for that entity;
7. Contracts with governmental entities where the City is not awarding or
performing the work performed for that entity;
8. Contracts with electric utilities, gas utilities, telephone companies, and
railroads, except that it is understood and agreed that these entities may only install their work to a
demarcation point, e.g., a telephone closet or utility vault, the location of which is determined prior
to construction and employees of such entities shall not be used to replace employees performing
Program Work pursuant to this Agreement;
9. Contracts for installation of information technology that are not otherwise
Program Work;
10. Task Orders or Work Orders issued under JOCS or Requirements Contracts
that do not exceed $250,000, and JOCS or Requirements Contracts where the monetary value of
such contracts predominantly involves such Task Orders or Work Orders;
11. Contracts that predominantly involve Minor Repair work, as defined in
Article 2, Section 1(F) above. Such work is to be paid under the applicable prevailing wage law
for service or maintenance work;
12. Up to five percent (5%) of work performed by certified MWBE
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subcontractors on prime contracts that are valued at $25,000,000 or more and for which
participation goals are set forth in the contract and where such MWBE subcontractor is not
signatory to any Schedule “A” agreement (“Exempt Work”). Exempt Work shall be no more than
$500,000 or 15% (whichever is greater) of the value of the subcontracts for work in any particular
union’s jurisdiction under any prime contract; and
13. On-site work performed on purchased equipment, which is required by the
manufacturer to be performed by its staff or by its selected contractors as a condition of the
continued effectiveness of the equipment warranty.
SECTION 2. TIME LIMITATIONS
In addition to falling within the scope of Article 3, Section 1, to be covered by this
Agreement, Program Work must be (1) advertised and let for bid after the effective date of this
Agreement, and (2) let for bid prior to December 31, 2024, the expiration date of this Agreement.
It is understood that this Agreement, together with all of its provisions, shall remain in effect for all
such Program Work until completion, even if not completed by the expiration date of the
Agreement. If Program Work otherwise falling within the scope of Article 3, Section 1 is not let
for bid by the expiration date of this Agreement, this Agreement may be extended to that work by
mutual agreement of the parties.
SECTION 3. EXCLUDED EMPLOYEES
The following persons are not subject to the provisions of this Agreement, even though
performing Program Work:
A. Superintendents, supervisors (except field surveyors on construction contracts,
general and forepersons specifically covered by a craft’s Schedule “A” agreement are included),
engineers, professional engineers and/or licensed architects engaged in inspection and testing,
quality control/assurance personnel, timekeepers, mail carriers, clerks, office workers, messengers,
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guards, technicians, non-manual employees, and all professional, engineering, administrative and
management persons;
B. Employees of the Agency, New York City, or any other municipal or State agency,
authority or entity, or employees of any other public employer, even though working on the project
site while covered Program Work is underway;
C. Employees and entities engaged in off-site manufacture, modifications, repair,
maintenance, assembly, painting, handling or fabrication of project components, materials,
equipment or machinery, or involved in deliveries to and from the Program site, except to the extent
they are lawfully included in the bargaining unit of a Schedule “A” agreement;
D. Employees of the Construction Manager (except that in the event the Agency
engages a Contractor to serve as Construction Manager, then those employees of the Construction
Manager performing manual, on site construction labor will be covered by this Agreement);
E. Employees engaged in on-site equipment warranty work including installation,
repair or maintenance unless employees are already working on the site and are certified to perform
warranty work;
F. Employees engaged in geophysical testing other than boring for core samples;
G. Employees engaged in laboratory, specialty testing, or inspections, pursuant to a
professional services agreement between the Agency, or any of the Agency’s other professional
consultants, and such laboratory, testing, inspection or surveying firms;
H. Employees engaged in on-site maintenance of installed equipment or systems which
maintenance is awarded as part of a contract that includes Program Work, but which maintenance
occurs after installation of such equipment or system and is not directly related to construction
services; and
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I. Employees who perform work classified as Minor Repairs, and routine service
and/or maintenance work.
SECTION 4. NON-APPLICATION TO CERTAIN ENTITIES
This Agreement shall not apply to those parents, affiliates, subsidiaries, or other joint or
sole ventures of any Contractor which do not perform Program Work. It is agreed that this
Agreement does not have the effect of creating any joint employment, single employer or alter ego
status among the Agency (including in its capacity as Construction Manager) or any Contractor.
The Agreement shall further not apply to any New York City or other municipal or State agency,
authority, or entity other than a listed Agency and nothing contained herein shall be construed to
prohibit or restrict the Agency or its employees, or any State, New York City or other municipal or
State authority, agency or entity and its employees, from performing on or off-site work related to
Program Work.
As the contracts involving Program Work are completed and accepted, the Agreement shall
not have further force or effect on such items or areas except where inspections, additions, repairs,
modifications, check-out and/or warranty work are assigned in writing (copy to Local Union
involved) by the Agency (or Construction Manager) for performance under the terms of this
Agreement.
ARTICLE 4 - UNION RECOGNITION AND EMPLOYMENT
SECTION 1. PRE-HIRE RECOGNITION
The Contractors recognize the signatory Unions as the sole and exclusive bargaining
representatives of all employees who are performing on-site Program Work, with respect to that
work.
SECTION 2. UNION REFERRAL
A. The Contractors agree to request, employ and hire craft employees, including
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Program Hires as defined in Article 2, Section 1(I), for Program Work covered by this Agreement
through the job referral systems and hiring halls established in the Local Unions
’
area CBAs set
forth in Schedule “A”. Notwithstanding this, Contractors shall have sole right to determine the
competency of all referrals; to determine the number of employees required; to select employees
for layoff (subject to Article 5, Section 3); and the sole right to reject any applicant referred by a
Local Union, subject to the show-up payments. In the event that a Local Union does not fill any
request for qualified employees within a 48-hour period after such requisition is made by a
Contractor (Saturdays, Sundays and holidays excepted), a Contractor may employ qualified
applicants from any other available source. In the event that the Local Union does not have a job
referral system, the Contractor shall give the Local Union first preference to refer applicants, subject
to the other provisions of this Article. The Contractor shall notify the Local Union of craft
employees hired for Program Work within its jurisdiction from any source other than referral by
the Union. Any employee hired by a Contractor because a Local Union does not fill a request for
qualified employees within a 48 hour period (Saturdays, Sundays and holidays excepted) are not
covered by this Agreement for purposes of Article 11, Section 2, unless they are or become a
member or agency shop fee payor of an affiliated Union.
B. A Contractor may request by name, and the Local will honor, referral of persons
who have applied to the Local for Program Work (“Core Employees”) and who meet the following
qualifications:
(1) possess any license required by New York State law for the Program Work
to be performed;
(2) have worked a total of at least 1000 hours in the Construction field during
the prior 3 years; and
(3) were on the Contractor’s active payroll for at least 60 out of the 180 calendar
days prior to the contract award.
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No more than twelve per centum (12%) of the employees covered by this Agreement, per
Contractor by craft, shall be hired through the special provisions above. Under this provision, name
referrals begin with the eighth employee needed and continue on that same basis.
C. Notwithstanding Section 2(B), above, certified MWBE contractors for which
participation goals are set forth in New York City Administrative Code §6-129, that are not
signatory to any Schedule “A” CBAs, with subcontracts valued at or under two-million dollars
($2,000,000), may request by name, and the Local will honor, referral of the second (2
nd
), fourth
(4
th
), sixth (6
th
), and eighth (8
th
) Core Employee, who have applied to the Local for Program Work
and who meet the following qualifications:
(1) possess any license required by New York State law for the Program Work
to be performed;
(2) have worked a total of at least 1000 hours in the Construction field during
the prior 3 years; and
(3) were on the Contractor’s active payroll for at least 60 out of the 365 calendar
days prior to the contract award.
D. Where a certified MWBE Contractor voluntarily enters into a CBA with a BCTC
Union, the employees of such Contractor at the time the CBA is executed shall be allowed to join
the Union for the applicable trade subject to satisfying the Union’s basic standards of proficiency
for admission.
SECTION 3. NON-DISCRIMINATION IN REFERRALS
The Council represents that each Local Union hiring hall and referral system will be
operated in a non-discriminatory manner and in full compliance with all applicable federal, state
and local laws and regulations which require equal employment opportunities. Referrals shall not
be affected in any way by the rules, regulations, bylaws, constitutional provisions or any other
aspects or obligations of union membership, policies or requirements and shall be subject to such
other conditions as are established in this Article. No employment applicant shall be discriminated
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against by any referral system or hiring hall because of the applicant’s union membership, or lack
thereof.
SECTION 4. MINORITY, FEMALE, LOCAL AND SECTION 3 REFERRALS
In the event a Local Union either fails, or is unable to refer qualified minority or female
applicants in percentages equaling the workforce participation goals adopted by the City and set
forth in the Agency’s (or, if applicable, Construction Manager’s) bid specifications, within 48 hours
of the request for same, the Contractor may employ qualified minority or female applicants from
any other available source.
The Local Unions agree to prioritize the referral of Program Hires in accordance with
Article 13 and to the extent consistent with the law, rules applicable to the union referral systems
and joint apprentice programs. Those unions that do not currently provide for zip code preferences
in their referral systems will undertake to implement such preferences consistent with this
Agreement and their governing documents. Please see Exhibit “C” for a non-exhaustive list of
eligible zip codes. Employees from these zip codes that are already on a contractor’s workforce,
including Core Employees, and referral of apprentices, in accordance with Article 13, Section 1(A)
below, shall count towards the referral goals of this Section.
For any Program Work that may become subject to requirements under Section 3 of the
Housing and Urban Development Act of 1968, as amended by the Housing and Community
Development Act of 1992, and any rules, including new or revised rules, that may be published
thereunder, the Local Unions acknowledge the Section 3 obligations of the Construction Manager
or Contractor, as applicable, and agree to the zip code and NYCHA preferences described above to
help implement this Article in a manner that would allow the Construction Manager or Contractor
to meet its Section 3 obligations to the greatest extent feasible, and to post any required notices in
the manner required by Section 3. The parties also acknowledge that the Construction Manager
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and Contractor may also fulfill its Section 3 requirements on Program Work by promoting
opportunities for excluded employees, as defined by Article 3, Section 3 of this Agreement, on
Program Work and, to the extent permitted by Section 3, by promoting opportunities for craft and
other employees on non-Program Work.
SECTION 5. CROSS AND QUALIFIED REFERRALS
The Local Unions shall not knowingly refer to a Contractor an employee then employed by
another Contractor working under this Agreement. The Local Unions will exert their utmost efforts
to recruit sufficient numbers of skilled and qualified crafts employees to fulfill the requirements of
the Contractor.
SECTION 6. CRAFT FOREPERSONS AND GENERAL FOREPERSONS
The selection of craft forepersons and/or general forepersons and the number of forepersons
required shall be solely the responsibility of the Contractor except where otherwise provided by
specific provisions of an applicable Schedule “A” CBA, and provided that all craft forepersons
shall be experienced and qualified journeypersons in their trade as determined by the appropriate
Local Union. All forepersons shall take orders exclusively from the designated Contractor
representatives. Craft forepersons shall be designated as working forepersons at the request of the
Contractor, except when an existing local CBA prohibits a foreperson from working when the craft
persons, they are leading exceed a specified number.
SECTION 7. ON CALL REPAIR REFERRALS
A. When an Agency awards a contract under this Agreement that requires the
Contractor to have employees available on short notice to make time-sensitive repairs with such
contract requiring the Contractor to respond within as little as two hours from the time the
Contractor is contacted by the Agency (“On Call, Repair Contract”), the Contractor will, within ten
(10) days of being awarded an On Call, Repair Contract subject to this Agreement, notify the
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appropriate affiliated Union that would perform the work for a contractor that the Contractor has
been awarded such a contract and immediately enter into good faith negotiations with such relevant
affiliated Union to establish a procedure to receive time sensitive referrals from such affiliated
Union(s).
B. In the event the Contractor and the relevant affiliated Union(s) are unable to
negotiate a specific, mutually agreeable procedure for on call repair referral procedure within
twenty (20) days of commencement of negotiations or prior to commencement of performance of
the contract, whichever is earlier, the Contractor and the relevant affiliated Unions will follow the
following procedure:
1. Upon notification by a Contractor that it has been awarded an On Call,
Repair Contract pursuant to paragraph A above, each relevant affiliate Union shall provide the
Contractor with the name and twenty-four (24) hour contact information of an On Call, Repair
Contract contact person for urgent on call repair referrals.
2. The relevant affiliated Unions shall prepare a list of individuals eligible and
prepared for referral on an immediate basis to respond to the on call repair contractor, which may
include the affiliated Unions’ service, repair and maintenance division workers where appropriate
for repairs that can be made within 24 to 48 hours and paid at the appropriate prevailing wage rates
for service and repair or maintenance work. Such list shall be provided to and in the possession of
the designated-on call repair contact person for the affiliated Union and available for immediate
reference.
3. Individuals on such list must be able to comply with the Contractor’s
response time pursuant to contract requirements.
4. The Union’s On Call, Repair Contract contact person shall respond to a
contractor’s request for referrals within a reasonable time of the request so that compliance with
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the contract shall be possible.
C. In the event that the Contractor makes a request for an on call referral that is
compliant with this procedure and a Union is not able to respond to the request, that Union will be
deemed to have waived the forty-eight (48) hour referral rule contained in Section 2 above and the
Contractor may employ qualified applicants from any other available source that can meet contract
requirements for that time-sensitive on call repair work only; provided, however, that any work
related to the repair work that is not of a time sensitive nature under the contract shall comply with
Section 2. If a Union fails to timely refer a worker and the Contractor employs other workers, the
Contractor will e-mail the Agency within 72 hours and the Agency will forward that e-mail to the
designated Labor Management Committee contacts.
ARTICLE 5 - UNION REPRESENTATION
SECTION 1. LOCAL UNION REPRESENTATIVE
Each Local Union representing on-site employees shall be entitled to designate in writing
(copy to Contractor involved and Construction Manager) one representative, and/or the Business
Manager, who shall be afforded access to the Program Worksite during such time as bargaining
unit work is occurring and subject to otherwise applicable policies pertaining to visitors to the site.
