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AGREEMENTBETWEEN THE

ASSOCIATED STEEL ERECTORS

OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS

AND THE

INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION

OF BRIDGE, STRUCTURAL,

ORNAMENTAL AND REINFORCING

IRON WORKERS

LOCAL UNION NO. 1

OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS

JUNE 2019

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NUMERICAL INDEXSec. Page

Agreement ...................................................... 9Preamble ......................................................... 9Definition of a Bargaining Unit ....................... 10Consent Decree .............................................. 10Agency Shop ................................................. 1 10Craft Jurisdiction/Tools of the Trade ............. 2 11Blast Furnaces Interior Scaffolding .... Para. E 16Carbon Blocks ..................................... Para. F 16Territory ........................................................ 3 16Work Hours Per Day .................................... 4 17Coffee Break ......................................Para. B 18Breaks – 20 Minutes and 30 Minutes ..............................Para. C 18Tools – Checked In or Out ................. Para. E 18Double Job ......................................... Para. F 18Emergency Call Out ............................Para. G 19Shift Work ..................................................... 5 19Overtime and Holidays .................................. 6 22Wage Rates …………………………………7 23Fringe Benefits ................................................ 23IMPACT & Substance Abuse Program ...... D 26Working Assessment ....................................... 26Travel Expense or Subsistence ..................... 8 27Piecework ..................................................... 9 27Work Limitation .......................................... 10 27Pay Day ....................................................... 11 27Direct Deposit of Checks ............................ 11 29Fringe Benefit Funds ................................... 12 29Fund Disbursement Office .......................... 13 30

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NUMERICAL INDEX (Continued)Sec. Page

Contribution & Deduction Reports.….. ...... 13 30Delinquent Reports & Contributions...Para. C 31Payroll Audit ....................................... Para. D 33Suspension of Health and Welfare Benefits ............................ Para. E 34Dissolving of Fund or Contributions .... Para. F 35Reporting Time ............................................ 14 35Foreman ...................................................... 15 37Guy and Stiff Leg Derricks ......................... 16 38Cranes – Erection of Steel .......................... 16 38Mobile or Power Operating Rigs ................ 16 38Lead Testing ................................................ 17 39Tool and/or Bolt Room ................................ 18 39Man Power ................................................. 19 39Safety Provisions ........................................ 20 39Planking Floors ....................................Para. C 40Impalement Hazards .......................... Para. D 40Stiffening and Supporting Working Load Points .................................... Para. E 40Riding the Load or Load Falls ………………………..Para. F 41Skip Box ............................................... Para G 41Safety Cables ...................................... Para H 41Christmas Treeing Iron ........................ Para. I 41Slings .................................................... Para J 41Protection of Signal Devices .............. Para. K 41Elevator Shaft Protection .................... Para. L 41Cell Phones ........................................ Para. M 42Communication System ...................... Para. N 42


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Overhead Cranes ............................... Para. O 42Elevator, Furnishing of ........................ Para. P 42Personnel Hoists ..............................Para. P 42Safety Requirements on Welding and Burning .................... Para. Q 43Studs and Shear Connectors ...............Para. R 44Bent Plate ....................................................... 44Hard Hats and Safety Belts ................ Para. S 45Covering of Dowels or Projections ..... Para. T 45Boat .................................................... Para. U 45Bar Joist ............................................. Para. V 45Long Span Bar Joist .......................... Para. W 45High Voltage ........................................Para. X 46Floats ..................................................Para. Y 46Tower Erection ........................................... 21 46Cranes, Tuggers and Welders ..................... 22 47Caissons ...................................................... 23 47Post Tensioning ........................................... 24 48Precast ........................................................ 25 49Finisher Tools .............................................. 26 49Shipping Employees .................................... 27 50Material Sorting, Dist. & Storage ............... 28 50Reinforcing Steel .................................. Para C 51Mucker – Reinforcing .........................Para. C 51Dismantlement of Steel ........................ Para G 52Drinking Water – Clothes Room ................. 28 53


