Plumbers_Pipefitters_Local_322_CBA_-_2025-28.pdf

AGREEMENT

LOCAL UNION 322

of the

United Association of

Journeymen and Apprentices of the

Plumbing and Pipe Fitting Industry

AFL-CIO

SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY

Tel: 609-567-3322 ext. 3 Fax: 609-567-9695

E-MAIL office@local322.org www.ua322.org

May 1, 2025 thru April 30, 2028

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U.A. LOCAL 322

SOUTH JERSEY MECHANICAL CONTRACTORS ASSOCIATION

MISSION STATEMENT

U.A. Local Union 322 and South Jersey Mechanical Contractors Association continually strive for a trained, safe and productive workforce that delivers completed projects on time and within budgets.

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Index

Article # Section Pages

Apprentices V 6 4 Bond Form 23 Bond Formula 24 Changing Facilities XII 3 11 Coffee Break XII 11 12 Delinquent Dues Checkoff & Job Recovery XVII 1E 16 Delinquent Fringe Benefits XVII 3B 18 Direct Deposit VI 3 5 Dues Checkoff XVII 1E 16 Dues Checkoff Late Fees XVII 1E 17 Employee Termination Letter VII H 6 Executive Committee XIX 19 Foreman, Area Foreman, Gen. Foreman V 4 4 Fringe Benefits XVII 16 Fringe Benefits Late Fees XVII 3B 18 Fringe Benefits on Holidays IV 4 4 Grievance Procedures XIV 13 Hand Tools VIII 1 8 Holidays IV 1 3 Inclement Weather Conditions XVII 6 19 Inclement Weather Conditions & Holidays V 7 5 Injured Employee VI 4 5 Layoff & Termination VI 2 5 Management Rights XV 15 Material & Tool Rooms XII 9 11 Most Favored Nations XVI 5 15 NJ Employment & Disability Insurance XVII 5 19 Non-Destructive Testing X 54 10 Overtime IV 3 4 Payday on Holidays IV 1 3 Payment of Wages/Direct Deposit VI 3 5 Pipe Supports XII 8 11 Provisions of this Agreement and XVI 15 How Effected by Change in Law Recognition I 1 Referral System VII 6 Reporting Time III 6 3 Safety XI 11 Sanitary Facilities XII 4 11 Security Clause XVI 6 15 Shift Differential III 4 3 Shift Work III 4 3 Starting Time III 2 2 Steward Duties XIV 2 13 Substance Abuse XIII 12 Temporary Heating & Cooling IX 1 8 Terms of Agreement of Signatures XX 22 & 23 Time Clocks XII 6 11 Use of Vehicles - A XII 5 11 Use of Vehicles – B X 52 10 Wages XVIII 19 Welding Tests & Preliminary Interview XI 3 11 Work Day, Work Week III 1-3 2 Work Jurisdiction X 8 Working Rules XII 11

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ARTICLE I Recognition Page 1

ARTICLE II Standards of Competency Page 2

ARTICLE III Hours of Work Page 2

ARTICLE IV Holidays & Overtime Page 3

ARTICLE V Foremen & Apprentices Page 4

ARTICLE VI Layoff & Payment of Wages Page 5

ARTICLE VII Referral System Page 6

ARTICLE VIII Tools Page 8

ARTICLE IX Temporary Heat Page 8

ARTICLE X Work Jurisdiction Page 8

ARTICLE XI Safety Page 11

ARTICLE XII Working Rules Page 11

ARTICLE XIII Substance Abuse Page 12

ARTICLE XIV Grievance Procedure Page 13

ARTICLE XV Management Rights Page 15

ARTICLE XVI Security Clause Page 15

ARTICLE XVII Schedule of Fringe Benefits Page 16

ARTICLE XVIII Schedule of Wages Page 19

ARTICLE XIX Executive Committee Page 19

ARTICLE XX UA National Pension Fund Page 20 & 21

ARTICLE XXI Signature Page Page 22-23

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AGREEMENT

of

United Association of Journeymen and Apprentices of the Plumbing and Pipe Fitting Industry - LOCAL UNION 322

THIS AGREEMENT, entered into this first day of May, 2025, by and between South Jersey Mechanical Contractors Association, Inc., a corporation of the State of New Jersey (hereinafter called the “Association”), on behalf of its members (hereinafter called “Employer”), and LOCAL 322 of the UNITED ASSOCIATION OF JOURNEYMEN AND APPRENTICES OF THE PLUMBING AND PIPE FITTING INDUSTRY OF THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA, AFL-CIO (hereinafter called the “Union”);

WITNESSETH

WHEREAS, the Association is comprised of members engaged in the mechanical contracting industry, hereinafter called “Employers” or “Contractors”, who have authorized the Association to act as their collective bargaining agent on its behalf; and

WHEREAS, the Union is affiliated with the United Association of Journeymen and Apprentices of the Plumbing and Pipe Fitting Industry of the United States and Canada, AFL-CIO, hereinafter referred to as