SECTION 2. STEWARDS
A. Each affiliated Union shall have the sole discretion to designate any journey
person as a Steward and an alternate Steward. The Union shall notify the Owner and/or
Construction Manager as well as the Contractor of the identity of the designated Steward (and
alternate) prior to the assumption of such duties. Stewards shall not exercise supervisory functions
and will receive the regular rate of pay for their craft classifications. All Stewards shall be working
Stewards.
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B. In addition to their work as an employee, the Steward shall have the right to
receive complaints or grievances and to discuss and assist in their adjustment with the Contractor’s
appropriate supervisor. Each Steward shall be concerned with the employees of the Steward’s trade
and, if applicable, subcontractors of their Contractor, but not with the employees of any other trade
Contractor. No Contractor shall discriminate against the Steward in the proper performance of
Union duties.
C. The Stewards shall not have the right to determine when overtime shall be
worked, or who shall work overtime except pursuant to a Schedule “A” CBA provision providing
procedures for the equitable distribution of overtime.
SECTION 3. LAYOFF OF A STEWARD
Contractors agree to notify the appropriate Union 24 hours prior to the layoff of a Steward,
except in cases of discipline or discharge for just cause. If a Steward is protected against layoff by
a Schedule “A” provision, such provision shall be recognized to the extent the Steward possesses
the necessary qualifications to perform the work required, except in cases of discipline or discharge
for just cause. In any case in which a Steward is discharged or disciplined for just cause, the Local
Union involved shall be notified immediately by the Contractor.
ARTICLE 6 - MANAGEMENT’S RIGHTS
SECTION 1. RESERVATION OF RIGHTS
Except as expressly limited by a specific provision of this Agreement, Contractors retain
full and exclusive authority for the management of their operations including, but not limited to,
the right to: direct the work force, including determination as to the number of employees to be
hired and the qualifications therefore; the promotion, transfer, layoff of its employees; require
compliance with the directives of the Agency including standard restrictions related to security and
access to the site that are equally applicable to Agency employees, guests, or vendors; or the
discipline or discharge for just cause of its employees; assign and schedule work; promulgate
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reasonable Program Work rules that are not inconsistent with this Agreement or rules common in
the industry and are reasonably related to the nature of work; and, the requirement, timing and
number of employees to be utilized for overtime work. No rules, customs, or practices which limit
or restrict productivity or efficiency of the individual, as determined by the Contractor, Agency
and/or Construction Manager and/or joint working efforts with other employees shall be permitted
or observed.
SECTION 2. MATERIALS, METHODS & EQUIPMENT
There shall be no limitation or restriction upon the Contractor's choice of materials,
techniques, methods, technology or design, or, regardless of source or location, upon the use and
installation of equipment, machinery, package units, pre-cast, pre-fabricated, pre-finished, or pre-
assembled materials or products, tools, or other labor-saving devices. Contractors may, without
restriction, install or use materials, supplies or equipment regardless of their source; provided,
however, that where there is a Schedule “A” that includes a lawful union standards and practices
clauses, then such clause as set forth in Schedule “A” agreements will be complied with, unless
there is a lawful Agency specification (or specification issued by a Construction Manager which
would be lawful if issued by the Agency directly) that would specifically limit or restrict the
Contractor’s choice of materials, techniques, methods, technology or design, or, regardless of
source or location, upon the use and installation of equipment, machinery, package units, pre-cast,
pre-fabricated, pre-finished, or pre-assembled materials or products, tools, or other labor-saving
devices, and which would prevent compliance with such Schedule “A” clause. The on-site
installation or application of such items shall be performed by the craft having jurisdiction over
such work; provided, however, it is recognized that other personnel having special qualifications
may participate, in a supervisory capacity, in the installation, check-off or testing of specialized or
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unusual equipment or facilities as designated by the Contractor. There shall be no restrictions as to
work which is performed off-site for Program Work.
ARTICLE 7 - WORK STOPPAGES AND LOCKOUTS
SECTION 1. NO STRIKES-NO LOCK OUT
There shall be no strikes, sympathy strikes, picketing, work stoppages, slowdowns, hand
billing, demonstrations or other similar disruptive activity at the Program Work site for any reason
by any Union or employee against any Contractor or employer. There shall be no other Union or
concerted or employee activity which disrupts or interferes with the operation of the Program Work
or the objectives of the Agency at any Program Work site. In addition, failure of any Union or
employee to cross any picket line established by any Union, signatory or non-signatory to this
Agreement, or the picket or demonstration line of any other organization, at or in proximity to a
Program Work site where the failure to cross disrupts or interferes with the operation of Program
Work is a violation of this Article. Should any employees breach this provision, the Unions will
use their best efforts to try to immediately end that breach and return all employees to work. There
shall be no lockout at a Program Work site by any signatory Contractor, Agency or Construction
Manager.
SECTION 2. DISCHARGE FOR VIOLATION
A Contractor may discharge any employee violating Section 1, above, and any such
employee will not be eligible thereafter for referral under this Agreement for a period of 100 days.
SECTION 3. NOTIFICATION
If a Contractor contends that any Union has violated this Article, it will notify the Local
Union involved advising of such fact, with copies of the notification to the Council. The Local
Union shall instruct and order, the Council shall request, and each shall otherwise use their best
efforts to cause, the employees (and where necessary the Council shall use its best efforts to cause
the Local Union), to immediately cease and desist from any violation of this Article. If the Council
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complies with these obligations, it shall not be liable for the unauthorized acts of a Local Union or
its members. Similarly, a Local Union and its members will not be liable for any unauthorized acts
of the Council. Failure of a Contractor or the Construction Manager to give any notification set
forth in this Article shall not excuse any violation of Section 1 of this Article.
SECTION 4. EXPEDITED ARBITRATION
Any Contractor or Union alleging a violation of Section 1 of this Article may utilize the
expedited procedure set forth below (in lieu of, or in addition to, any actions at law or equity that
may be brought).
A. A party invoking this procedure shall notify J.J. Pierson or Richard Adelman;
who shall alternate (beginning with Arbitrator J.J. Pierson) as Arbitrator under this expedited
arbitration procedure. If the Arbitrator next on the list is not available to hear the matter within 24
hours of notice, the next Arbitrator on the list shall be called. Copies of such notification will be
simultaneously sent to the alleged violator and Council.
B. The Arbitrator shall thereupon, after notice as to time and place to the
Contractor, the Local Union involved, the Council and the Construction Manager, hold a hearing
within 48 hours of receipt of the notice invoking the procedure if it is contended that the violation
still exists. The hearing will not, however, be scheduled for less than 24 hours after the notice
required by Section 3, above.
C. All notices pursuant to this Article may be provided by telephone, telegraph,
hand delivery, or fax, confirmed by overnight delivery, to the Arbitrator, Contractor, Construction
Manager and Local Union involved. The hearing may be held on any day including Saturdays or
Sundays. The hearing shall be completed in one session, which shall not exceed 8 hours duration
(no more than 4 hours being allowed to either side to present their case and conduct their cross
examination) unless otherwise agreed. A failure of any Union or Contractor to attend the hearing
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shall not delay the hearing of evidence by those present or the issuance of an award by the
Arbitrator.
D. The sole issue at the hearing shall be whether a violation of Section 1, above,
occurred. If a violation is found to have occurred, the Arbitrator shall issue a Cease and Desist
Award restraining such violation and serve copies on the Contractor and Union involved. The
Arbitrator shall have no authority to consider any matter in justification, explanation or mitigation
of such violation or to award damages (any damages issue is reserved solely for court proceedings,
if any). The Award shall be issued in writing within 3 hours after the close of the hearing and may
be issued without an Opinion. If any involved party desires an Opinion, one shall be issued within
15 calendar days, but its issuance shall not delay compliance with, or enforcement of, the Award.
E. The Agency and Construction Manager (or such other designee of the
Agency) may participate in full in all proceedings under this Article.
F. An Award issued under this procedure may be enforced by any court of
competent jurisdiction upon the filing of this Agreement together with the Award. Notice of the
filing of such enforcement proceedings shall be given to the Union or Contractor involved, and the
Construction Manager.
G. Any rights created by statute or law governing arbitration proceedings which
are inconsistent with the procedure set forth in this Article, or which interfere with compliance
thereto, are hereby waived by the Contractors and Unions to whom they accrue.
H. The fees and expenses of the Arbitrator shall be equally divided between the
involved Contractor and Union.
SECTION 5. ARBITRATION OF DISCHARGES FOR VIOLATION
Procedures contained in Article 9 shall not be applicable to any alleged violation of this
Article, with the single exception that an employee discharged for violation of Section 1, above,
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may have recourse to the procedures of Article 9 to determine only if the employee did, in fact,
violate the provisions of Section 1 of this Article; but not for the purpose of modifying the discipline
imposed where a violation is found to have occurred.
ARTICLE 8 - LABOR MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE
SECTION 1. SUBJECTS
The Program Labor Management Committee (the “LMC”) will meet on a regular basis to:
1) promote harmonious relations among the Contractors and Unions; 2) enhance safety awareness,
cost effectiveness and productivity of construction operations; 3) protect the public interests; 4)
discuss matters relating to staffing and scheduling with safety and productivity as considerations;
and 5) review efforts to meet applicable participation goals for MWBEs and workforce participation
goals for Program Hires, minority and female employees.
SECTION 2. COMPOSITION
The LMC shall be jointly chaired by a designee of the Agency and the President of the
Council. It may include representatives of the Local Unions and Contractors involved in the issues
being discussed. The parties shall mutually designate an MWBE representative to participate in
appropriate Committee discussions. The Committee may conduct business through mutually
agreed upon sub-committees.
ARTICLE 9 - GRIEVANCE & ARBITRATION PROCEDURE
SECTION 1. PROCEDURE FOR RESOLUTION OF GRIEVANCES
Any question, dispute or claim arising out of, or involving the interpretation or application
of this Agreement (other than jurisdictional disputes or alleged violations of Article 7, Section 1)
shall be considered a grievance and shall be resolved pursuant to the exclusive procedure of the
steps described below, provided, in all cases, that the question, dispute or claim arose during the
term of this Agreement. Grievances shall include the City contract number and the Program Work
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address; such information is posted at the work site if already commenced and is available in the
City Record and Notice to Proceed for projects not already commenced.
Local Union grievances as to whether a scope of work is included or excluded from this
Agreement shall be submitted to the LMC in the first instance rather than Step 1 below. To be
timely, such notice must be given no later than five days prior to the bid opening date advertised in
the City Record and bid documents for that contract, or any adjourned date publicly noticed if the
grievance is challenging a determination by an Agency that the contract is not subject to this
Agreement. Compliance with this limit shall operate as a statute of limitations and shall be a
condition precedent to arbitration. For other grievances as to contractor and/or subcontractor scope
of work issues, notice of such challenges shall be submitted to the LMC within 7 calendar days
after the act, occurrence or event giving rise to the grievance. If the scope of work grievance is not
resolved within 21 days of its submission to the LMC, then the grievance may proceed directly to
Step 3 below.
Step 1:
(a) When any employee covered by this Agreement feels aggrieved by a claimed
violation of this Agreement, the employee shall, through the Local Union business representative
or job steward give notice of the claimed violation to the work site representative of the involved
Contractor and the Construction Manager. To be timely, such notice of the grievance must be given
within 7 calendar days after the act, occurrence or event giving rise to the grievance. The business
representative of the Local Union or the job steward and the work site representative of the involved
Contractor shall meet and endeavor to adjust the matter within 7 calendar days after timely notice
has been given. If they fail to resolve the matter within the prescribed period, the grieving party,
may, within 7 calendar days thereafter, pursue Step 2 of the grievance procedure by serving the
involved Contractor with written copies of the grievance setting forth a description of the claimed
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violation, the date on which the grievance occurred, and the provisions of the Agreement alleged
to have been violated. Grievances and disputes settled at Step 1 are non-precedential except as to
the specific Local Union, employee and Contractor directly involved unless the settlement is
accepted in writing by the Construction Manager (or designee) as creating a precedent.
(b) Should any signatory to this Agreement have a dispute (excepting jurisdictional
disputes or alleged violations of Article 7, Section 1) with any other signatory to this Agreement
and, if after conferring, a settlement is not reached within 7 calendar days, the dispute shall be
reduced to writing and proceed to Step 2 in the same manner as outlined in subparagraph (a) for the
adjustment of employee grievances.
Step 2:
A Step 2 grievance shall be filed with the Agency, the BCTC, the Contractor, and, if the
grievance is against a subcontractor, the subcontractor. The Business Manager or designee of the
involved Local Union, together with representatives of the involved Contractor and/or a contractor
association representative where appropriate, Council, the Construction Manager (or designee),
and, if the grievance is against a subcontractor, the subcontractor, shall meet in Step 2 within 7
calendar days of service of the written grievance to arrive at a satisfactory settlement. The BCTC
shall schedule the Step 2 meeting.
Step 3:
(a) If the grievance shall have been submitted but not resolved in Step 2, any of the
participating Step 2 entities may, within 21 calendar days after the initial Step 2 meeting, submit
the grievance in writing (copies to other participants, including the Construction Manager or
designee) to the BCTC. In the event the matter is not resolved at Step 2, either J.J. Pierson or
Richard Adelman, who shall act, alternately (beginning with Arbitrator J.J. Pierson), as the
Arbitrator under this procedure, shall be designated at the Step 2 hearing and the BCTC will notify
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the arbitrator of his designation. After such notification by the BCTC, the local demanding
arbitration shall within a reasonable time request the arbitrator to schedule the matter for an
arbitration hearing date. The Labor Arbitration Rules of the American Arbitration Association shall
govern the conduct of the arbitration hearing, at which all Step 2 participants shall be parties. The
decision of the Arbitrator shall be final and binding on the involved Contractor, Local Union and
employees and the fees and expenses of such arbitrations shall be borne equally by the involved
Contractor and Local Union.
(b) Failure of the grieving party to adhere to the time limits set forth in this Article shall
render the grievance null and void. These time limits may be extended only by written consent of
the Construction Manager (or designee), involved Contractor and involved Local Union at the
particular step where the extension is agreed upon. The Arbitrator shall have authority to make
decisions only on the issues presented to him and shall not have the authority to change, add to,
delete or modify any provision of this Agreement.
SECTION 2. LIMITATION AS TO RETROACTIVITY
No arbitration decision or award, with the exception of those related to compliance with
requirements to pay prevailing wages and supplements in accordance with federal or State law, may
provide retroactivity of any kind exceeding 60 calendar days prior to the date of service of the
written grievance on the Construction Manager and the involved Contractor or Local Union.