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Clothing and Equipment, Reimbursement of ........................ Para. D 53Compensation Insurance ............................. 30 53Physical Examination .................................. 31 53Doctor Visits ............................................... 32 53Bonding Requirements ................................ 33 54Business Agents .......................................... 34 56Job Steward ................................................ 35 56Overtime – Reporting of .....................Para. B 57Walking Steward .................................Para. C 58Protection of Union Principles .................... 36 58Apprenticeship ............................................ 37 58Subcontractors ............................................ 38 59Settlement of Disputes ................................ 39 59Strikes and Lockouts ................................... 40 61Scope of Agreement ................................... 41 61Saving Clause .............................................. 42 62Contract – Length of .................................. 43 62Joint Labor Management Committee .......... 44 63Appendix - Rules for Contributions ............................. 64 IMPACT Programs ................................... 66 Substance Abuse Program ........................ 66 Compliance Agreement .............................. 67 Side Letter ................................................. 72


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ALPHABETICAL INDEX

Sec. PageAgency Shop ................................................. 1 10Agreement ...................................................... 9Appendix ......................................................... 64Apprenticeship ............................................ 37 58Bar Joist ............................................. Para. V 45Bent Plate ...........................................Para. R 44Blast Furnaces Interior Scaffolding .... Para. E 16Boat .................................................... Para. U 45Bonding Requirements ................................ 33 54Breaks – 20 Minutes and 30 Minutes ..............................Para. C 18Business Agents .......................................... 34 56Caissons ...................................................... 23 47Carbon Blocks ..................................... Para. F 16Cell Phones ........................................ Para. M 42Christmas Treeing Iron ........................ Para. I 41Clothing and Equipment Reimbursement of ........................ Para. D 53Coffee Break ......................................Para. B 18Communication System ...................... Para. N 42Compensation Insurance ............................. 30 53Compliance Agreement .................... Appendix 67Consent Decree .............................................. 10Contract – Length of .................................. 43 62Contribution & Deduction Reports ............. 13 30Covering of Dowels or Projections ................................. Para. T 45


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ALPHABETICAL INDEX (continued) Sec. PageCraft Jurisdiction ........................................... 2 11Cranes, Tuggers and Welders ..................... 22 47Cranes – Erection of Steel .......................... 16 38Definition of a Bargaining Unit ....................... 10Delinquent Contributions & Reports ...Para. C 31Direct Deposit of Checks .................. Para. H 29Dismantlement of Steel .......................Para. G 52Dissolving of Fund or Contributions .... Para. F 35Doctor Visits ............................................... 32 53Double Job .......................................... Para. F 18Drinking Water – Clothes Room ................. 28 53Elevator, Furnishing of ........................ Para. P 42Elevator Shaft Protection .................... Para. L 41Emergency Call Out ............................Para. G 19Finisher Tools .............................................. 26 49Floats .................................................. Para. Y 46Foreman ...................................................... 15 37Fringe Benefits ................................................ 23Fringe Benefit Fund .................................... 12 29Fund Disbursement Office .......................... 13 30Guy and Stiff Leg Derricks ......................... 16 38Hard Hats and Safety Belts ................ Para. S 45High Voltage ........................................Para. X 46IMPACT & Substance Abuse Program ....... F 26IMPACT Programs ......................... Appendix 66Impalement Hazards ................................... 20 40Job Stewards ............................................... 35 56Joint Labor Management Committee .......... 44 63Lead Testing ................................................ 17 39


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ALPHABETICAL INDEX (continued) Sec. PageLong Span Bar Joists ........................ Para. W 45Man Power ................................................. 19 39Material Sorting, Dist. & Storage ............... 28 50Mobile or Power Operating Rigs ................ 16 38Mucker – Reinforcing .........................Para. C 51Overhead Cranes ............................... Para. O 42Overtime and Holidays .................................. 6 22Overtime – Reporting of .....................Para. B 57Pay Day ....................................................... 11 27Payroll Audit ....................................... Para. D 33Physical Examination .................................. 31 53Personnel Hoists ................................. Para. P 42Piecework ..................................................... 9 27Planking Floors ....................................Para. C 40Post Tensioning ........................................... 24 48Preamble ......................................................... 9Precast ........................................................ 25 49Protection of Signal Devices .............. Para. K 41Protection of Union Principles .................... 36 58Reinforcing Steel .................................Para. C 51Reporting Time ............................................ 14 35Riding the Load or Load Falls ............. Para. E 41Rules for Contributions .................... Appendix 64Safety Cables ..................................... Para. H 41Safety Provisions ........................................ 20 39Safety Requirements on Welding & Burning ....................... Para. Q 43Saving Clause .............................................. 42 62Scope of Agreement ................................... 41 61