“United Association”, and undertakes to supply competent, skilled and qualified building and construction journeymen to perform work coming within the trade, craft and territorial jurisdiction; and

WHEREAS, the Association and the Union desire to mutually establish wages, hours and working conditions for employees in the aforesaid jurisdiction and to encourage closer cooperation and understanding between the Association and the Union so that a satisfactory, continuous and harmonious relationship will exist between the parties to this Agreement;

NOW, THEREFORE, the Association and the Union, in consideration of the mutual promises and covenants herein contained, agree as follows:

ARTICLE I

Recognition

1. Association. The Association is hereby recognized as the sole and exclusive collective bargaining representative as to all of its present and future member-employers or contractors. This Agreement shall be binding upon and shall inure to the benefit of all of the members of the Association, their successors and assigns.

2. Union. The Union is hereby recognized as the sole and exclusive collective bargaining representative for all of the eligible employees in the territorial and trade jurisdiction herein set forth.

3. Union Shop. All employees covered hereby, who on the date of execution of this Agreement are members of the Union, will be required to maintain such membership in good standing as a condition of employment during the term of this Agreement or during the term of their employment hereunder, as the case may be. All other employees shall make application to become members of the Union within seven (7) days following the date of execution of this Agreement or seven (7) days following the date of

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4. Protection of Trade Jurisdiction. All wages and working conditions hereunder shall be effective on all plumbing, pipefitting, heating and air conditioning work performed by the Employer or by any person, firm or corporation owned or financially controlled by the Employer in the territorial and trade jurisdiction of the Union. The Employer agrees not to sublet or contract out any work covered herein to be performed at the construction site unless the contractor to whom the work is sublet has entered into a Collective Bargaining Agreement with the Union.

5. Subject to the provisions of United Association Constitution and any relevant federal or state law, the Union shall not sanction any employee performing any plumbing, heating, cooling or pipe work after his regular work hours for anyone other than his then current Employer.

ARTICLE II

Standards of Competency

1. Proofs of skills in job classifications shall be established by the individual job applicants by satisfying any one of the following tests:

A. Persons who have been employed for 30 consecutive working days prior to the date of this Agreement, or its effective date, whichever is later, as a building and construction journeyman by an Employer who for the first time has become signatory to an Agreement with the Union, provided such Journeyman's services were satisfactory to such Employer.

B. Persons who have completed an approved apprenticeship training program and have passed the journeymen’s examination for building and construction given by an Examining Board in conformity with the standards adopted by the Bureau of Apprenticeship, United States Department of Labor, or which examination was supervised by that agency.

C. Persons who have been previously employed as a building and construction journeyman and have had at least five (5) years’ practical working experience within the industry and who have satisfactorily passed a written examination conducted by a qualified Examining Board. The Review Board shall determine in each case whether an Examining Board is qualified but, in its determination, shall not discriminate because of Union or Non-Union affiliation.

D. All other persons who desire to register must produce evidence for the Board of at least five (5) years’ practical experience in the industry and apply to the Union to be examined as to their qualifications and skill. The written examinations and practical tests for such applicants shall be held at least four (4) times a year at intervals of three (3) months. Written notice shall be sent to each applicant who has registered pursuant to this section at least two (2) weeks prior to the date set for such examination. All examinations given by the Union shall be fair, impartial and in keeping with the present standards of competency and skill possessed by journeymen in the industry. The Union shall determine the questions to be asked and the practical test to be given upon such examinations, shall grade the answers received and the results of the tests, and shall determine what constitutes satisfactory passage of such examination. The Union shall keep a file of all written examinations given, of the answers received, of the results of the practical tests and of its determination of whether or not each applicant has passed. The results of the examination and practical tests shall be certify by the Union, to the interested Employer, if any, and to the applicant. The Union shall have the right to charge each applicant a reasonable fee in order to cover its costs in administering the examination.

ARTICLE III

Hours of Work

1. Eight (8) hours shall constitute the regular work day unless otherwise agreed to by the Union and Employer.

2. Forty (40) hours, Monday 7:00 A.M. through Friday to 4:30 P.M. shall constitute a week’s work.

The starting time may be altered to 6:30 A.M. with the mutual consent of the Union and the Employer.

Jobs starting at 6:30 A.M. must run for at least five (5) consecutive days and must be consistent for all employees (meaning no staggered starting times).

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3. All employees working after their regular scheduled shift shall be allowed thirty (30) minutes for meal period with pay unless work can be finished in two (2) hours. This paid meal period to be repeated after every four (4) hours worked. On shifts of twelve (12) hours duration the four (4) hours meal period shall be used; however, the first meal period to be unpaid.

4.By mutual agreement between the Business Manager and the Employer, a work week may be established consisting of four (4) days of ten (10) hours per shift, Monday through Thursday, at the straight time rate. This will be job specific only based on client’s needs and requests, and work performed outside the established ten (10) hour shifts shall be paid for at the applicable overtime rate.