SECTION 3. PARTICIPATION BY AGENCY AND/OR CONSTRUCTION MANAGER
The Agency and Construction Manager (or such other designee of the Agency) shall be
notified by the involved Contractor of all actions at Steps 2 and 3 and, at its election, may participate
in full in all proceedings at these Steps, including Step 3 arbitration.
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ARTICLE 10 - JURISDICTIONAL DISPUTES
SECTION 1. NO DISRUPTIONS
There will be no strikes, sympathy strikes, work stoppages, slowdowns, picketing or other
disruptive activity of any kind arising out of any jurisdictional dispute. Pending the resolution of
the dispute, the work shall continue uninterrupted and as assigned by the Contractor. No
jurisdictional dispute shall excuse a violation of Article 7.
SECTION 2. ASSIGNMENT
All Program Work assignments shall be made by the Contractor to unions affiliated with
the BCTC consistent with the New York Plan for the Settlement of Jurisdictional Disputes (“New
York Plan”) and its Greenbook decisions, if any. Where there are no applicable Greenbook
decisions, assignments shall be made in accordance with the provisions of the New York Plan and
local industry practice.
SECTION 3. NO INTERFERENCE WITH WORK
There shall be no interference or interruption of any kind with the Program Work while any
jurisdictional dispute is being resolved. The work shall proceed as assigned by the Contractor until
finally resolved under the applicable procedure of this Article. The award shall be confirmed in
writing to the involved parties. There shall be no strike, work stoppage or interruption in protest of
any such award.
ARTICLE 11 - WAGES AND BENEFITS
SECTION 1. CLASSIFICATION AND BASE HOURLY RATE
All employees covered by this Agreement shall be classified in accordance with the work
performed and paid the hourly wage rates applicable for those classifications as required by the
applicable prevailing wage laws.
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SECTION 2. EMPLOYEE BENEFITS
A. The Contractors agree to pay on a timely basis contributions on behalf of all
employees covered by this Agreement to those established jointly trusteed employee benefit funds
designated in the applicable CBA in Schedule “A” (in the appropriate Schedule “A” amounts),
provided that such benefits are required to be paid on public works under any applicable prevailing
wage law. Bona fide jointly trusteed fringe benefit plans established or negotiated through
collective bargaining during the life of this Agreement may be added if similarly required under
applicable prevailing wage law. Contractors, not otherwise contractually bound to do so, shall not
be required to contribute to benefits, trusts or plans of any kind which are not required by the
prevailing wage law provided, however, that this provision does not relieve Contractors signatory
to local collective bargaining agreement with any affiliated union from complying with the fringe
benefit requirements for all funds contained in the CBA. Furthermore, employees that may remain
unaffiliated with any local union at the completion of their employment under the terms of this
Agreement may apply for any distributions to which they may be entitled from the funds in
accordance with the applicable rules and governing documents of the unions and the employee
benefit funds that they have participated in under the terms of this Agreement.
B. 1. Notwithstanding Section 2 (A) above, and subject to 2 (B)(2) below,
Contractors who designate Core Employees pursuant to Article 4, Section 2 (B) and (C) that are
not signatory to a Schedule “A” agreement and who maintain bona fide private benefit plans that
satisfy the requirements of Section 220 of the New York State Labor Law, may satisfy the above
benefit obligation with respect to those employees by providing those employees with coverage
under their private benefit plans (to the extent consistent with Section 220). The total benefit
payments to be made on behalf of each such employee must be equal to the total Section 220
supplement amount and any shortfall must be paid by cash supplement to the employee.
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2. A contractor that will satisfy its Section 220 obligations in accordance with
subsection 2(B)(1) above shall make available to the Agency at the time of contract award a
complete set of plan documents for each non-Schedule “A” benefit plan into which contributions
will be made and/or coverage provided pursuant to the provisions of Section 2(B)(l) above. The
Contractor shall also provide certification from a certified public accountant as to the annualized
hourly value of such benefits consistent with the requirements of Section 220.
3. The City shall verify that the alternate benefit plan(s), together with any cash
supplement to the employee, is compliant with Section 220 prior to awarding the Contractor a
contract covered by this Agreement. In the event the Contractor’s alternate benefit plan(s), together
with any cash supplement to the employee, is determined to be compliant with Section 220 and will
be utilized by the Contractor on behalf of Article 4, Section 2(B) and (C) Core Employees, the
Local Unions have no duty to enforce the Contractor’s obligations on the alternate benefit plan(s)
as they are not party to the alternate plan(s) or privy to the terms and conditions of the plan
obligations. In the event the City determines the alternate benefit plan(s), together with any cash
supplement to the employee, is not compliant with Section 220, the Contractor may, upon executing
a Letter of Assent, satisfy its obligations for all employees, including Core Employees, by
contributing to the Schedule “A” benefit plans in accordance with the terms of the Schedule “A”
agreements.
C. The Contractors agree to be bound by the written terms of the legally established
jointly trusteed Trust Agreements specifying the detailed basis on which payments are to be paid
into, and benefits paid out of, such Trust Funds but only with regard to Program Work done under
this Agreement and only for those employees to whom this Agreement requires such benefit
payments.
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D. 1. To the extent consistent with New York City’s Procurement Policy Board Rules
with respect to prompt payment, as published at www.nyc.gov/ppb, §4-06(e), and in consideration
of the unions’ waiver of their rights to withhold labor from a contractor or subcontractor delinquent
in the payment of fringe benefits contributions (“Delinquent Contractor”); the Agency agrees that
where any such union and/or fringe benefit fund shall notify the Agency, the General Contractor,
and the Delinquent Contractor in writing with back-up documentation that the Delinquent
Contractor has failed to make fringe benefit contributions to it as provided herein and the
Delinquent Contractor shall fail, within ten (10) calendar days after receipt of such notice, to furnish
either proof of such payment or notice that the amount claimed by the union and/or fringe benefit
fund is in dispute, the Agency shall withhold from amounts then or thereafter becoming due and
payable to the General Contractor an amount equal to that portion of such payment due to the
General Contractor that relates solely to the work performed by the Delinquent Contractor which
the union or fringe benefit fund claims to be due it, and shall remit the amount when and so withheld
to the fringe benefit fund and deduct such payment from the amounts then otherwise due and
payable to the General Contractor, which payment shall, as between the General Contractor and the
Agency, be deemed a payment by the Agency to the General Contractor; provided however, that in
any month, such withholding shall not exceed the amount contained in the General Contractor’s
monthly invoice for work performed by the Delinquent Contractor. The union or its employee
benefit funds shall include in its notification of delinquent payment of fringe benefits only such
amount it asserts the Delinquent Contractor failed to pay on the specific project against which the
claim is made and the union or its employee benefit funds may not include in such notification any
amount such Delinquent Contractor may have failed to pay on any other City or non-City project.
2. In addition, where a union or employee benefit fund gives notice to the City that a
Contractor is Delinquent as defined in subsection 2(D)(1) above and the City determines that the
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notice includes appropriate back-up documentation that the Contractor is delinquent, the City will
promptly, but not later than twenty (20) days after receipt of the notice, provide a copy of said
notice to City Agencies. In the event the City determines there is insufficient back-up
documentation, it will notify the appropriate union and/or fringe benefit fund promptly, but not later
than twenty (20) days after receipt of the Delinquency Notice, and shall include notice of what
additional documentation is requested. Any determination by the City that there is insufficient
back-up must be reasonable. This provision is intended to enhance compliance with the prevailing
wage law and this Agreement with respect to the payment of fringe benefits and is not intended as
a substitute for the resolution of a disputed claim pursuant to any applicable law or agreement.
The City and the relevant Agency(s) will thereafter require the Delinquent Contractor to
provide cancelled checks or other equivalent proof of payment of benefit contributions that have
come due, to be submitted with certified payroll reports for all Program Work covered by this
Agreement on which the Delinquent Contractor is engaged, for at least a one-year period or such
earlier period if the Contractor is ultimately determined not to be a Delinquent Contractor. Such
proof of payment when required is a condition of payment of the Delinquent Contractor’s invoices
by any entity, including, but not limited to, the City, the relevant Agency(s), Construction Manager,
General Contractor, the prime or higher level subcontractor, as is appropriate under the Delinquent
Contractor’s engagement. The union and the funds shall upon request receive copies of the certified
payrolls, cancelled checks, or other proof of payment from the City and/or the relevant Agency(s).
E. In the event the General Contractor or Delinquent Contractor shall notify the Agency
as above provided that the claim of the union or fringe benefit fund is in dispute, the Agency shall
withhold from amounts then or thereafter becoming due and payable to the General Contractor an
amount equal to that portion of such payment due to the General Contractor that relates solely to
the work performed by the Delinquent Contractor that the union and/or fringe benefit fund claims
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to be due it, pending resolution of the dispute pursuant to the union’s Schedule “A” agreement, and
the amount shall be paid to the party or parties ultimately determined to be entitled thereto, or held
until the Delinquent Contractor and union or employee benefit fund shall otherwise agree as to the
disposition thereof; provided however, that such withholding shall not exceed the amount contained
in the General Contractor’s monthly invoice for work performed by the Delinquent Contractor. In
the event the Agency shall be required to withhold amounts from a General Contractor for the
benefit of more than one fringe benefit fund, the amounts so withheld in the manner and amount
prescribed above shall be applied to or for such fund in the order in which the written notices of
nonpayment have been received by the Agency, and if more than one such notice was received on
the same day, proportionately based upon the amount of the union and/or fringe benefit fund claims
received on such day. Nothing herein contained shall prevent the Agency from commencing an
interpleader action to determine entitlement to a disputed payment in accordance with section one
thousand six of the civil practice law and rules or any successor provision thereto.
F. Payment to a fringe benefit fund under this provision shall not relieve the General
Contractor or Delinquent Contractor from responsibility for the work covered by the payment.
Except as otherwise provided, nothing contained herein shall create any obligation on the part of
the Agency to pay any union or fringe benefit fund, nor shall anything provided herein serve to
create any relationship in contract or otherwise, implied or expressed, between the union/fund
and/or fringe benefit and the Agency.
ARTICLE 12 - HOURS OF WORK, PREMIUM PAYMENTS, SHIFTS AND HOLIDAYS
SECTION 1. WORK WEEK AND WORKDAY
A. The standard work week shall consist of 40 hours of work at straight time rates,
Monday through Friday, 8 hours per day, plus ½ hour unpaid lunch period. The standard work
week may be reduced to 35 or 37 ½ hours of work at straight time rates, Monday to Friday, 7 or 7
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½ hours per day, plus ½ hour unpaid lunch period in those limited circumstances where the City
states in the bid documents that the Contractor will not be given access to the site to accommodate
an 8 hour day. The 8 hour, 7 ½ hour or 7-hour workday must be established at the commencement
of the project and may not be altered by the Contractor.
B. In accordance with project needs, there shall be flexible start times with advance
notice from Contractor to the Union. The Day Shift shall commence between the hours of 6:00
a.m. and 9:00 a.m. and shall end between the hours of 2:30 p.m. and 5:30 p.m., for an 8-hour day,
and up to 7:30 p.m. for a 10-hour day. The Evening Shift shall commence between the hours of
3:00 p.m. and 6:00 p.m., unless different times are necessitated by the Agency’s phasing plans on
specific projects. The Night Shift shall commence between the hours of 11:00 p.m. and 2:00 a.m.,
unless different times are necessitated by the Agency’s phasing plans on specific projects. Subject
to the foregoing, starting and quitting times shall occur at the Program Work site designated by the
Contractor.
C. Scheduling - Except as provided above, Monday through Friday is the standard work
week; 8 hours of work plus ½ hour unpaid lunch. Notwithstanding any other provision of this
Agreement, a Contractor may schedule a four-day work week, 10 hours per day (“4/10”) at straight
time rates, plus a ½ hour unpaid lunch, at the commencement of the job.
D. Notice - Contractors shall provide not less than 5 days prior notice to the Local
Union involved as to the work week and work hour schedules to be worked or such lesser notice as
may be mutually agreed upon.
SECTION 2. OVERTIME
Overtime shall be paid for any work (i) over an employee’s regularly scheduled work day,
i.e., work over eight (8) hours in a day where 5/8s is scheduled, work over ten (10) hours in a day
where 4/10s is scheduled, or work over seven (7) or seven and one half (7½) hours where such
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hours are scheduled pursuant to Article 12, section 1(A) and (ii) over forty (40) hours in a week, or
over thirty five (35) or thirty seven and one-half (37 ½) where such hours are scheduled pursuant
to Article 12, section 1(A). Overtime shall be paid at time and one half (1½) Monday through
Saturday. All overtime work performed on Sunday and Holidays will be paid pursuant to the
applicable Schedule “A”. There shall be no stacking or pyramiding of overtime pay under any
circumstances. There will be no restriction upon the Contractor’s scheduling of overtime or the
nondiscriminatory designation of employees who shall be worked, including the use of employees,
other than those who have worked the regular or scheduled work week, at straight time rates. The
Contractor shall have the right to schedule work so as to minimize overtime or schedule overtime
as to some, but not all, of the crafts and whether or not of a continuous nature.
SECTION 3. SHIFTS
A. Flexible Schedules - Scheduling of shift work, including Saturday and Sunday work,
shall be within the discretion of the Contractor in order to meet Program Work schedules and
existing Program Work conditions including the minimization of interference with the mission of
the Agency. It is not necessary to work a day shift in order to schedule a second or third shift, or a
second shift in order to schedule a third shift, or to schedule all of the crafts when only certain crafts
or employees are needed. Shifts must have prior approval of the Agency or Construction Manager
and must be scheduled with not less than five workdays’ notice to the Local Union or such lesser
notice as may be mutually agreed upon.
B. Second and/or Third Shifts - The second shift shall start between 3 p.m. and 6 p.m.
and the third shift shall start between 10 p.m. and 2 a.m., subject to different times necessitated by
the Agency phasing plans on specific projects. There shall be no reduction in shift hour work. With
respect to second and third shift work there shall be a 5% shift premium, or the rate required by the
applicable prevailing wage laws, whichever is less. No other premium or other payments for such
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work shall be required unless such work is in excess of the employee’s regularly scheduled work
week, i.e., forty (40) hours in the week or thirty five (35) or thirty seven and one half (37 ½) pursuant
to Article 12, Section 1(A). All employees within the same classification performing Program
Work will be paid at the same wage rate regardless of the shift or work, subject only to the foregoing
provisions.