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ALPHABETICAL INDEX (continued) Sec. PageSettlement of Disputes ................................ 38 59Shift Work ..................................................... 5 19Shipping Employees .................................... 27 50Skip Box .............................................. Para. G 41Slings .................................................... Para. J 41Job Steward ................................................ 35 56Stiffening and Supporting Working Load Points ................................... Para. D 40Strikes and Lockouts ................................... 40 61Studs and Shear Connectors ...............Para. R 44Subcontractors ............................................ 38 59Substance Abuse Program ............................ 7 66Suspension of Health and Welfare Benefits ............................ Para. E 34Territory ........................................................ 3 16Tool and/or Bolt Room ................................ 18 39Tools – Checked In or Out ................. Para. E 18Tools of the Trade ......................................... 2 11Tower Erection ........................................... 21 46Travel Expense or Subsistence ..................... 8 27Wage Rates ................................................... 7 23Walking Steward .................................Para. C 58Welding and Burning ........................... Para.Q 43Work Hours Per Day .................................... 4 17Work Limitation .......................................... 10 27Working Assessment ....................................... 26


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AGREEMENT BETWEENThe Associated Steel Erectors of Chicago and theBridge, Structural, Ornamental and ReinforcingIron Workers Local Union No. 1. This Agreement is made and entered into this1st day of June, 2019, by and between theAssociated Steel Erectors of Chicago, Illinoishereinafter referred to as the “Employer” andLocal Union No. 1 of the InternationalAssociation of Bridge, Structural, Ornamental andReinforcing Iron Workers (affiliated with theAFL-CIO) hereinafter referred to as the “Union”.

PREAMBLEThis Agreement is entered into by collective

bargaining to prevent strikes and lockouts and tofacilitate peaceful adjustment of grievances anddisputes between Employer and Union in this tradeand to prevent waste, unnecessary and avoidabledelays, and expense and, so far as possible, toprovide for labor’s continuous employment, suchemployment to be in accordance with theconditions herein set forth and at wages hereinagreed upon; also, that stable conditions mayprevail in the building industry and building costsmay be as low as possible, consistent with fairwages and conditions and, further, theestablishment of the necessary procedures bywhich these ends may be accomplished.

All work undertaken by Contractors within thetrade jurisdiction of the Union shall be doneexclusively by employees in the bargaining unit,subject to the decision of the Building andConstruction Trades Department, the AmericanFederation of Labor-CIO or any recognized board.


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It is further agreed that the Standard Form ofAgreement consummated between the ChicagoBuilding and Construction Trades Council and theConstruction Employers Association, both ofChicago, Illinois, is and shall be part of thisAgreement in all its singular provisions as fullyas is written.

DEFINITION OF BARGAINING UNITAll employees engaged in doing the work

provided for in Sec. II of this Agreement shallconstitute a single bargaining unit for which theUnion shall act as exclusive bargaining agent.

CONSENT DECREEIt should be noted that pursuant to the Consent

Decree entered by Court Order June 26, 1973,the collective bargaining Agreements are deemedamended to the extent required by the Decree.

AGENCY SHOPSECTION I. As a condition of employment,

all employees shall, on and after the 8th dayfollowing the beginning of employment as an ironworker covered by this Agreement or theeffective date of this amendment to thisAgreement, whichever is later, pay to the Unionthe equivalent of dues and fees uniformly andperiodically required by the Union to be paid bymembers of the Union as a condition of theircontinued membership in the Union.

At the beginning of each week no later thanTuesday, each contractor or Employer shall notifythe Union in writing of the names, addresses, anddates of hire of each employee hired during thepreceding week. A copy of a W-4 form will beacceptable.


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CRAFT JURISDICTIONSECTION 2. It is agreed that the jurisdiction

of work covered by this Agreement is thatprovided for in the charter grant issued by theAmerican Federation of Labor to the InternationalAssociation of Bridge, Structural, Ornamental andReinforcing Iron Workers, it being understoodthat the claims are subject to trade Agreementsand final decisions of the AFL-CIO as well as thedecisions rendered by the National Joint Boardfor the settlement of jurisdictional disputes.

The parties to this Agreement are subject toand agree to be bound by all decisions and awardsmade by the National Joint Board for settlementof jurisdictional disputes with respect to alljurisdictional disputes which may arise under thisAgreement.