The four (4) days of (10) hour shifts, Monday through Thursday, at the straight time rate also shall be available when mandated by a Construction Owner, General Contractor, or Construction Manager in job specifications or general conditions.

By mutual agreement, time lost due to bad weather or conditions beyond the contractor’s control

(excluding holidays) may be made up on Friday. Friday makeup days shall be a full ten (10) hour shift, and pay for such makeup shall be at the straight time rate. Any hours worked beyond the ten (10) hour shifts shall be paid at the applicable overtime rate. All hours worked beyond the forty (40) hour workweek shall be paid at the applicable overtime rate.

When an employee is required to work beyond the ten (10) hours, they shall be entitled to a thirty

(30) minute paid meal period in accordance with Article III, Section 3 (all employees working after their regularly scheduled shift shall be finished in two (2) hours. This meal period to be repeated every four (4) hours worked with the first meal period to be unpaid.

No employee shall be held to less than forty (40) hours, unless they are hired or laid off midweek.

5. Shift work may be performed by the Employer with permission of the Union. Union to be given no less than twenty-four (24) hours notice prior to intended starting. However, when shift work is performed, it must continue for a period of not less than five (5) consecutive work days. The day shift shall work a regular eight (8) hour shift as outlined in Section 1, above. Employees working the second shift (when a third shift is not scheduled) shall work eight (8) hours and receive pay for eight (8) hours.

When working three shifts, employees working the second shift shall work seven and a half (7½) hours and receive pay for eight (8) hours. Employees working the third shift shall work seven (7) hours and receive pay for eight (8) hours. The hourly rate for employees on the second and third shifts shall be fifteen percent (15%) over and above the basic hourly rate. The number of employees permitted to work on any shift will be coordinated with the Business Manager. The overtime rate for work performed beyond eight hours on the second and third shifts shall be paid in accordance with Article IV, Section 3, (page 3) including the shift differential.

When the only shift that can be worked is outside of normal working hours, a shift premium of fifteen percent (15%) of the basic hourly rate shall be paid.

6. Employees shall be paid at straight time for any consecutive eight (8) hours worked between 7:00 A.M. and 4:30 P.M., Monday through Friday (alter to 6:30 A.M.; see Article III, Section 2 (page2)).

7. Any journeyman after being hired and reporting for work at the regular time and for whom no work is provided shall receive pay for two (2) hours at the prevailing rate of wages providing the employee rings out at 9:00 A.M. and any journeyman who reports to work and for whom work is provided shall receive not less than four (4) hours’ pay and if more than four (4) hours are worked in any one day, he shall receive not less than a full day’s pay. When the conditions set forth in this paragraph occur on an overtime day or on shift work, the premium rate shall be paid.

8. All time put in waiting for wages after quitting time shall be paid for at the rate of double time.

9. All employees shall be allowed ten (10) minutes prior to quitting to gather up tools.

10.The straight time work week shall be considered to start with the day shift on Monday (7:00

A.M.) and end with the conclusion of the second or third shift of the fifth day.

11. A lunch break will be provided each working day between 12:00 noon and 12:30 PM (unpaid).

All employees covered by this Agreement are required to take a lunch break. Conditions may warrant moving the actual time with mutual agreement of the Union and Contractor.

ARTICLE IV

Holidays & Overtime

1. Holidays for the purpose of this Agreement are: New Year’s Day, President’s Day, Memorial

Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Veteran’s Day, Thanksgiving, Presidential Election Day and

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Christmas Day. If any of the above holidays fall on a Sunday, it shall be celebrated on a Monday.

Double time shall be paid for work performed on Sunday and the above holidays.

If payday would fall on a holiday, payday shall be the day before the holiday.

2. When Christmas Eve day falls on a working day, all employees of the Employer must stop work after four (4) hours and be paid for the full day.

3. The first four (4) hours other than the normal work day hours during the week shall be paid at time and one half. Time and one half shall also be paid for the first twelve (12) hours worked on Saturday. All other hours of work shall be paid at double time including time worked during an employee’s lunch period.

4. When General Foreman, Area Foreman, Foreman, and Apprentice are not working due to prescribed holidays, Vacation benefit will be the only fringe paid.

5. In the event of a plant/project closing due to a plant/project holiday the contractor will be held harmless for wages and fringe benefits; however, the contractor should make every effort to place employees on other jobs they may have in the jurisdiction. Unless a state of emergency has been called the contractor must notify all employees at least 48 hours in advance of the plant/project closing.

6. When a Journeyperson leaves work after his normal work day and then has to return to the job site the same day, the remainder of that day will be at double time except for service work.

ARTICLE V

Foremen & Apprentices

1. Requests for Supervision. Requests for supervisors, general foremen, area foremen or foremen shall be honored without regard to an employee’s position on the out-of-work list.

2. Requests for Journeymen (Special Skills). Bona fide requests by contractors for journeymen with special skills and abilities shall be honored.

3. Employees of the Employer being sent out of the jurisdiction of Local 322 by Employer shall be supplied with all necessary expenses.