C. Flexible Starting Times - Shift starting times will be adjusted by the Contractor as
necessary to fulfill Program Work requirements subject to the notice requirements of paragraph A.
SECTION 4. HOLIDAYS
A. Schedule - There shall be nine (9) recognized holidays on the project:
New Year’s Day
Martin Luther King Day President’s Day
Memorial Day Veteran’s Day
Labor Day Thanksgiving Day
Independence Day Christmas Day
All said holidays shall be observed on the calendar date except those holidays which occur
on Saturday shall be observed on the previous Friday and those that occur on Sunday shall be
observed on the following Monday.
B. Payment - Regular holiday pay, if any, for work performed on such a PLA
recognized holiday shall be in accordance with the applicable Schedule “A” for work performed on
a holiday, even where the PLA holiday differs from the CBA holidays.
C. Exclusivity - No holidays other than those listed in Section 4(A) above shall be
recognized or observed.
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SECTION 5. MAKE-UP DAYS
When severe weather, power failure, fire or natural disaster or other similar circumstances
beyond the control of the Contractor prevent work from being performed on a regularly scheduled
weekday, the Contractor may schedule a Saturday make-up day (or Friday make-up day in the case
of a 4/10 schedule) and such time shall be scheduled and paid as if performed on a weekday. Any
other Saturday work shall be paid at time and one-half (1½). The Contractor shall notify the Local
Union on the missed day or as soon thereafter as practicable if such a make-up day is to be worked.
SECTION 6
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REPORTING PAY
A. Employees who report to the work location pursuant to their regular schedule and
who are not provided with work shall be paid two hours reporting pay at straight time rates. An
employee whose work is terminated early by a Contractor due to severe weather, power failure, fire
or natural disaster of for similar circumstances beyond the Contractor’s control, shall receive pay
only for such time as is actually worked. In other instances, in which an employee’s work is
terminated early (unless provided otherwise elsewhere in this Agreement), the employee shall be
paid for their full shift. Contractors shall not be permitted to call, text or email or voicemail
employees in advance of their regularly scheduled shift starting time to avoid reporting pay.
Notwithstanding the above, in the event that the National Weather Service issues a weather advisory
for the area in which the work location is situated, and the entire project is shut down as a result of
the Weather Advisory, the Contractor shall be permitted to speak to employees no less than four
(4) hours in advance of their shift starting time, unless the Local Union consents to a shorter notice
in writing, to advise them not to report to work due to the National Weather Service advisory, and
employees who are so notified shall not receive two (2) hours reporting pay if they report to the
work location. The Contractor shall make every effort to notify each employee directly and confirm
that notification has been received. Voice, text, and email messages left for employees without
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confirmation of delivery and receipt by employee do not constitute sufficient notice under this
provision.
B. When an employee, who has completed their scheduled shift and left the Program
Work site, is “called out” to perform special work of a casual, incidental or irregular nature, the
employee shall receive overtime pay at the rate of time and one-half of the employee’s straight time
rate for hours actually worked.
C. When an employee leaves the job or work location of their own volition or is
discharged for cause or is not working as a result of the Contractor’s invocation of Section 7 below,
they shall be paid only for the actual time worked.
D. Except as specifically set forth in this Article there shall be no premiums, bonuses,
hazardous duty, high time or other special premium payments or reduction in shift hours of any
kind.
E. There shall be no pay for time not actually worked except as specifically set forth in
this Article and except where an applicable Schedule “A” requires a full weeks’ pay for forepersons.
SECTION 7. PAYMENT OF WAGES
A. Termination - Employees who are laid off or discharged for cause shall be paid in
full for that which is due them at the time of termination. The Contractor shall also provide the
employee with a written statement setting forth the date of lay off or discharge.
SECTION 8. EMERGENCY WORK SUSPENSION
A Contractor may, if considered necessary for the protection of life and/or safety of
employees or others, suspend all or a portion of Program Work. In such instances, employees will
be paid for actual time worked, except that when a Contractor requests that employees remain at
the job site available for work, employees will be paid for that time at their hourly rate of pay.
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SECTION 9. INJURY/DISABILITY
An employee who, after commencing work, suffers a work-related injury or disability while
performing work duties, shall receive no less than a full day’s pay in accordance with the
employee’s regularly scheduled workday under Article 12, Section (1)(A). Further, the employee
shall be rehired at such time as able to return to duties provided there is still Program Work available
for which the employee is qualified and able to perform.
SECTION 10. TIME KEEPING
A Contractor may utilize systems to check employees in and out. Each employee must check
in and out and sign a daily sign-in sheet, or other attendance methodology approved in writing by
the Agency(s). The Contractor will provide adequate facilities for checking in and out in an
expeditious manner.
SECTION 11. MEAL PERIOD
A Contractor shall schedule an unpaid period of not more than 1/2-hour duration at the work
location between the 3rd and 5th hour of the scheduled shift. A Contractor may, for efficiency of
operation, establish a schedule which coordinates the meal periods of two or more crafts, or which
provides for staggered lunch periods within a craft or trade. If an employee is required to work
through the meal period, the employee shall be compensated in a manner established in the
applicable Schedule “A”.
SECTION 12. BREAK PERIODS
There will be no rest periods, organized coffee breaks or other non-working time established
during working hours. Individual coffee containers will be permitted at the employee’s work
location. Where 4/10s are being worked there shall be a morning and an afternoon coffee break.
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ARTICLE 13 - APPRENTICES AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT
SECTION 1. APPRENTICE RATIOS AND REFERRALS
A. Recognizing the need to maintain continuing supportive programs designed to
develop adequate numbers of competent workers in the construction industry and to provide craft
entry opportunities for minorities, women and economically disadvantaged non-minority males,
Contractors will employ apprentices in their respective crafts to perform such work as is within
their capabilities and which is customarily performed by the craft in which they are indentured.
Contractors may utilize apprentices and such other appropriate classifications in the maximum ratio
permitted by the New York State Department of Labor (“NYSDOL”) or the maximum allowed per
trade. Apprentices and such other classifications as are appropriate shall be employed in a manner
consistent with the provisions of the appropriate Schedule “A” agreement. The parties encourage,
as an appropriate source of apprentice recruitment consistent with the rules and operations of the
affiliated unions’ apprentice-programs, the use of the Edward J. Malloy Initiative for Construction
Skills, Non-Traditional Employment for Women, New York Helmets to Hardhats, and Pathways
to Apprenticeship (P2A). Should a Contractor request that apprentices be provided for Program
Work, the referring Local Union shall comply with that request so long as it is consistent with the
maximum ratios permitted by NYSDOL.
SECTION 2. WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT
A. The parties to this Agreement recognize the mutual interest in increasing training
and career opportunities for Program Hires. The parties are committed to (i) increasing
opportunities for Program Hires in these zip codes in pre-apprenticeship and apprenticeship
programs, and (ii) using the work opportunities provided by this Agreement to increase the career
opportunities for qualified Program Hires, and (iii) to assure the continued availability of a skilled
and qualified, readily available construction workforce for this program and future work. The
parties agree to the Workforce Development Program set forth in Exhibit “D”.
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B. Specifically, the parties have established an initiative entitled HireNYC
Construction Careers, which is an initiative to advance career opportunities for Program Hires.
C. The HireNYC Construction Careers initiative will work with the Mayor’s Office
of Workforce Development (“WKDEV”) and its Workforce1 Centers to recruit Program Hires
interested in employment in the construction industry.
D. HireNYC Construction Careers intends to capitalize on the work opportunities
presented by this Agreement to create a pathway to career opportunities in the construction
workforce. To this end the HireNYC Construction Careers initiative includes a workforce goal
of at least 30% of all hours worked under this Agreement, including by subcontractors pursuant
to Article 3, Section 1(B)(12), to be worked by workers residing within the specified zip codes or
NYCHA housing. In order to encourage recruitment of new workers, HireNYC Construction
Careers has established a goal that at least 30% of all of those hours are to be worked by
apprentices from those zip codes or NYCHA housing.
E. The Contractors and Unions agree to cooperate and participate in the
implementation of HireNYC Construction Careers to assist Program Hires with educational and
training opportunities related to access to pre-apprenticeship, apprenticeship, and project work as
set forth in this Agreement.
F. Reporting Requirements:
i. The Contractors shall report the residence zip code information on all
certified payroll reports.
ii. The Local Unions, their referral systems, the affiliated pre-apprentice
programs, and Contractors shall cooperate with any protocol developed for
monitoring the HireNYC Construction Careers initiative.
iii. The Local Unions shall provide the WKDEV copies of the following
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reports when such reports are submitted to NYSDOL: Apprentice Training
Recruitment Notification and Minimum Qualifications (AT 505), Apprentice
Training Program Affirmative Action Plan (AT 603), Apprenticeship Agreement
(AT 401), or such alternate reporting system as the parties may negotiate during
the term of this Agreement.
G. The City and BCTC agree that no less than annually, the LMC shall review the
implementation of HireNYC Construction Careers, as well as Program Hire opportunities
afforded as a result of the initiative. The City and BCTC will collaborate to develop monitoring
protocol for the purpose of measuring the success of HireNYC Construction Careers. The City
and BCTC may, on mutual consent, modify the goals, procedures and protocols, as necessary to
afford continued opportunity to Program Hires.
H. To facilitate the commitments set forth in this Agreement, each Local Union shall
designate a HireNYC Construction Careers lead representative to work in partnership with
WKDEV to implement these workforce and apprenticeship provisions within the union and across
City construction contracts.
ARTICLE 14 - SAFETY PROTECTION OF PERSON AND PROPERTY
SECTION 1. SAFETY REQUIREMENTS
Each Contractor will ensure that applicable OSHA and safety requirements are at all times
maintained on the Program Work site and the employees and Unions agree to cooperate fully with
these efforts to the extent consistent with their rights and obligations under the law. Employees
will cooperate with employer safety policies and will perform their work at all times in a safe
manner and protect themselves and the property of the Contractor and Agency from injury or harm,
to the extent consistent with their rights and obligations under the law. Failure to do so will be
grounds for discipline, including discharge. The Construction Manager and/or Contractor may
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adopt, and the Unions shall agree to, the Drug and Alcohol Testing Policy attached as Schedule
“B”.
SECTION 2. CONTRACTOR RULES
Employees covered by this Agreement shall at all times be bound by the reasonable safety,
security, and visitor rules as established by the Contractors and the Construction Manager for
Program Work. Such rules will be published and posted in conspicuous places throughout the
Program Work sites. Any site security and access policies established by the Construction Manager
or General Contractor intended for specific application to the construction workforce for Program
Work and that are not established pursuant to an Agency directive shall be implemented only after
notice to the BCTC and its affiliates and an opportunity for negotiation and resolution by the Labor
Management Committee.
SECTION 3. INSPECTIONS
The Contractors and Construction Manager retain the right to inspect incoming shipments
of equipment, apparatus, machinery and construction materials of every kind.
ARTICLE 15 - TEMPORARY SERVICES
SECTION 1.
Temporary services, i.e. all temporary heat, climate control, water, power and light, shall
only be required upon the determination of the Agency or Construction Manager, and when used
shall be staffed and assigned to the appropriate trade(s) with jurisdiction. Temporary services shall
be provided by the appropriate Contractors’ existing employees during working hours in which a
shift is scheduled for employees of the Contractor. The Agency or Construction Manager may
determine the need for temporary services requirements during non-working hours, and when used
shall be staffed and assigned to the appropriate trades(s), and which may be limited to one person
per applicable trade where practicable. There shall be no stacking of trades on temporary services,
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provided this does not constitute a waiver of primary trade jurisdiction. In the event a temporary
system component is claimed by multiple trades, the matter shall be resolved through the New York
Plan for Jurisdictional Disputes.
ARTICLE 16 - NO DISCRIMINATION
SECTION 1. COOPERATIVE EFFORTS
The Contractors and Unions agree that they will not discriminate against any employee or
applicant for employment because of creed, race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national
origin, marital status, citizenship status, disability, gender identity, age or any other status provided
by law, in any manner prohibited by law or regulation.
SECTION 2. LANGUAGE OF AGREEMENT
Any words signifying any gender shall be interpreted to mean any or all gender identities.
ARTICLE 17 - GENERAL TERMS
SECTION 1. PROJECT RULES
A. The Construction Manager and the Contractors shall establish such reasonable
Program Work rules that are not inconsistent with this Agreement or rules common in the industry
and are reasonably related to the nature of work. These rules will be explained at the pre-job
conference and posted at the Program Work sites and may be amended thereafter as necessary.
Notice of amendments will be provided to the appropriate Local Union. Failure of an employee to
observe these rules and regulations shall be grounds for discipline, including discharge. The fact
that no order was posted prohibiting a certain type of misconduct shall not be a defense to an
employee disciplined or discharged for such misconduct when the action taken is for cause.
B. The parties adopt and incorporate the BCTC’s Standards of Excellence as annexed
hereto as Exhibit “B”.
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SECTION 2. TOOLS OF THE TRADE
The welding/cutting torch and chain fall are tools of the trade having jurisdiction over the
work performed. Employees using these tools shall perform any of the work of the trade. There
shall be no restrictions on the emergency use of any tools or equipment by any qualified employee
or on the use of any tools or equipment for the performance of work within the employee’s
jurisdiction.
SECTION 3. SUPERVISION
Employees shall work under the supervision of the craft foreperson or general foreperson.
SECTION 4. TRAVEL ALLOWANCES
There shall be no payments for travel expenses, travel time, subsistence allowance or other
such reimbursements or special pay except as expressly set forth in this Agreement.
SECTION 5
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FULL WORKDAY
Employees shall be at their work area at the starting time established by the Contractor,
provided they are provided access to the work area. The signatories reaffirm their policy of a fair
day’s work for a fair day’s wage.
SECTION 6. COOPERATION AND WAIVER
The Construction Manager, Contractors and the Unions will cooperate in seeking any
NYSDOL, or any other government, approvals that may be needed for implementation of any terms
of this Agreement. In addition, the Council, on their own behalf and on behalf of its participating
affiliated Local Unions and their individual members, intend the provisions of this Agreement to
control to the greatest extent permitted by law, notwithstanding contrary provisions of any
applicable prevailing wage, or other, law and intend this Agreement to constitute a waiver of any
such prevailing wage, or other, law to the greatest extent permissible only for work within the scope
of this Agreement, including specifically, but not limited to those provisions relating to shift, night,
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and similar differentials and premiums. This Agreement does not, however, constitute a waiver or
modification of the prevailing wage schedules applicable to work not covered by this Agreement.