This Union claims the following work: thefield fabrication, erection and construction of alliron and steel, lead, bronze, brass, copper,aluminum, reinforced concrete structures or partsthereof: bridges, viaducts, inclines, dams, docks,dredges, vessels, locks, gates, aquaducts,reservoirs, spillways, flumes, caissons, secantcaissons, secant walls, cofferdams, subways,tunnels, cableways, tramways, monorails, blastfurnaces, precipitators, stoves, incinerators, kilns,drivers, coolers, crushers, agitators, pulverizers,mixers, roasters, concentrators, ovens, cupolas,smoke conveyors, pen stocks, flag poles, drums,shafting, shoring, all storage rooms, fans and hotrooms, ventilators including air ducts inconnection therewith, stacks, bunkers, conveyers,speed walks and similar equipment, dumpers,elevators, vats, enamel tanks and vats, towers,


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tanks, pans, hoppers, bins, plates, anchors andanchor bolts, caps, corbels, lintels, inserts, Howeand Combination Trusses, grillage and foundationwork, bucks, partitions, hanging ceilings, hangers,clips, brackets, flooring, floor construction, steelfloor decking and domes, cast tiling, frames, airducts, dust and trench frames and trench frameangles and angles for machinery bases, shelfangles for support of bricks, stone, or any othermaterial, all iron in expansion joints and platesincluding baffle, blast, deflector, smoke, bearingand shoe plates, plates in vaults, structural supportsfor conveyers for coal, ashes, or any other materialwhether bulk or package, exterior wheel or cornerguards, grill work, skylights, roofs canopies,marquees, awnings, elevator and dumb waiterenclosures, elevator cars, tracks, facias, aprons,frames, fronts, racks, book stacks, tables, chutes,escalators, ventilators, boxes, signs, jail and cellwork, vaults, vault doors, corrugated sheets whenattached to steel frames, frames in support ofboilers; material altered in field, such as framing,cutting, bending, drilling, burning and welding,including by Acetylene Gas and ElectricMachines; metal forms and false work pertainingto concrete construction; traveling sheaves,vertical hydraulic elevators, bulkheads, skiphoists;the making and installation of all articles madeof wire and fibrous rope, false work, travelers,scaffolding, pile drivers, sheet piling, derricks,cranes, the erection, installation, handling andoperating of same on all forms of constructionwork; all railroad bridge work including theirmaintenance, the loading, unloading, necessarymaintenance, erection, installation, removal,wrecking and dismantling of all of the above andall housesmith work and submarine diving in


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connection with or about same. The erection ofsteel towers, chutes, and spouts for concretewhere attached to towers and handling andfastening of cables and guys for same. Theracking, sorting, cutting, bending, hoisting, placingand tying of all iron, steel and metal used inreinforced concrete construction, including meshfor floor arches, the making of hoops and stirrups,metal forms and metal supports thereto, includingsteel foundations, beams, rails in buildings,viaducts, all sectional and other steel stackserected in office buildings, hospitals and hotels;all stacks erected in small power plants inconnection with office buildings, hospitals andhotels. All extensions and repair to such stackson buildings herein mentioned, coal bunkers, binsor hoppers bolted, welded or riveted whether usedfor coal, grain, ore, stone or any material, hangingceilings, angles, tees, channels, beams, etc.Structural iron and steelwork for support ofboilers, hoppers, elevators; also jacking up of allelevated roads and bridges. Wrecking of bridges,viaducts, elevated roads and structural steel andiron work in all buildings. The erection andremoval of all falsework from bridges, viaductsand elevated roads, all cast iron and steel mullionsexcept those in store fronts. All frames foropenings except where iron or calamine doorsare hung; all porches, verandas and balconies; allcanopies; all frame work for ventilators, allskylights and penthouses, except shell ornamentalcast work or operating devices. All structuralwork to support escalators and speedwalkconveyers. All work on cells in jails and policestations, excepting the setting and fitting of doors,all elevator pockets, all overhead travelers, Ibeams or channels, monorails and tramways,