4. No foreman shall supervise more than ten (10) employees. When two (2) or more journeymen are fabricating or installing work, one shall be designated foreman by the Employer and shall receive an additional ten percent (10%) of the Journeyman’s wage rate.

A. When two (2) foremen are employed on a job or over twenty-five (25) employees projected from start of job, an area foreman shall be designated and he shall receive an additional twenty percent (20%) of the Journeyman’s wage rate.

B. When two (2) area foreman and over one hundred (100) employees are projected from start of job, a general foreman shall be designated and he shall receive an additional thirty percent (30%) of the Journeyman’s wage rate.

C. Foremen shall supervise only one branch of the trade. This is to mean that there shall be a plumbing foreman and a fitting foreman.

5. When eight (8) fitter-welders are employed on a job, one shall be designated as working foreman in addition to a plumbing or fitting foreman required under this Agreement and shall receive an additional ten percent (10%) of the journeyman’s wage rate.

6. Apprentice Training: All apprentices will attend school during the day time hours, one (1) day every other week as determined by the Joint Apprenticeship Committee for which no compensation will be paid.

All apprentices are to be governed by the Apprentice Agreement administered by the Joint Apprenticeship Committee. The working conditions of apprentices shall be the same as those of the journeymen mechanics. Fractions of a day, overtime, shift time, board and traveling expenses shall be paid for under the same conditions governing journeymen mechanics.

Rate of pay and Fringe Benefits for Apprentices entering into the Education Program as of May 1, 2025 shall be paid as follows:

First Period 35% of Journeymen’s rate Second Period 40% of Journeymen’s rate Third Period 45% of Journeymen’s rate Fourth Period 50% of Journeymen’s rate

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Fifth Period 55% of Journeymen’s rate Sixth Period 60% of Journeymen’s rate Seventh Period 65% of Journeymen’s rate Eighth Period 70% of Journeymen’s rate Ninth Period 75% of Journeymen’s rate Tenth Period 80% of Journeymen’s rate

Apprentices shall receive Health & Welfare at 100% of the Schedule of Fringe Benefits.

Apprentice Pension, Annuity, Education, Vacation Benefit and Industry Fund shall be a percentage of the Schedule of Fringe Benefits. The percentage shall be the same as that which determines the apprentice’s rate of pay (i.e. first period 35%, second period 40%, etc.)

7. As long as a job is in operation, the General Foreman, Area Foreman, Foreman, and Apprentice shall lose no pay due to inclement weather or holidays.

ARTICLE VI

Layoff & Payment of Wages

1. All employees covered by this Agreement shall receive their wages on the job no later than ½ hour before end of shift. Employees who receive wages at the shop shall leave the job in time to get to the shop at quitting time.

2. All employees shall be given sixty (60) minutes notice prior to being laid off. On the day of termination the employee shall be paid all wages then due him. Lay off is considered pay off during the normal work week, Monday through Friday; however, when it is impossible for the payroll to be processed on Saturday, Sunday and holidays, the payroll checks will be delivered to the Union Office by 12:00 noon the next business day. All time waiting after 12:00 noon will be paid at the appropriate rate per the Collective Bargaining Agreement. If the employee is not on the job site when such notice is required to be given, notice of layoff shall be made by telephone at least sixty (60) minutes prior to the effective time of the layoff and payment of wages shall be made by overnight mail.

3. All employees covered by this Agreement shall be paid via check or, at the Employer’s discretion, via direct deposit into such bank account as the employee shall designate in writing. In the cash of payment via check:

(1) Such payroll checks shall be drawn on a bank with offices in the territorial jurisdiction of the Union;

(2) The Employer shall have made arrangements with area banks so that the employees are able to cash such checks without charge or inconvenience; and

(3) In the case of payment via check or direct deposit, upon the Union’s written request, the Employer shall post cash or an indemnity bond satisfactory to the Union guaranteeing payment of wages which bond shall be not less than the amount of the Employer’s payroll for employees covered by this Agreement for a one week period.

In the event any payroll check of the Employer is dishonored, or the Employer fails to make a direct deposit of wages to the employee’s designated bank account, the Employer’s posted cash shall be immediately forfeited or in case of an indemnity bond, be immediately operative and the Employer shall be prohibited from paying wages by check for the balance of the term of this Agreement.

Employer shall furnish each employee with a statement each pay day showing the following:

(1) Name of Employer.

(2) Address of Employer (not job).

(3) All deductions from gross wages, including taxes, social security, vacation, etc.

Payroll period must end on Sunday at 12:00 midnight and payday shall be the following Wednesday. No Employer shall hold back more than three (3) days pay.