ARTICLE 18 - SAVINGS AND SEPARABILITY
SECTION 1. THIS AGREEMENT
In the event that the application of any provision of this Agreement is enjoined, on either an
interlocutory or permanent basis, or is otherwise determined to be in violation of law, or if such
application may cause the loss of project funding or any New York State Labor Law exemption for
all or any part of the Program Work, the provision or provisions involved (and/or its application to
particular Program Work, as necessary) shall be rendered, temporarily or permanently, null and
void, but where practicable the remainder of the Agreement shall remain in full force and effect to
the extent allowed by law (and to the extent no funding or exemption is lost), unless the part or
parts so found to be in violation of law or to cause such loss are wholly inseparable from the
remaining portions of the Agreement and/or are material to the purposes of the Agreement. In the
event a court of competent jurisdiction finds any portion of the Agreement to trigger the foregoing,
the parties will immediately enter into negotiations concerning the substance affected by such
decision for the purpose of achieving conformity with the court determination and the intent of the
parties hereto for contracts to be let in the future.
SECTION 2. THE BID SPECIFICATIONS
In the event that the Agency’s (or Construction Manager’s) bid specifications, or other
action, requiring that a successful bidder (and subcontractor) become signatory to this Agreement
is enjoined, on either an interlocutory or permanent basis, or is otherwise determined to be in
violation of law, or may cause the loss of project funding or any New York State Labor Law
exemption for all or any part of the Program Work, such requirement (and/or its application to
particular Program Work, as necessary) shall be rendered, temporarily or permanently, null and
void, but where practicable the Agreement shall remain in full force and effect to the extent allowed
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by law and to the extent no funding or exemption is lost In such event, the Agreement shall remain
in effect for contracts already bid and awarded or in construction only where the Agency and
Contractor voluntarily accepts the Agreement. The parties will enter into negotiations as to
modifications to the Agreement to reflect the court or other action taken and the intent of the parties
for contracts to be let in the future.
SECTION 3. NON-LIABILITY
In the event of an occurrence referenced in Section 1 or Section 2 of this Article, neither the
Agency, the Construction Manager, any Contractor, nor any Union shall be liable, directly or
indirectly, for any action taken, or not taken, to comply with any court order or injunction, other
determination, or in order to maintain funding or a New York State Labor Law exemption for
Program Work. Bid specifications will be issued in conformance with court orders then in effect
and no retroactive payments or other action will be required if the original court determination is
ultimately reversed.
SECTION 4. NON-WAIVER
Nothing in this Article shall be construed as waiving the prohibitions of Article 7 as to
signatory Contractors and signatory Unions.
ARTICLE 19 - FUTURE CHANGES IN SCHEDULE “A” AREA CONTRACTS
SECTION 1. CHANGES TO AREA CONTRACTS
A. Schedule “A” to this Agreement shall continue in full force and effect until the
Contractor and/or Union parties to the Area CBAs that are the basis for the Schedule “A” notify the
Mayor’s Office of Contract Services (“MOCS”), Agency and Construction Manager in writing by
providing a copy of the updated CBA(s) incorporating the changes agreed to in that Area CBA
which are applicable to work covered by this Agreement and their effective dates.
B. It is agreed that any provisions negotiated into Schedule “A” CBAs will not apply
to work under this Agreement if such provisions are less favorable to those uniformly required of
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contractors for construction work normally covered by those agreements; nor shall any provision
be recognized or applied on Program Work if it may be construed to apply exclusively, or
predominantly, to work covered by this Agreement.
C. Any disagreement between signatories to this Agreement over the incorporation into
Schedule “A” of provisions agreed upon in the renegotiation of Area CBAs shall be resolved in
accordance with the procedure set forth in Article 9 of this Agreement.
SECTION 2. LABOR DISPUTES DURING AREA CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS
The Unions agree that there will be no strikes, work stoppages, sympathy actions, picketing,
slowdowns or other disruptive activity or other violations of Article 7 affecting the Program Work
by any Local Union involved in the renegotiation of Area Local CBAs nor shall there be any lock-
out on such Program Work affecting a Local Union during the course of such renegotiations.
ARTICLE 20 - WORKERS’ COMPENSATION ADR
SECTION 1.
An Alternative Dispute Resolution (“ADR”) program may be negotiated and participation
in the ADR program will be optional by trade.
ARTICLE 21 - HELMETS TO HARDHATS
SECTION 1.
The Contractors and the Unions recognize a desire to facilitate the entry into the building
and construction trades of veterans who are interested in careers in the building and construction
industry. The Contractors and Unions agree to utilize the services of the New York City Helmets
to Hardhats Program (“H2H”) to serve as a resource for preliminary orientation, assessment of
construction aptitude, referral to apprenticeship programs or hiring halls, counseling and mentoring,
support network, employment opportunities and other needs as identified by the parties.
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SECTION 2.
The Unions and Contractors agree to coordinate with H2H to create and maintain an
integrated database of veterans interested in working on this project and of apprenticeship and
employment opportunities for this project. To the extent permitted by law, the Unions will give
credit to such veterans for bona fide, provable past experience.
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LIST OF SIGNATORY UNIONS
International Brotherhood of Boilermakers, Iron Ship Builders, Blacksmiths,
Forgers and Helpers, AFL-CIO, Local Lodge No.5
Bricklayers and Allied Craftworkers, Local Union No. 1
Building Concrete & Excavating Laborers, Local Union No. 731
N.Y.C. and Vicinity District Council of Carpenters
Cement Masons, Local Union No. 780
Concrete Workers District Council No. 16
Asbestos, Lead & Hazardous Waste, Laborers Local Union No. 78
Construction & General Building Laborers Local Union No. 79
Derrickmen and Riggers Local Union No. 197
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Local Union No. 3
International Union of Elevator Constructors, Local Union No. 1
Heat & Frost Insulators & Allied Workers, Local Union No. 12
Heat & Frost Insulators & Allied Workers, Local Union No. 12A
Pavers & Road Builders, Laborers Local Union No. 1010
New York State Iron Workers District Council
Structural Iron Workers, Local Union No. 40
Structural Iron Workers, Local Union No. 361
Mason Tenders District Council
Metallic Lathers & Reinforcing Ironworkers, Local No. 46
Ornamental Iron Workers, Local Union No. 580
Glaziers No. 1087, District Council 9
Painters, District Council No. 9
Metal Polishers, Local Union No. 8A-28A; District Council No. 9
Drywall Tapers Local Union No 1974, District Council 9
Bridge & Structural Steel Painters, Local Union No. 806, District Council 9
Operative Plasterers Local Union No. 262
UA Plumbers Local Union No. 1
Private Sanitation, Teamsters Local Union No. 813
Roofers & Waterproofers, Local Union No. 8
Sheet Metal Workers, Local Union No. 28
Sheet Metal Workers, Local Union No. 137
UA Steamfitters, Local Union No. 638
Teamsters, Local Union No. 282
Tile, Marble & Terrazzo, B.A.C. Local Union No. 7
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SCHEDULE “A” - CBAs
Union Current Agreement w/
Architectural and Ornamental Iron Workers
Local Union 580, AFL-CIO
Allied Building Metal Industries, Inc.
Building, Concrete, Excavating & Common
Laborers Local 731
Independent
Building, Concrete, Excavating & Common
Laborers Local 731
Members of the General Contractors
Association of New York, Inc.
Bricklayers Local 1 of the International Union of
Bricklayers and Allied Craftworkers
Independent
District Council No. 9, I.U.P.A.T Glaziers Local
1087
Window and Plate Glass Dealers Association
Drywall Tapers and Painters Local 1974,
affiliated with International Union of Painters &
Allied Trades and Drywall Taping Contractor's
Association & Association of Wall-Ceiling &
Carpentry Industries NY, Inc.
Independent
Enterprise Association of Steamfitters and
Apprentices Local 638
Mechanical Contractors Association of NY,
Inc.
Enterprise Association of Steamfitters and
Apprentices Local 638
Independent
Elevator Constructors Local 1 of NY and NJ ThyssenKrupp Elevator Corporation
Elevator Constructors Local 1 of NY and NJ Independent
Highway Road and Street Laborers Local Union
1010 of the District Council of Pavers and Road
Builders of the Laborers' International Union of
North America AFL-CIO
Independent
Highway Road and Street Laborers Local Union
1010 of the District Council of Pavers and Road
Builders of the Laborers' International Union of
North America AFL-CIO
Member of the General Contractors
Association of New York, Inc.
International Association of Heat and Frost
Insulators and Allied Workers Local No. 12 of
New York City
Independent
International Association of Heat and Frost
Insulators and Allied Workers Local No. 12 of
New York City
The Insulation Contractors Association of
New York City, Inc.
International Association of Heat and Frost
Insulators and Allied Workers Local No. 12A of
New York City
Independent
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International Association of Heat and Frost
Insulators and Allied Workers Local No. 12A of
New York City
Environmental Contractors Association, Inc.
International Brotherhood of Boilermakers, Iron
Ship Builders, Blacksmiths, Forgers and Helpers,
AFL-CIO, Local Lodge No. 5
Boilermakers Association of Greater New
York
Local Union No. 3 International Brotherhood of
Electrical Workers, AFL-CIO
New York Electrical Contractors Association
International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Local
282, High Rise Contract
Building Contractors Association &
Independents
Local 46 Metallic Lathers Union and Reinforcing
Iron Workers of NY and Vicinity of the
International Association of Bridge, Structural,
Ornamental and Reinforcing Iron Workers
Cement League
Local 46 Metallic Lathers Union and Reinforcing
Iron Workers of NY and Vicinity of the
International Association of Bridge, Structural,
Ornamental and Reinforcing Iron Workers
Independent
Local 8 Roofers, Waterproofers & Allied Workers
Roofing and Waterproofing Contractors
Association of New York and Vicinity
Local Union 1 of the United Association of
Journeymen and Apprentices of the Pipe Fitting
Industry of the United States and Canada
Association of Contracting Plumbers of the
City of New York
Local Union Number 40 & 361 of Bridge,
Structural Ornamental and Reinforcing Iron
Workers AFL-CIO
Independent
Mason Tenders DC & Laborers’ International
Union – Local 78 & 79
Building Contractors Association
Mason Tenders DC & Laborers’ International
Union – Local 78 & 79
Interior Demolition Contractors Association
Mason Tenders DC & Laborers’ International
Union – Local 78 & 79
Independent
Mason Tenders DC & Laborers’ International
Union – Local 78 & 79
NYCDCA
Mason Tenders DC & Laborers’ International
Union – Local 78 & 79
Environmental Contractors Association
Mason Tenders DC & Laborers’ International
Union – Local 78 & 79
ABMC
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Operative Plasterers’ and Cement Masons’
International Association Local No. 262
Independent
Painters and Allied Trades AFL-CIO, District
Council No. 9 (Painting and Protective Coatings
CBA)
Independent
Painters and Allied Trades AFL-CIO, District
Council No. 9 (Painting and Protective Coatings
CBA)
The Association of Master Painters &
Decorators of NY, Inc. and The Association of
Wall, Ceiling & Carpentry Industries of NY,
Inc. and The Window and Plate Glass Dealers
Association
Sheet Metal Workers’ International Association,
Local 28
Sheet Metal & Air Conditioning Contractors
Association of New York City, Inc.
Sheet Metal Workers’ International Association,
Local 137
The Greater New York Sign Association
Structural Steel and Bridge Painters Local 806,
DC 9 International Union of Painters and Allied
Trades, AFL-CIO
New York Structural Steel Painting
Contractors Association
Teamsters Local 813 Independent
Teamsters Local 813 IESI NY Corporation
The Cement Masons' Union, Local 780 Cement League
The District Council of Cement and Concrete
Workers (comprised of Local 6A; Local 18A and
Local 20)
Cement League
The District Council of Cement and Concrete
Workers (comprised of Local 6A; Local 18A and
Local 20)
Independent
The District Council of New York City and
Vicinity of the United Brotherhood of Carpenters
and Joiners of America for Heavy Carpenters
GCA
The District Council of New York City and
Vicinity of the United Brotherhood of Carpenters
and Joiners of America for Dockbuilders Local No.
1556
Concrete Contractors of NY
The District Council of New York City and
Vicinity of the United Brotherhood of Carpenters
and Joiners of America for Dockbuilders Local
1556
Independent
The District Council of New York City and
Vicinity of the United Brotherhood of Carpenters
and Joiners of America for Millwright Local 740
Independent
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The District Council of New York City and
Vicinity of the United Brotherhood of Carpenters
and Joiners of America for Timbermen Local 1556
Independent
The District Council of New York City and
Vicinity of the United Brotherhood of Carpenters
and Joiners of America for Timbermen Local 1556
GCA
The District Council of New York City and
Vicinity of the United Brotherhood of Carpenters
and Joiners of America for Heavy Carpenters
Independent
The District Council of New York City and
Vicinity of the United Brotherhood of Carpenters
and Joiners of America for Carpenters
Manufacturing Woodworkers Association of
Greater New York Incorporated
The District Council of New York City and
Vicinity of the United Brotherhood of Carpenters
and Joiners of America
The Hoisting Trade Association of New York,
Inc.
The District Council of New York City and
Vicinity of the United Brotherhood of Carpenters
and Joiners of America
The Test Boring Association
The District Council of New York City and
Vicinity of the United Brotherhood of Carpenters
and Joiners of America
Building Contractors Association
The District Council of New York City and
Vicinity of the United Brotherhood of Carpenters
and Joiners of America
The Association of Wall-Ceiling & Carpentry
Industries of New York, Incorporated
The District Council of New York City and
Vicinity of the United Brotherhood of Carpenters
and Joiners
The Cement League
The District Council of NYC and Vicinity of the
United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of
America
New York City Millwright Association
The District Council of New York City and
Vicinity of the United Brotherhood of Carpenters
and Joiners
Greater New York Floor Covering Association
The District Council of New York City and
Vicinity of the United Brotherhood of Carpenters
and Joiners of America for Carpenters
Association of Architectural Metal & Glass
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The District Council of New York City and
Vicinity of the United Brotherhood of Carpenters
and Joiners of America for Carpenters
Concrete Contractors of NY
The District Council of New York City and
Vicinity of the United Brotherhood of Carpenters
and Joiners of America for Building Construction
Carpenters
Independent
The District Council of New York City and
Vicinity of the United Brotherhood of Carpenters
and Joiners of America for Local 2287
Independent
The District Council of New York City and
Vicinity of the United Brotherhood of Carpenters
and Joiners of America for Shop Carpenters
Independent
The Tile Setters and Tile Finishers Union of New
York and New Jersey, Local 7 of the International
Bricklayers and Allied Craftworkers
The Greater New York and New Jersey
Contractors Association
United Derrickmen & Riggers Association, Local
197 of NY, LI, Westchester & Vicinity
Contracting Stonesetters Association Inc.