4. An employee who begins work and thereafter becomes injured on the job shall be paid a total of eight (8) hours for that day, provided that:

A. The employee requires and receives medical treatment that day;

B. Such medical treatment is administered by a licensed medical professional; and C. Such employee cannot physically continue to work that day, as certified by the treating

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ARTICLE VII

Referral System

1. It is agreed that the Employer, in order to obtain competent and qualified building and construction journeymen and apprentices and to promote efficiency and safety of operations, shall follow the procedures set forth hereinafter for the recruitment of personnel:

A. The Union shall maintain records of persons available for employment, which records shall indicate the names of all building and construction journeymen and apprentices who have registered for employment, the building and construction specialty in which they are qualified and the out of work date of such persons in the building and construction industry. The Union will refer its members for employment on a First In – First Out basis, of members in good standing. The hiring hall rules and referral regulations will be posted in a side letter to the Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA). No part or parts of the hiring hall rules and regulations shall be Added, changed, removed, altered, stayed or suspended at a Local meeting unless the proposition to that effect is offered in writing signed by 20 members in good standing and presented to the Recording Secretary and a copy given to the Business Manager at least 5 days prior to the union meeting and the majority of the members in good standing present at the meeting at which it is offered, agree to consider same at the next Union meeting thereafter, at which time if two-thirds (2/3) of the qualified members present vote favorable thereof on the motion, it shall be adopted to become effective immediately.

B. No charge shall be made by the Union for the maintenance or use of the out of work records and any referrals.

C. The Employer shall request the Union to refer job applicants for employment as required.

The Employer hereby agrees that it will not circumvent the Union in the recruitment of prospective employees.

D. The Employer, when requesting referral of job applicants, shall specify to the Union the number of applicants required, the work to be performed, the work or project location, and such additional information as is deemed pertinent by the Employer or requested by the Union to permit a proper referral of applicants.

E. The selection of applicants for referral to jobs shall be on a nondiscriminatory basis and shall not be based on or in any way affected by Union membership, bylaws, rules, regulations, constitutional provisions or any other aspect or obligation of Union membership, policy or requirement.

F. If the Union has no building and construction journeyman for referral, it shall so notify the

Employer and the Employer may thereafter hire from any source. At the Employer’s option, the Union may refer persons who have not qualified as journeymen but such referral shall only be made after all building and construction journeymen have been referred.

Per discussion with Business Manager use of the following Employee Termination Letter may be used by Contractor– sample letter as follows:

RE: Rejection of Applicant

As you know, Article VII, Referral System, Section 1E (4) of the Collective Bargaining agreement provided that “The Employer shall have the full and exclusive right to determine the qualifications of all applicants referred by the Union and to reject any applicant referred.”

Pursuant to that Section, this is to advise you the Insert Company Name has made a determination that Insert Name of Employee is not qualified for employment with Insert Company Name . Accordingly, Insert Company Name hereby rejects Insert Name of Employee . Do not refer the applicant for the next year after the initial date of his/her last referral.

G. Examination. If the applicant shows on his application that he has less than five (5) years’ actual experience, he can be refused registration as a journeyman.

2. A Review Board shall be established to consider disputes involving the seniority accorded a registrant and the referral or non referral of registrants and any aggrieved person may appeal the decision of the Review Board to a Permanent Impartial Arbitrator to be named by the Employers acting collectively and the Union. The Apprentice Coordinator assigned to Southern New Jersey by the United States Department of Labor shall be appointed Permanent Impartial Arbitrator if he is permitted to act in

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The Review Board shall be composed of the President and Business Manager and the Chairman of the Apprentice Training Program of the Local Union. All disputes referred to the Review Board shall be in writing and all decisions or dispositions made by the Review Board shall likewise be in writing. The

Review Board shall establish such rules and regulations as it may deem necessary to govern the conduct of proceedings before it. Any appeal from the decision of the Review Board must be taken in writing within ten (10) days from the date of the decision of the Review Board, or the decision of the Review Board shall be final and binding.

Any dispute to be appealed to the Permanent Impartial Arbitrator hereunder must be in writing and the Impartial Arbitrator shall issue an award or decision in writing. The decision of the Permanent Impartial Arbitrator shall be final and binding on all parties.

3. The area to be covered by the out of work list shall be as follows: All of the State of New Jersey contained within the following boundary lines; on the west by the Delaware River, on the north by a line following the center of High Street, Burlington County, New Jersey, to the Pennsylvania Railroad running from Camden to Mount Holly, Birmingham, Seaside Park and shore Points on the New Jersey Coast;

along aforesaid Railroad to the Town of Whiting, striking a direct line Southeasterly to Barnegat Light.

All territory south of aforesaid lines, including the counties of Camden, Gloucester, Atlantic, Cumberland, Cape May, Salem and part of Ocean & Burlington, are in the territorial jurisdiction of Local Union 322. In Burlington City and in Mt. Holly the manning requirements will be fifty percent (50%) of the work force from Local Union 322 and fifty percent (50%) from Local Union 9. The wages will be paid at the Local 9 rate.

4. As a part of the referral system, the Union shall maintain a separate list of apprentices. Any person regularly enrolled in any apprentice training program in the Plumbing and Pipefitting industry approved by the Apprentice Training Division of the United States Department of Labor shall be eligible for inclusion on the apprentice roster upon application to the Union; provided, however, that the

Apprentice Training Committee of the Union shall have full authority to assign apprentices in accordance with the provisions of the Apprentice Training Agreement. Apprentices shall be placed on the roster in accordance with their area apprentice seniority as determined by employment as an enrolled apprentice within the area.