United Derrickmen & Riggers Association Local
197 of NY, LI, Westchester and Vicinity
Building Stone and Pre-cast Contractors
Association
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Exhibit A
Project Labor Agreement - Letter of Assent
Dear: ______________
The undersigned party confirms that it agrees to be a party to and be bound by the New York Agency, Project
Labor Agreement as such Agreement may, from time to time, be amended by the parties or interpreted
pursuant to its terms. The terms of the Project Labor Agreement, its Schedules, Addenda and Exhibits are
hereby incorporated by reference herein.
The undersigned, as a Contractor or Subcontractor (hereinafter Contractor) on the Project known as the NYC
Agency Renovation and located at _________________________ (hereinafter PROJECT), for and in
consideration of the award to it of a contract to perform work on said PROJECT, and in further consideration
of the mutual promises made in the Project Labor Agreement, a copy of which was received and is
acknowledged, hereby:
(1) Accepts and agrees to be bound by the terms and conditions of the Agreement, together with
any and all schedules; amendments and supplements now existing or which are later made
thereto:
(2) Agrees to be bound by the legally established collective bargaining agreements; local trust
agreements for employee benefit funds; and trust documents for joint apprentice programs
as well as apprentice program rules and procedures but only to the extent of Program Work
and as required by the PLA.
(3) Authorizes the parties to such local trust agreements to appoint trustees and successor
trustees to administer the trust funds and hereby ratifies and accepts the trustees so appointed
as if made by the Contractor but only to the extent of Program Work as required by the PLA.
(4) Certifies that it has no commitments or agreements that would preclude its full and complete
compliance with the terms and conditions of said Agreement. The Contractor agrees to
employ labor that can work in harmony with all other labor on the Project and shall require
labor harmony from every lower tier subcontractor it has engaged or may engage to work
on the Project. Labor harmony disputes/issues shall be subject to the Labor Management
Committee provisions.
(5) Agrees to secure from any Contractor(s) (as defined in said Agreement) which is or becomes
a Subcontractor (of any tier), to it, a duly executed Agreement to be Bound in from identical
to this document.
Provide description of the Work, identify craft jurisdiction(s) and all contract numbers below:
Local Union: ___________________________________________________________________
Description of Work: _____________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________
Contract Number(s): _____________________________________________________________
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Dated: ________________________
(Name of Contractor or subcontractor)
________________________________ ______________________________
(Name of CM; GC; Contractor or (Authorized Officer & Title)
Higher Level Subcontractor)
_______________________________
(Address)
______________________________
(Signature)
_______________________________
(Phone) (Fax)
Contractor’s State License
#______________________________
Sworn to before me this
____ day of ______________,
________________________
Notary Public
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Exhibit B
NEW YORK CITY BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION TRADES COUNCIL
STANDARDS OF EXCELLENCE
The purpose of this Standard of Excellence is to reinforce the pride of every construction
worker and the commitment to be the most skilled, most productive and safest workforce available
to construction employers and users in the City of New York. It is the commitment of every
affiliated local union to use our training and skills to produce the highest quality work and to
exercise safe and productive work practices.
The rank and file members represented by the affiliated local unions acknowledge and adopt
the following standards:
Provide a full day’s work for a full days pay;
Safely work towards the timely completion of the job;
Arrive to work on time and work until the contractual quitting time;
Adhere to contractual lunch and break times;
Promote a drug and alcohol free work site;
Work in accordance with all applicable safety rules and procedures;
Allow union representatives to handle job site disputes and grievances without resort to
slowdowns, or unlawful job disruptions;
Respect management directives that are safe, reasonable and legitimate;
Respect the rights of co-workers;
Respect the property rights of the owner, management and contractors.
The Unions affiliated with the New York City Building and Construction Trades Council
will expect the signatory contractors to safely and efficiently manage their jobs and the unions see
this as a corresponding obligation of the contractors under this Standard of Excellence. The
affiliated unions will expect the following from its signatory contractors:
Management adherence to the collective bargaining agreements;
Communication and cooperation with the trade foremen and stewards;
Efficient, safe and sanitary management of the job site;
Efficient job scheduling to mitigate and minimize unproductive time;
Efficient and adequate staffing by properly trained employees by trade;
Efficient delivery schedules and availability of equipment and tools to ensure efficient job
progress;
Ensure proper blueprints, specifications and layout instructions and material are available in a
timely manner
Promote job site dispute resolution and leadership skills to mitigate such disputes;
Treatment of all employees in a respectful and dignified manner acknowledging their
contributions to a successful project.
The affiliated unions and their signatory contractors shall ensure that both the rank and file members
and the management staff shall be properly trained in the obligations undertaken in the Standard of
Excellence.
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Exhibit “C” - HireNYC Construction Careers
(August 2020 version)
Non-exhaustive list of zip codes where at least 15% of the individuals are below the federal poverty rate
(Zip codes within
~
100 mile radius of NYC)
Zip Code
Borough
Neighborhood
10001 Manhattan Midtown South
10002 Manhattan Chinatown
10009 Manhattan East Village
10025
Manhattan Manhattan Valley
10026
Manhattan Central Harlem
10027
Manhattan Manhattanville
10029
Manhattan East Harlem
10030 Manhattan Central Harlem
10031 Manhattan Hamilton Heights
10032 Manhattan Inwood and Washington Heights
10033
Manhattan Washington Heights
10034
Manhattan Inwood
10035 Manhattan East Harlem
10037
Manhattan Central Harlem
10038
Manhattan Lower Manhattan
10039
Manhattan Central Harlem
10040 Manhattan Inwood and Washington Heights
10301 Staten Island
St. George
10302 Staten Island Port Richmond
10303 Staten Island Mariner's Harbor
10304
Staten Island Stapleton
10310
Staten Island West Brighton
10451
Bronx
Concourse Village
10452
Bronx
High Bridge
10453 Bronx
University Heights
10454 Bronx
Mott Haven
10455 Bronx Longwood
10456 Bronx
Melrose
10457 Bronx Central Bronx
10458 Bronx
Bedford Park
10459 Bronx
Morrisania
10460 Bronx East Tremont
10462
Bronx
Parkchester
10463 Bronx
Kingsbridge
10466 Bronx
Wakefield
10467 Bronx Norwood
10468 Bronx
Bronx Park and Fordham
10472
Bronx
Unionport
10473 Bronx
Soundview
10474 Bronx Hunts Point
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PLA Exhibit C - HireNYC Construction Careers
(August 2020 version)
Non-exhaustive list of zip codes where at least 15% of the individuals are below the federal poverty rate
(Zip codes within
~
100 mile radius of NYC)
Zip Code
Borough
Neighborhood
11101
Queens
Long Island City
11102
Queens Northwest Queens
11106
Queens Ravenswood
11203
Brooklyn East Flatbush
11204
Brooklyn
Borough Park
11205
Brooklyn Fort Greene
11206
Brooklyn
East Williamsburg
11207
Brooklyn East New York
11208
Brooklyn East New York / Cypress Hills
11211
Brooklyn
Williamsburg
11212
Brooklyn Brownsville
11213
Brooklyn
Crown Heights
11214
Brooklyn Bensonhurst
11216
Brooklyn Central Brooklyn
11218
Brooklyn
Kensington
11219
Brooklyn
Borough Park
11220
Brooklyn Sunset Park
11221
Brooklyn Bushwick
11223
Brooklyn Gravesend
11224
Brooklyn Coney Island
11225
Brooklyn Prospect Lefferts Gardens
11226
Brooklyn Prospect Park South
11230
Brooklyn Midwood
11232
Brooklyn Sunset Park
11233
Brooklyn Ocean Hill
11235
Brooklyn
Brighton Beach
11237
Brooklyn
Bushwick and Williamsburg
11239
Brooklyn Starrett City
11354
Queens
Downtown Flushing
11355
Queens Queensboro Hill
11368
Queens South Corona
11369
Queens East Elmhurst
11373
Queens Elmhurst
11416
Queens Southwest Queens
11417
Queens Ozone Park
11418
Queens Richmond Hill
11430
Queens Ozone Park
11432
Queens Jamaica Center
11433
Queens South Jamaica
11435
Queens Briarwood
11691
Queens Far Rockaway
11692
Queens Arverne
Data Source: 2013-2017 American Community Survey 5-year estimates
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(August 2020 version)
Non-exhaustive list of zip codes where at least 15% of the individuals are below the federal poverty rate
(Zip codes within
~
100 mile radius of NYC)
Zi
p
Code State Cit
y
or Town
06401 CT Ansonia
06510 CT New Haven
06511 CT New Haven
06513 CT New Haven
06515 CT New Haven
06519 CT New Haven
06604 CT
Brid
g
e
p
ort
06605 CT
Bridgeport
06607 CT
Brid
g
e
p
ort
06608 CT
Brid
g
e
p
ort
06610 CT
Bridgeport
06702
CT Waterbur
y
06704 CT Waterbury
06705 CT Waterbury
06706 CT Waterbury
06708 CT Waterbury
06710 CT Waterbury
06810 CT Danbur
y
07002 NJ
Bayonne
07017 NJ
East Orange
07018 NJ
East Orange
07022 NJ Fairview
07026 NJ Garfield
07029 NJ Harrison
07047 NJ
North Ber
g
en
07050 NJ
Orange
07055 NJ Passaic
07060 NJ Plainfield
07062 NJ Plainfield
07087 NJ Union City
07093 NJ West New York
07102
NJ Newark
07103 NJ Newark
07104 NJ Newark
07105 NJ Newark
07106 NJ Newark
07107 NJ Newark
07108 NJ Newark
07111 NJ
Irvington
07112 NJ Newark
07114 NJ Newark
07201
NJ
Elizabeth
07202 NJ Elizabeth
07206 NJ Elizabethport
07208 NJ
Elizabeth
07304 NJ Jersey City
07305 NJ Jersey City
07306 NJ Jersey City
07307 NJ Jersey City
07310 NJ Jersey City
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(August 2020 version)
Non-exhaustive list of zip codes where at least 15% of the individuals are below the federal poverty rate
(Zip codes within
~
100 mile radius of NYC)
Zi
p
Code State Cit
y
or Town
07501 NJ Paterson
07502 NJ Paterson
07503 NJ Paterson
07504 NJ Paterson
07505 NJ Paterson
07513 NJ Paterson
07514 NJ Paterson
07522 NJ Paterson
07524 NJ Paterson
07608 NJ Teterboro
07703 NJ Fort Monmouth
07712
NJ Asbur
y
Park
07727 NJ
Farmingdale
07734 NJ
Keansburg
07740 NJ
Long Branch
07820 NJ Allamuchy
07939 NJ Lyons
08031
NJ Bellmaw
r
08045 NJ Lawnside
08095 NJ Winslow
08102 NJ Camden
08103 NJ Camden
08104 NJ Camden
08105 NJ Camden
08110 NJ Pennsauken
08217 NJ Elwood
08224 NJ New Gretna
08608 NJ Trenton
08609 NJ Trenton
08611 NJ Trenton
08618 NJ Trenton
08638 NJ Trenton
08701
NJ Lakewood
08751
NJ
Seaside Hei
g
hts
08808 NJ Broadwa
y
08861 NJ Perth Amboy
08901 NJ New Brunswick
10545 NY Maryknoll
10550 NY Mount Vernon
10601 NY White Plains
10701 NY Yonkers
10703
N
Y
Yonkers
10705 NY Yonkers
10801 NY New Rochelle
10927
N
Y
Haverstraw
10932 NY Howells
10940 NY Middletown
10950 NY Monroe
10952 NY Monsey
10963 N
Y
Otisville
10977 NY
Spring Valley
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(August 2020 version)
Non-exhaustive list of zip codes where at least 15% of the individuals are below the federal poverty rate
(Zip codes within
~
100 mile radius of NYC)
Zip Code State City or Town
11096
NY Inwood
11550
NY Hempstead
11556
NY Uniondale
11713
NY
Bellport
11798
NY Wyandanch
11951
NY Mastic Beach
11970
NY South Jamesport
12401
NY
Kingston
12416
NY Chichester
12419
NY Cottekill
12427
NY Elka Park
12428
NY Ellenville
12432
NY Glasco
12457
NY Mount Tremper
12475
NY Ruby
12489
NY
Wawarsing
12490
NY West Camp
12491
NY West Hurley
12516
NY Copake
12550
NY
Newburgh
12561
NY New Paltz
12583
NY Tivoli
12589
NY Wallkill
12594
NY
Wingdale
12601
NY
Poughkeepsie
12701
NY Monticello
12725
NY Claryville
12729
NY Cuddebackville
12732
NY
Eldred
12733
NY
Fallsburg
12743
NY
Highland Lake
12747
NY Hurleyville
12749
NY
Kauneonga Lake
12751
NY Kiamesha Lake
12754
NY Liberty
12758
NY
Livingston Manor
12759
NY Loch Sheldrake
12762
NY
Mongaup Valley
12763
NY Mountain Dale
12779
NY
South Fallsburg
12780
NY Sparrow Bush
19007
PA
Bristol
19123
PA Philadelphia
19125
PA Philadelphia
19134
PA Philadelphia
19135
PA Philadelphia
19136
PA Philadelphia
19137
PA Philadelphia
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EXHIBIT “D”
MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING
MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING, entered into as of ___________,
between the City of New York ("City") with an office located at City Hall, New York, NY
10007, the Building and Construction Trades Council of Greater New York and Vicinity
("BCTC"), on its behalf and on behalf of its affiliated unions, with its principal place of
business located at 350 West 31s
t
Street, New York, NY 10001, and the Building Trade
Employers' Association of New York City ("BTEA"), on its behalf and on behalf of its
affiliated contractors, with its principal place of business located at 1325 Avenue of the
Americas, New York, NY 10019.