It is the intention of the parties that the Apprentice Training Committee, in order to insure proper and adequate training of apprentices in the various specialties, shall have complete discretion and authority to assign apprentices in accordance with established schedules and training programs without regard to seniority. Seniority of apprentices shall not in any case be applied in a manner inconsistent with this purpose.

Upon completion of apprentice training, apprentices shall be added to the journeymen out of work list as of the date they are certified as journeymen.

Apprentices shall have the right to appeal any dispute to the Review Board and to appeal the decision of the Review Board to the Permanent Impartial Arbitrator.

5. The Union agrees that it shall be the sole administrator of the hiring hall arrangement and shall not be considered to act as the agent of the Employer. The Union assumes sole and complete responsibility for any violations of the law committed by it in connection with its administration of the hiring hall system. The Union further agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Employer from and against any and all costs, expenses (including attorneys’ fees) and damages that may be incurred in connection with any action, suit or claim or proceeding that may be brought against the Employer which arises from or relates to obligations or responsibilities of the Union in the operation of its hiring hall system.

6. Unless a preliminary interview is specifically requested by an Employer, any request for journeymen or apprentices from the Hiring Hall shall be considered as an agreement to hire the employee referred.

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All employees shall be paid for preliminary interview time where a preliminary interview is specifically requested subject to the following:

A. Where a preliminary interview is requested and the employee referred is hired by the Employer, the employee shall be paid from the time of his arrival at the job site or the Employer’s premises.

B. Where a preliminary interview is requested and the employee is rejected by the Employer, the employee shall be paid for all time in excess of one (1) hour from the time of his arrival at the job site or the Employer’s premises.

ARTICLE VIII

Tools

1. Plumbers may supply all hand tools. All tools that are worn out, broken or stolen shall be replaced by Employer for whom plumber is working; replacement shall be of same quality as original tools. The employees shall conscientiously safeguard against damage, loss and pilferage to the extent reasonably possible, all tools which are furnished to them by the Employer. The Employer agrees that it will provide suitable and safe receptacles for all tools, both those of the Employer and of the employee;

however, nothing herein shall impose any financial responsibility upon the employees.

ARTICLE IX

Temporary Heat

1. All boilers or any mechanical heating and cooling equipment for temporary heat or cooling are to be fired or maintained by journeymen employees covered by this Agreement. There shall be three (3) shifts of eight (8) hours in each twenty-four (24) hour day, seven (7) days a week. The rate of pay for all work performed under this Article between the hours 12:01 A.M. on Monday and 12:00 midnight Friday shall be at the regular hourly rate as set forth in Article XVIII (page 19). The rate of pay for work performed between the hours of 12:01 A.M. Saturday and 12:00 midnight Sunday and all holidays observed under the terms of the Agreement shall be 1½ times the regular hourly wage rate. No journeymen shall quit firing a boiler or maintain any equipment until a satisfactory substitution has been made. Journeymen must fire and maintain boilers and equipment until final acceptance of the job by owner and final release has been signed by Employer and journeyman notified that said job has been turned over and accepted. This section shall not apply to domestic work.

All other temporary heat and cooling where steam or hot water is used regardless of source of supply shall be maintained by journeymen employees of the Employer. During the standby periods of temporary heating and cooling, the Employer shall assign work to be performed where practical. Where less than three (3) shifts are required, premium time must be paid for all time before the normal starting time as defined in Article III, Section 2 (page 2) and for Saturdays, Sundays, and all other holidays in accordance with Article IV, Section 1 (page 3).

All temporary air and water shall be manned entirely by Journeyman members of Local 322 on all work except: Commercial, Institutional, Public Buildings, Recreational, Residential or Domestic.

All Temporary piping shall be installed by journeymen covered by this Agreement.

ARTICLE X

Work Jurisdiction

The terms of this Agreement shall apply to any and all employees of the Employer who are employed or are to be employed in the performance of any of the tasks or in connection with any of the work hereinafter enumerated.

1. All piping for plumbing, water, waste, floor drains, drain grates, supply, leader, soil pipe, grease traps, sewerage and vent lines.

2. All piping for water filters, water softeners, water meters and the setting of same.

3. All cold, hot and circulating lines, piping for house pumps, cellar drainers, ejectors, house tanks, pressure tanks, swimming pools, ornamental pools, display fountains, drinking fountains, aquariums, plumbing fixtures and appliances and the handling and setting of the above mentioned

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4. All water services from mains to building, including water meters and water meter fountains.

5. All water mains from whatever source, including branches and fire hydrants, etc.

6. All down spouts and drainage areas, soil pipe, catch basins, manholes, drains, gravel basins, storm water sewers, septic tanks, cesspools, water storage tanks, etc.