WHEREAS, since 2009, the City, the BCTC, and the BTEA have entered into
Memoranda of Understanding (each an "MOU"), contemporaneous to the City entering to
Project Labor Agreements with the BCTC (each a "PLA"), setting goals on new
apprenticeship opportunities for graduates of direct entry pre-apprenticeship programs for
low-income New Yorkers, minorities, high school students, women, veterans, NYCHA
residents, and qualified employees of Minority- and Women-Owned Business Enterprises
("M/WBEs") that become signatory to the union, and have provided increased
opportunities for New Yorkers to have access to good union construction careers;
WHEREAS, in 2014, the City and the BCTC entered into an MOU related to the
New York City Build It Back Program and committed to encourage contractors and
subcontractors to employ Sandy-impacted residents and for the City and the BCTC to work
together with community-based organizations to recruit and train New York City residents,
with an emphasis on Sandy-impacted low income residents;
WHEREAS, the BCTC and the BTEA committed to: (i) promote the representation
of veterans, women, high school graduates of the City's public schools, and New Yorkers
in need of economic opportunity in apprenticeship programs jointly sponsored by BCTC
unions and BTEA contractors, and (ii) improve workforce training and development for
entrance into the construction industry;
WHEREAS, in 2014, the City of New York issued Career Pathways: One City
Working Together, with a commitment to maximize local job opportunities through the
City's contracts, and as such the City is committed to ensuring that low-income New
Yorkers have access to the good jobs and careers that are created through the City's capital
investments and through this MOU and contemporaneous PLA, the City the BCTC, and
with the cooperation of the BTEA contractors can connect low-income New Yorkers to
good prevailing wage construction careers;
WHEREAS, through this MOU and contemporaneous PLAs, the City, the BCTC,
and the BTEA commit to recruiting in low-income communities, providing opportunities
through pre-apprenticeship and apprenticeship programs for access to construction careers,
and ensuring residents of low-income communities, including apprentices, are provided
opportunities to work on publicly-funded and -assisted construction projects;
WHEREAS, pursuant to Local Law 1 of 2013, the City is also committed to its
M/WBE program, and in partnership with the M/WBE Leadership Association seeks to
encourage eligible companies to certify as M/WBEs, and provides a wide range of training
and technical assistance to build the capacity of its certified companies to bid successfully
for the City's contracts and subcontracts;
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WHEREAS, an important element in the success of pre-apprenticeship and
apprenticeship programs, as well as in creating work opportunities for contractors and sub-
contractors in New York City, is the availability of work on publicly funded and assisted
projects; and
WHEREAS, the parties to this MOU desire to publicly state their intentions with
respect to apprenticeship programs and the creation of contracting and other economic
opportunities in the construction industry.
NOW, THEREFORE, the City, the BCTC, and the BTEA state as follows:
1. Scope. This MOU:
a. States the intentions of the City, the BCTC, and the BTEA regarding:
a. the provision of opportunities in apprenticeship programs jointly
sponsored by BCTC unions and BTEA contractors;
b. the City's application of apprenticeship requirements in City
construction contracts from the time of execution through December
31, 2024;
c. the joint goal of the City, the BCTC, and the BTEA to create
employment opportunities, including apprenticeships, in the
construction industry; and
b. Shall terminate on December 31, 2024
2. To facilitate the commitments set forth in this MOU, each Local Union shall designate
a HireNYC Construction Careers lead representative to work in partnership with the
Mayor's Office of Workforce Development ("WKDEV") to implement these
workforce and apprenticeship provisions within the union and across City
construction contracts.
3. The BCTC and the BTEA shall work collaboratively with the City to reserve at least
500 new apprenticeship positions each calendar year through both the general
recruitment and direct entry programs for New York City residents living in zip codes
where at least 15% of the individuals in such zip code are below the federal poverty
rate and NYCHA residents regardless of zip code.
4. The BCTC and BTEA shall work collaboratively with the City to reserve new
apprenticeship positions each year for direct entry.
a. New York State Department of Labor ("NYSDOL") approved Direct Entry
programs may be used by sponsors of Registered Apprenticeship programs as
another way to bring apprentices into their programs. It is a tool to help
sponsors reach underrepresented populations. Direct Entry provides
individuals who successfully complete an apprenticeship preparation
program, and who meet the minimum requirements for a NYS Registered
Apprenticeship program, with the direct opportunity for an interview with the
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sponsor of a program bypassing the general recruitment scheduled for the
Apprentice Programs.
5. Apprenticeship programs jointly sponsored by Local Unions and employers affiliated
with the BTEA shall, subject to approval by the NYSDOL and to the extent consistent
with applicable consent decrees, court orders or similar mandates, reserve up to the
following percentages of their new apprenticeships (some apprentices may be counted
in more than one category) for direct entry each year:
a. 20% for graduates of New York City public high school who have
completed pre-apprenticeship training provided by The Edward J. Malloy
Initiative for Construction Skills ("C-SKILLS");
b. 10% for veterans of the U.S. Armed Forces who are referred by New York
City Helmets to Hardhats ("NYC H2H"), provided, however, that any
veterans whose qualifications allow them to enter unions as
journeypersons shall be counted toward the fulfillment of this percentage;
c. 15% for women who have completed pre-apprenticeship training provided
by Nontraditional Employment for Women ("NEW");
d. 10% for NYCHA and Section 8 residents who have completed pre-
apprenticeship training provided by C-SKILLS, NEW, the NYCHA Resident
Training Academy ("NRTA"), or Pathways to Apprenticeships ("P2A");
e. 10% for justice-involved individuals who have completed pre-
apprenticeship training provided by C-SKILLS, NEW, NRTA, or P2A; and
f. 5% for qualified employees of certified minority- and women-owned
business enterprises and other employers not signatory to collective
bargaining agreements of unions affiliated with the BCTC which become
signatory to such collective bargaining agreements, provided, however,
that any such employees whose qualifications allow them to enter unions
as journeypersons shall be counted toward the fulfillment of this
percentage.
6. To help reach the goals set forth in paragraph 3, 4, and 5, the City, the BCTC and
the BTEA will work cooperatively to identify and pursue appropriate sources of
public and private funds and resources, as needed, to provide pre-apprenticeship
training scaled to support the goals targeting at least seven hundred (700) pre-
apprenticeship positions cumulatively for all above named direct entry programs
each year. The City will help coordinate recruitment within the zip codes and target
populations identified in paragraphs 3, 4 and 5.
7. The goals in Paragraphs 3, 4, and 5 are aggregate goals for apprenticeship programs
jointly sponsored by the Local Unions and BTEA contractors to achieve on an annual
basis through their general recruitments and direct entry programs. The City
recognizes that different apprenticeship programs face different circumstances and
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have varying capacities to meet the percentages set forth in each category;
notwithstanding that, the BCTC and the BTEA agree to encourage and support
meeting the goals in Paragraphs 3, 4, and 5, and to work with apprenticeship programs
jointly sponsored by their affiliated unions and contractors to take affirmative steps to
achieve that goal.
8. The City, BCTC, and BTEA acknowledge that on federally funded projects
NYCHA, and the City on certain federally funded projects, must comply with
Executive Order 11246 and federal regulations contained at 24 CFR Part 135
("Section 3") regarding efforts to employ residents of NYCHA developments and
other Section 3 populations.
9. The City, the BCTC, and the BTEA will jointly seek any necessary waivers from
NYSDOL with respect to direct entry goals for the joint apprentice programs, as
well as jointly support and encourage 100% participation of all affiliated joint
apprentice programs.
10. Reporting.
a. Each Local Union shall provide, or cause to be provided by their Apprentice
Directors, copies of the following reports to WKDEV within thirty (30) days
of the submission to NYSDOL:
i. Apprentice Training Recruitment Notification and Minimum
Qualifications (AT 505) submissions to NYSDOL;
ii. Apprentice Training Program Affirmative Action Plan (AT 603)
submissions to NYSDOL; and
iii. Apprenticeship Agreement (AT 401) submissions to NYSDOL.
b. Pre-apprenticeship programs funded in part by the City will provide quarterly
reports, beginning at the end of the first quarter after the first class is held, to
the WKDEV with detailed information as required by NYC's Workforce
Common Metrics reporting for all individuals trained in all classes.
c. On an annual basis, beginning on January 1, 2021, the City shall provide an
electronic report to the BCTC that contains a list of contracts registered in the
previous full fiscal year that were subject to either a City Project Labor
Agreement or the Apprenticeship Directive. Such list shall contain the
following for each contract:
i. contracting agency
ii. contract name;
iii. prime contractor name;
iv. registered dollar amount; and
v. date of registration.
d. Upon mutual agreement, the parties may modify these reporting requirements, as
needed.
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11. City of New York Apprenticeship Directive. As a means of expanding the pool
of work available to apprentices and graduates of state-approved apprenticeship
programs providing opportunities to the groups of individuals designated in
Paragraphs 3 and 5 above, the City states its intention to implement, as may be
amended from time to time, the Directive, attached as Exhibit A. The Directive
directs City agencies, for construction contracts where either (i) the cost estimate
of the contract exceeds $3 million, or (ii) the cost estimate of the contract exceeds
$2 million on a project with a cost estimate of at least $5 million, and for such other
contracts as the bidding agency determines to be appropriate, to require the
contractor and any of its subcontractors with subcontracts worth at least $2 million
to have apprenticeship agreements appropriate for the type and scope of work to be
performed that have been registered with, and approved by, the New York State
Commissioner of Labor, and shall have passed any required probationary period
and recertification established by the New York State DOL.
12. The City shall include a statement concerning the applicability of the Directive in
every City Record notice of the solicitation or award of a contract for a public works
project. Within five (5) days of the issuance of any waiver from the apprenticeship
requirement, the City shall notify the BCTC and the BTEA, in writing or
electronically, of the granting of such waiver and the reasons therefore.
13. The City, the BCTC, and the BTEA look forward to working together and with
the contractor community in a spirit of cooperation and good will toward the goal
that all New Yorkers from diverse backgrounds, particularly minorities, women,
returning veterans, recent public high school graduates, NYCHA residents,
individuals in need of economic opportunity, and justice-involved individuals, are
well-prepared for participation in the workforce and can gain access to good
careers in the construction industry, in both the private and public sectors.
For the City of New York
By:
First Deputy Mayor, Dean Fuleihan
For Building and Construction Trades Council of Greater New York and Vicinity
By:
Gary LaBarbera, President
For Building Trades Employers' Association of New York City
By:
Louis J. Coletti, President & CEO
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3. The Parties agree to make a good faith effort to resolve any other privacy
concern of Project Personnel regarding this Policy, provided that any such
concerns do not interfere with the purpose of this Policy.
ARTICLE 4 – GRIEVANCE
SECTION 4.1 - REPRESENTED WORKERS
Nothing in this Policy shall restrict a member of a signatory local union from filing
a grievance in accordance with the member's collective bargaining agreement or a
Project Labor Agreement, provided that the grievance shall be limited to whether
the removal of a member for violation of this Policy was conducted in compliance
with the terms and conditions set forth herein.
SECTION 4.2 - HOLD HARMLESS
The Construction Manager agrees to hold harmless and indemnify the
Union/Council and its representatives from any liability that may be incurred as a
result of the Company’s Drug and Alcohol Policy to the extent caused by the
negligence or intentional misconduct of the Construction Manager.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF the parties have agreed to this Policy as of _________,
20___.
FOR [CONSTRUCTION MANAGER]
By: ________________________________
Name: [INSERT NAME] ________________
Title: [INSERT TITLE] ________________
FOR GREATER NEW YORK CITY BUILDING TRADES COUNCIL
By: ________________________________
Name: Gary LaBarbera _________________
Title: President
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SCHEDULE “B” - DRUG AND ALCOHOL POLICY
PREAMBLE
WHEREAS, [CONSTRUCTION MANAGER] (“Construction Manager”), for the
construction project located at [PROJECT ADDRESS] (“Project”) desires to provide for a
safe, drug and alcohol-free work site for the Project;
WHEREAS, the parties have entered into a separate Project Labor Agreement for the
Project and have agreed to negotiate in good faith a Project Drug & Alcohol Testing Policy;
WHEREAS, this Testing Policy is collectively negotiated between the Construction
Manager and the New York City Building and Construction Trades Council (“Council”)
(the Construction Manager and BCTC are collectively referred to hereafter as the
“Parties”);
WHEREAS, the Parties each currently have respective drug and alcohol policies,
including the Projects' Zero-Tolerance policy;
WHEREAS, the Parties desire to maximize project safety conditions for the Project
personnel and public, as well as deter violations of the Parties' respective drug and alcohol
policies;
NOW, THEREFORE, the Parties agree to this Policy as of the date hereof,
ARTICLE 1 - PARTIES
This Drug & Alcohol Testing Policy (“Policy”) is hereby established by the Construction
Manager and the Council, on behalf of itself and its affiliated local union members, and
the signatory local unions on behalf of themselves and their members.
ARTICLE 2-GENERAL CONDITIONS
SECTION 2.1 - SUMMARY
In order to reinforce the Parties' respective drug and alcohol policies, including the Projects'
zero tolerance policy regarding the prohibition of the use of drugs and alcohol, and to deter
Project personnel from violating those policies, the Parties agree that all Project Personnel
(defined later) will be required to submit to drug and/or alcohol testing randomly, post-
accident, and for reasonable suspicion.
Any individual on site that violates this Policy is subject to disciplinary action, including,
without limitation, loss of site access privileges.
SECTION 2.2 - REVOCATION OF PROJECT ACCESS PRIVILEGES
Any one of the following occurrences will result in the immediate revocation of a Project
Personnel's project access privileges:
1. An individual is found selling or using drugs or alcohol, or otherwise is
under the influence of drugs or alcohol, subject to the other terms of this
Policy, on a Project Site;
2. An individual has been convicted under any criminal drug or alcohol
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statute for a violation occurring in the workplace within the past two
years;
3. An individual who refuses to abide by the Projects' drug and alcohol
policy, or refuses to submit to a test in accordance with this Policy;
4. An individual who switches, adulterates, or in any way tampers with a
specimen required to be submitted in accordance with this Policy.