7. All liquid soap piping, liquid soap tanks, soap valves, and equipment in bath and washrooms, shower stalls, etc.

8. All bathroom, toilet room and shower room accessories, i.e., as towel racks, paper holders, glass shelves, hooks, mirrors, cabinets, etc.

9. All lawn sprinkler work, including piping, fittings and lawn sprinkler heads.

10. All sheet lead lining for X-ray rooms, fountains, swimming pools or shower stalls, tanks or vats for all purposes and for roof flashings in connection with the pipefitting industry.

11. All fire stand pipes, fire pumps, pressure and storage tanks, valves, hose racks, fire hose, cabinets and accessories and all piping for sprinkler work of every description.

12. All block tin coils, carbonic gas piping for soda fountains and bars, etc.

13. All piping for railing work, and racks of every description, whether screwed or welded.

14. All piping for pneumatic vacuum cleaning systems of every description.

15. All piping for hydraulic, vacuum, pneumatic, air, water, steam, oil, or gas, used in connection with railway cars, railway motor cars and railway locomotives.

16. All marine piping and all piping used in connection with shipbuilding and shipyards.

17. All paper-plant piping of every description.

18. The handling, assembling and erecting of all economizers, super heaters, regardless of the mode or method of making joints, hangers, and erection of same.

19. All internal and external piping on boilers, heaters, tanks and evaporators, water legs, water backs and water grates, boiler compound equipment, etc.

20. All soot blowers and soot-collecting piping systems.

21. The setting, erecting and piping, for all smoke-consuming and smoke-washing and regulating devices.

22. The setting, erecting and piping of instruments, measuring devices, thermostatic controls, gauge boards and other controls used in connection with power, heating, refrigerating, air conditioning, manufacturing, mining and industrial work.

23. The setting and erecting of all boiler feeder water heaters, filters, water softeners, purifiers, condensate equipment, pumps, condensers, coolers, and all piping for same in power houses, distributing and boosting stations, refrigeration, bottling, distilling and brewing plants, heating, ventilating and air conditioning systems.

24. All piping for artificial gases, natural gases and holders and equipment for same, chemicals, minerals and by-products and refining of same, for any and all purposes.

25. The setting and erecting of all under-feed stokers, fuel burners and piping, including gas, oil, powder fuel, hot and cold air pumping and all accessories and parts of burners and stokers, etc.

26. All ash-collecting and conveyor piping systems, including all air washing and dust collecting piping and equipment, accessories and appurtenances and regulating devices, etc.

27. The setting and erection of all oil heaters, oil coolers, storage and distribution tanks, transfer pumps and mixing devices, and piping thereto of every description.

28. The setting, erecting and piping of all cooling units, pumps, reclaiming systems and appurtenances, in connection with transformers and piping to switches of every description.

29. All fire extinguishing systems, and piping, whether by water, steam, gas or chemical, fire alarm piping and control tubing, etc.

30. All piping for sterilizing, chemical treatment, deodorizing, and all cleaning systems of every description and laundries for all purposes.

31. All piping for oil or gasoline tanks, gravity and pressure lubricating and greasing systems, air and hydraulic lifts, etc.

32. All piping for power or heating purposes, either by water, air, steam, gas, oil, chemicals or any other method.

33. All piping, setting and hanging of all units and fixtures for air conditioning, cooling, heating, roof cooling, refrigerator, ice-making, humidifying, dehumidifying, dehydrating by any method, and the charging, testing and servicing of all work after completion.

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35. All piping to stoves, fire grates, blast and heating furnaces, ovens, driers, heaters, oil burners, stokers and boilers and cooking utensils, etc., of every description.

36. All piping in connection with central distributing filtration treatment stations, boosting stations, waste and sewage disposal plants, central chlorination and chemical treatment work, and all underground supply lines to cooling wells, suction basins, filter basins, setting basins and aeration basins.

37. All process piping for refining, manufacturing, industrial and shipping purposes, of every character and description.

38. All air piping of every description.

39. All temporary piping of every description in connection with building and construction work excavating and underground construction.

40. The laying out and cutting of all holes, chases and channels, the setting and erection of bolts, inserts, stands, brackets, supports, sleeves, thimbles, hangers, conduits and boxes, used in connection with the pipefitting industry.

41. The handling and setting of boilers, setting of fronts, setting of soot blowers and attaching of all boiler trimmings.

42. All pipe transportation lines of gas, oil, gasoline, fluids and liquids, water aqueducts and water lines and booster stations of every description.

43. All acetylene and arc welding, brazing, lead joints, expanded joints, rolled joints, or any other mode or method of making joints in connection with the pipefitting industry.

44. Laying out, cutting, bending and fabricating of all pipe work of every description, by whatever mode or method.

45. All methods of stress relieving of all pipe joints made by every mode or method.

46. The assembling and erecting of tanks used for mechanical, manufacturing or industrial purposes, to be assembled with bolts, packed or welded.

47. The handling and using of all tools and equipment that may be necessary for the erection and installation of all work and materials used in the pipefitting industry.

48. The operation, maintenance, repairing, servicing and dismantling of all work installed by journeymen members.

49. All piping for cataracts, cascades, i.e., (artificial water falls), makeup water fountains, captured waters, water towers, cooling towers and spray ponds used for industrial, manufacturing, commercial or for any other purposes.

50. Piping herein specified means pipe made from metals, tile, glass, rubber, plastics, wood or any other kind of materials or product manufactured into pipe usable in the pipefitting industry regardless of size or shape.

51. Installation of water lines, sewer lines, oil tanks and water softeners.

52. It is mutually agreed that the operation, maintenance, repair and protection of all tools and equipment used by the U.A. mechanics is the work of a U.A. mechanic. It is the intention that the U.A.

mechanic shall have complete control of his own equipment. The equipment referred to in this section shall include but not be limited to pipe threading and cut-off machines, hoists, A-frames, Homelite generators, electric drills, etc. ... any and all test pumps—including Hydro Laser, auto welding machine (Astro-Arc), Power Pipe Joiners, single person controlled self-propelled platforms, portable hydraulic lifts.

Company pickup trucks are considered tools of the trade and may be used for transporting employees and material to various job tasks.

The parties acknowledge that there will be new equipment, methods, and materials in the plumbing, pipefitting, heating and air conditioning industry. Any such new equipment, methods and materials which are in any way related to the foregoing enumerated tasks shall be included in the work jurisdiction of the Union and the employees covered hereunder.

53. Start, test and balancing on hydronic systems shall be performed by qualified journeymen of Local 322 who have been trained to perform this type of work.

54. When non-destructive testing is on site, a Journeyman or a Foreman will assist while work is being performed.

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ARTICLE XI

Safety

1. Training: All Local 322 apprentices and journeymen shall be certified in basic safety, hazardous communication, or any certifications required to perform their work covered under this Agreement.

Except as provided herein, such certifications in basic safety, hazardous communications or any other required certifications shall be done at the Union’s sole expense. In the event that any additional safety training and/or courses are required by the project owner or contractor and Local 322 cannot sufficiently perform such training and/or provide such courses, then in such event, the contractor agrees to pay for the cost of such course only, exclusive of wages for which the contractor shall have no responsibility.

2. The employees covered by the terms of this Agreement shall at all times while in the employ of the contractor be bound by the safety rules and regulations as established by OSHA.

All employees covered by this Agreement required to work in any area where they are exposed to acids and caustics or other hazardous conditions shall be provided with new protective clothing by the Employer. All welders are to be supplied with all necessary new leather clothing.

3. Where employees are required to take a test or certification, such employees shall be paid in accordance with Article III, Section 6 (page 3) at the regular journeyman’s rate for the time consumed.

Welding tests shall be supervised by a qualified welder. Tests to be given in jurisdiction of Local 322.

ARTICLE XII

Working Rules

1. The Business Manager, Assistant Business Manager, Business Agent and Financial Secretary shall have the authority of going on all jobs where employees of the Employer are working.

2. There shall be only one member of any firm not a member of the Union permitted to work with tools, providing he has in his employ one (1) Journeyman from Local 322.

3. All employees covered by this Agreement shall be furnished with an adequate change house and it shall be heated between October 1 and April 30. There shall be at least five (5) feet square or twenty-five (25) square feet of floor space for each employee. No material shall be stored in change house area.

These change houses and/or trailers to be equipped with benches and tables.

4. Employees covered by this Agreement shall be furnished at the job site with flush type toilet facilities. These toilets may be connected to an existing sewer line or a septic system.

Jobs employing ten (10) employees or less or for a period of one month or less may use chemical toilets and urinals in place of permanently connected facilities.

In no case shall employees be required to work on a construction job where the toilet facilities do not comply with all the laws of the State of New Jersey.

These facilities shall be supplied with running water for employees to wash and shall be adequately heated.

5. No Employer shall lease or hire any automobile or other vehicle from any employee covered by this Agreement nor shall any employee furnish any automobile or other vehicle to any Employer or make any arrangement with an Employer to transport employees or material other than to provide personal transportation to and from work at the beginning and end of each shift.

6. Whenever the employees covered by this Agreement are required to use a time clock on any job, employees shall ring in on their own time in the morning but shall ring out at the end of the working day on the Employer’s time. It is the intent and purpose of this paragraph to require that the last employee leaving the job shall ring out his time card no later than the regular quitting time. Time clocks shall be placed at the entrances and exits of jobs.

7. Journeymen shall not be required to use laborers to assist them. If assistance is required, other journeymen or apprentices must be employed. All fitter-welders shall have a fitter with him for set up.

Safety to be adhered to at all times.

8. All pipe up to and including 2” diameter shall be fabricated on the job or shop in the jurisdiction of Local 322 using Local 322 members. All pipe supports coming under the jurisdiction of the U.A. shall be fabricated on the job site by employees covered by this Agreement. Catalogue items such as U-bolts, pipe clamps, etc., shall be excluded.

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