SECTION 2.3 - DEFINITIONS
Confirmed Positive Test: The presence of drugs, drug metabolites, or alcohol in a person's
body that equals or exceeds the established cut off levels as defined in Exhibit 1. For drugs,
the sample will have undergone Laboratory screening and confirmation testing and must
have been verified as positive by a Medical Review Officer. A positive test result for
alcohol obtained through Evidential Breath Testing is considered a Confirmed Positive
Test.
Employee Assistance Program (EAP): An EAP is generally considered a workplace-
based, confidential program designed to help employees deal effectively with a variety
of personal problems, and, of relevance to this policy, substance abuse problems. The
EAP promotes assessments and short-term counseling. An EAP shall also include any
similar education or rehabilitation program provided by the Councilor its respective
members. The Project Personnel that are required to participate in the EAP shall be
responsible for the cost of their consultation with an EAP and/or participation in any
education or rehabilitation program.
Evidential Breath Testing Device (EBT): A device that is used to measure alcohol in the
breath and which meets National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's specifications
for precision and accuracy.
Laboratory: A laboratory that is SAMHSA (Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services
Administration) certified for the testing of drugs.
Medical Review Officer (MRO): A licensed physician responsible for receiving laboratory
results generated by an employer's drug testing plan who has knowledge of substance abuse
disorders and medical training to interpret and evaluate a donor's confirmed positive test
result together with his/her medical history and all other relevant information.
Previous Worker: All individuals whose employment relationship with the contractor,
company or organization no longer exists.
Project Site: The construction area for respective Project.
Reasonable Suspicion: When a qualified trade contractor, the Developer or Construction
Manager as set forth in Section 3.7, reasonably believes that an individual has violated this
Policy. Reasonable suspicion is based upon (1) specific, current, behavioral or performance
indicators, (2) the possible manufacture, distribution, consumption or possession of
unauthorized drugs, drug paraphernalia, or alcohol, or (3) documented investigation by an
agency retained by, or otherwise independent from, the Developer or Construction
Manager.
SECTION 2.4 - INCLUDED SUBJECTS
This Policy shall cover all employees of the Owner, Construction Manager and Project
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trade contractors, their subcontractors and any other of their respective personnel at any
level that are performing any activity at a Project Site, inclusive of managers,
superintendents and supervisors, except as specifically excluded by Section 2.5 of this
Policy (collectively and singularly, "Project Personnel").
SECTION 2.5 - EXCLUDED SUBJECTS
The following persons are not subject to the provisions of this Policy:
A. Employees and entities engaged in off-site manufacture, modifications, repair,
maintenance, assembly, painting, handling or fabrication of components,
materials, equipment or machinery;
B. Vendors and employees of vendors engaged on a Project Site in equipment
testing, inspection, training, warranty work, or engaged in corrections of
defective or nonconforming work, unless such employees are expressly
included in the bargaining unit of a local signatory to this Agreement;
C. Employees engaged in ancillary work on a Project which is performed by third
parties, such as electric utilities, gas utilities, telephone companies, and
railroads, or any other work not constituting Project work;
D. Employees of any governmental authority (state, local or otherwise);
E. Employees and contractors engaged in work on the Project Site as part of due
diligence or monitoring, which work is ancillary to Project work; and
F. Emergency responders.
SECTION 2.6 - PRESCRIPTION AND NON-PRESCRIPTION DRUGS
The use of prescription drugs not prescribed directly to Project Personnel is prohibited,
including the use of drugs prescribed to a spouse or domestic partner. The use of non-
prescription drugs that are sold outside the United States and that contain substances that
are illegal or require a prescription in the United States are prohibited, unless prescribed
by a licensed physician.
SECTION 2.7 - SEARCHES
In order for the Construction Manager to ensure the safety of Project Personnel and for the
Construction Manager to protect its assets, the Construction Manager shall have the right
upon good cause (such as reasonable suspicion of a violation of this Policy) to conduct
reasonable searches for alcohol, drugs and related paraphernalia anywhere within the
boundaries of a Project Site. A search may include any assets owned or leased by any
Project Personnel that is on a Project Site, including without limitation, vehicles, lockers,
gang boxes, desks and personal property brought onto a Project Site, but excluding personal
body searches or physical contact with employees.
ARTICLE 3 - DRUG & ALCOHOL TESTING
SECTION 3.1 - COLLECTION PROCESS
As of the execution date of this PLA, Project Personnel may be required to submit urine
samples ("Preliminary Drug Screening") for the purpose of detecting the presence of drugs
as part of the random, post-accident or reasonable suspicion testing, in accordance with
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chain of custody protocols as established by Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services
Administration (SAMHSA), utilizing an instant result test cup for Preliminary Drug
Screenings, such testing is to be performed on-site by an independent service provider. The
results from the instant result test cup will be considered preliminary. The sample will be
sent to a SAMHSA certified testing laboratory for confirmation.
As of the date hereof, all Project Personnel will be required to submit to an Evidential
Breath Test (EBT) for the purpose of detecting the presence of alcohol when submitting to
random, post-accident or reasonable suspicion testing. Alcohol testing will not be
conducted for pre-access testing.
SECTION 3.2 - NEGATIVE PRELIMINARY DRUG SCREENING
Project Personnel with a negative Preliminary Drug Screening will be considered
conditionally accepted for Project site access, pending confirming laboratory results. Site
access privileges will be revoked if the subsequent laboratory results determine that the
sample has tested positive for drugs or that the sample has been adulterated.
SECTION 3.3 POSITIVE PRELIMINARY DRUG SCREENING
If the Preliminary Drug Screening indicates a positive result, the individual will not be
allowed access to the Project Site. The sample will be sent to the certified laboratory for
analysis and, if applicable, reviewed by the Medical Review Officer (MRO). If the
laboratory confirmation results are also positive, the individual will be considered in
violation of this Policy and their site access will be revoked for at least 30 days. If the
laboratory confirmation results are negative, the Project Personnel's site access will not be
revoked.
SECTION 3.4 CONFIRMED POSITIVE TEST RESULTS
A. POSITIVE DRUG TEST
A drug test is considered positive if the test results exceed the limits shown in Exhibit 1,
which is attached hereto and incorporated herein by reference. The test will be confirmed
through a second analysis process and reviewed by an MRO before results are reported.
Project Personnel with confirmed positive drug test results will have their site access
revoked. In case of a "false positive" result, any such Personnel shall be entitled to the
reimbursement of any wages lost during the suspension caused by any such false positive
result.
B. POSITIVE EBT
An EBT is considered positive if the test results exceed .04 BrAC, or as otherwise set forth
in Exhibit 1. Project Personnel with a positive alcohol test result will be subject to the
remedies set forth in Exhibit 1.
C. REINSTATEMENT OF SITE ACCESS PRIVILEGES
(a) Subject to section 3.4(C)(a) immediately below, if the site access of a Project Personnel
has been revoked pursuant to this Policy, then any such person may request that their site
access be reinstated after 30 days, provided that all of the following conditions are met to
the reasonable satisfaction of the Construction Manager. :
1. The individual has provided proof of wellness from an accredited rehabilitation
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facility or has provided proof that treatment isn't needed as attested to by a
licensed health care provider specializing in the diagnosis and treatment of
alcohol and drug abuse.
2. A current drug and alcohol test is obtained within three (3) days of the request
for re-access to the site and proof of a negative test result has been received;
and
3. The individual agrees to submit to multiple testing for two (2) full years from
the date of gaining re-access to the project, the scheduling of which will be
determined at the sole discretion of the Construction Manager. If all of these
conditions have been met, the Construction Manager agrees that it will not
unreasonably withhold their consent to any such request.
(b) Unlawful possession, concealment, use, purchase, sale, manufacture, dispensation or
distribution of illegal drugs or un-prescribed controlled substances on the Project site will
subject the Project Personnel Employee to immediate removal from the Project site and
shall bar such Project Personnel Employee from returning for a minimum of three (3)
months, which return shall, in any event, be subject to the reasonable approval by
Construction Manager.
(c) All of the Parties agree that any such Project Personnel will only be entitled to any
such reinstatement of site access privileges one time and that any subsequent violation of
this Policy will result in the permanent termination of access to the Project Site.
SECTION 3.5 - RANDOM TESTING
A third-party provider designated by the Construction Manager will randomly select by an
objective criteria a testing pool for random drug and/or alcohol testing from all Project
Personnel with site access cards. Any individual selected for a random drug and/or alcohol
test will be required to submit to an Evidential Breath Test (EBT) and/or drug test.
Individuals may be tested more than once during any given time period. The Parties
acknowledge and agree that an EBT may be required without a drug test and that a drug
test may be required without an EBT, as solely determined by the Construction Manager.
If an individual is unable to attend the first scheduled random drug test as a result of being
involved in a work-related task, such drug test will be rescheduled and will be completed
at or before the conclusion of such employee’s then current work shift. If the second drug
test is missed for any reason, the incident will be reviewed by the Construction Manager,
who shall have the right to terminate the site access privileges of any such Project Personnel
until such time as that Project Personnel has complied with this Policy. If the individual
refuses to take the test, their access privileges will be immediately terminated for cause.
SECTION 3.6 - POST ACCIDENT TESTING
After each work-related incident or injury requiring the services of a licensed health care
provider, all Project Personnel involved with the incident will be required to submit to a
drug and/or alcohol test immediately following the incident. In instances where emergency
care is necessary, the drug and/or alcohol test shall be obtained by the care facility, if
possible, within 24 hours after treatment is rendered. If more than 48 hours have passed
before an injury is reported and treated by a licensed health care provider, an alcohol test
will not be required.
In addition, any Project Personnel involved in a non-injury related incident at a Project Site
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with damages at or in excess of $200 will be required to submit to a drug and/or alcohol
test unless:
A. It is determined, after conducting an investigation and interviewing all
employees involved and any witnesses, that the employee's performance can be
completely discounted as a contributing factor to the incident; or
B. It is determined, after conducting an incident investigation and interviewing all
employees and any witnesses that the incident was caused by inadequate
equipment or system design, and/or premature failure of equipment or system
components.
SECTION 3.7 - REASONABLE SUSPICION TESTING
All Project Personnel will be required to submit to a drug and/or alcohol test when there is
reasonable suspicion the individual has violated this policy.
Reasonable suspicion includes, without limitation, the following:
A. Violent or irrational behavior;
B. Emotional or physical unsteadiness;
C. Sensory or motor-skill malfunctions;
D. Slurred speech;
E. The odor of alcohol or drugs on clothing or breath in conjunction with other
indicators;
F. Possession of alcohol, unauthorized drugs or drug paraphernalia; or
G. Documented evidence of an independent investigation regarding Project
Personnel's consumption of what is reasonably believed to be an alcoholic
beverage or drugs in violation of the Project's policies and/or this Policy.
Reasonable suspicion testing may only be ordered by supervisory personnel that: (a) have
been trained to recognize the above referenced factors; or (b) have received credible
documentary evidence from an independent investigator that a Project Personnel has
violated a drug and/or alcohol policy. It is agreed that any certified training program shall
satisfy the training requirement.
SECTION 3.8 - PRIVACY CONSIDERATIONS
The Parties agree to use reasonable efforts to conduct any testing pursuant to this Policy
in accordance with the privacy concerns of Project Personnel. To address these concerns,
the Parties agree that:
1. The testing station(s) shall be screened off, or otherwise closed off from public
view.
2. All documents and information regarding the testing, including test results,
shall be maintained by the respective custodian(s) of record in accordance with
their respective privacy policies, which any Project Personnel shall be entitled
to review upon timely request.
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EXHIBIT 1
CLASS OF DRUGS TESTED AND THEIR RESPECTIVE CUT-OFF LIMITS
The cut-off limits established are those recommended by the U.S. Department of Health
and Human Services in their mandatory Guidelines for Federal Workplace Drug Testing
Programs.
Screening Confirmation
Cut-Off Cut-off
Drug Class Limit (ng/ml) Limit (ng/ml)
Amphetamines 1000 500
Benzoylecgonine 300 150
(Cocaine Metabolite)
Cannabinoids (THC) 50 15
*Opiates 2000 10
Phencyclidine (PCP) 25 25
Confirmation screening is done by means of GC/MS analysis.
*The GC/MS confirmation for opiates will be for both codeine and morphine separately.
If morphine is equal to or greater than 2,000ng/ml then the GC/MS confirmation analysis
for 6- acetylmorphine (6-MAM) is at a cut-off level of 10ng/ml.
Alcohol Screening
All Project Personnel will be required to submit to an EBT under the random, post-
accident, and reasonable suspicion test arenas, for the purpose of detecting presence of
alcohol. If this test supports a positive result for presence of alcohol, the Project Personnel
will be considered in violation of this Policy.
If the results of the EBT are:
1. Above 0.001 BrAC, but at or below 0.020 BrAC, a second test will be conducted
within approximately 15 minutes.
If the second BrAC test is less than the first BrAC, the results will be
deemed negative and the Project Personnel may return to work, if there
are no other outstanding issues.
If the second BrAC is increasing, but below 0.04 BrAC, the results will be
deemed negative, but the Project Personnel will be sent home for the day and
the Construction Manager shall be notified. If a Project Personnel is sent home
two times within a six-month period pursuant to this Section I, then any such
Project Personnel shall be deemed to have tested positive and will be subject
to the applicable remedies set forth in Section 2 below.
2. Above 0.02 BrAC, but below 0.06 BrAC, a second test will be conducted after
approximately 15 minutes.
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Notwithstanding anything set forth above to the contrary, a Project Personnel
may elect to voluntarily go home for the day instead of taking a second test and
the results will be deemed negative, provided that any such Project Personnel
may not voluntarily go home more than once within a twelve month period.
If the second BrAC test is at or below 0.02 BrAC, the results will be deemed
negative and the Project Personnel may return to work if there are no other
outstanding issues.
If the second BrAC test is above 0.020, but below 0.06, the results will be
deemed positive, the Project Personnel will be sent home for the day and their
site access will be revoked for at least five [5] calendar days and until such time
as the Project Personnel has been evaluated by an EAP professional skilled in
substance abuse and confirmed fit for duty.
Any Project Personnel who is deemed positive two times within two years
pursuant to this Section 2 will have their site access privileges terminated and
will be entitled to the limited relief set forth in Section 3 .4( c) of the Policy.
3. At or above .06 BrAC, the Project Personnel will have their site access privileges
terminated, after which they will be entitled to the limited relief set forth in Section 3.4(C)
of the Policy.