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duorails, tramrails, caps, lintels and anchor bolts.Structural steel and iron work for sidewalksincluding curb angles, plates, reinforcing steel andwire mesh. The framing and erection ordismantling of travelers and derricks; the erectionof structural steel work for signs, elevators,chutes, skip hoists, blast furnaces, precipitators,angles for machinery bases, shelf angles forsupport of brick, stone or any other material andall iron in expansion joints. Erection of structuralsteel work for bulkheads or sluice gate work inconnection with pumping stations on dams andlocks. All necessary changes pertaining to thisclassification of work such as drilling, chipping,bending, etc.; cutting and welding with gas andelectricity. Erection, setting, repairing, lining, andanchoring of machinery and mechanical devicesin bridges, blast furnace top mechanism, cardumpers and locks, cranes, derricks, pug millmachinery, ore bridges, ore unloaders andconveyers (excepting machinery classified aselectrical); erection, setting, repairing, lining andanchoring of guard or collision rails on bridgesand approaches, the erection and dismantling ofstructural steel and tubular towers, structures suchas bleachers, stands and scaffolding, includingstructural steel and columns for temporarybarricades around buildings under construction;all the unloading of material when done byderrick, tackle or outrigger; the laying, tying,setting, fabricating and bending (when done onthe job) of all steel or iron rods; wire mesh workor other metal used in reinforcing concrete andfloor construction, including paper back wiremesh and corrugated sheeting used in floorconstruction; all premoulded, reinforced concretemembers. The handling and setting of all types


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of steel and metal joists including metal box joistsfor trusslab and preformed Keystone shapedmetal joists. The erection of steel houses andbuildings, the maintenance of reinforcing steeland wire mesh while concrete is being poured onsame. The installation of all ferrous, nonferrousand/or protected metal corrugated sheeting 5" orless, between centers of corrugations, alltranslucent and plastic material on steel frameconstruction shall be the work of this Union.Amusement rides, sky rides, tram rail-flume ridesto fall under the jurisdiction of Local No. 1.

A. The erection of structural steel frames andsupports in connection with skylights, ventilators,ovens, spray booths, annealing booths, dustcollecting systems, blow pipe systems, fumeexhaust systems, cyclones, washers, driers,conveyors, chutes, hoppers, and enclosures shallbe the work of this Union.

B. All the physical aspects in conjunction withthe Magna-Flux testing will be done by themembers of this Union. A journeyman IronWorker will apply the testing materials and alsodo the Magna Fluxing.

C. All new systems of non-destructive testingof welds shall be done by a Journeyman IronWorker without penalty to the Erector.

D. Certification of Welders: all certificationrecords of Iron Workers will be kept in theApprentice Office and exchanged withcontractors upon request. All contractorscertifying welders shall be required to send copiesof certification to the Apprentice Office.


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E. The scaffolding on the interior of blastfurnaces including the fabrication, erection,hanging, dismantling and maintaining this scaffoldfor all trades while it is being used, raised, loweredor altered is the work of the Iron Workers.Furnace Work, four (4) men and a foreman shallbe considered the minimum crew needed toperform this work in a safe and expeditiousmanner and they shall be available for other workon the immediate furnace.

F. The unloading, handling and setting ofcarbon blocks that require power rigging to bethe work of the Iron Workers.

G. Composite rebar installation (plastic) shallbe the work of the Iron Workers.

H. Tools of the trade shall include theoperation and maintenance of compressors,welders, vallas, roustabouts, tuggers (electric orair), stud machines, forklifts, hydrocranes,telehandlers and carrydecks.

TERRITORYSECTION 3. The territory covered by thisAgreement shall be the territorial jurisdiction ofLocal Union No. 1 which extends halfway to thenearest outside Local Union of the InternationalAssociation of Bridge, Structural, Ornamental andReinforcing Iron Workers.

The boundary lines of Local Union No. 1consist of the following which have beenmutually agreed to by the local unions surroundingsame.


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A. On the North, the Wisconsin State Line.

B. On the Northwest, from County Line onRoute 53, follow Cook County Line to McHenryCounty, West on Kane County Line to Route 31,North on Route 31 to Route 14, Northwest onRoute 14 to Route 47, Route 47 to the WisconsinLine. Territories East of these Routes belong toLocal Union No. 1.

C. On the West, Illinois Route 53 from CookCounty Line along the Eastern City limits of GlenEllyn; South to 31st Street, then east on 31stStreet to the Eastern City limits of DownersGrove; South on Fairview Avenue onto Route 66,then East on 91st Street to Clarendon Hills Road;South on line with Clarendon Road to Cook CountyLine.

D. On the South, and Southwest, Will CountyLine.

E. On the Southeast, Indiana State Line.

WORK HOURS PER DAYSECTION 4. Paragraph A. Eight (8) hours

shall constitute a day’s work, from 8 a.m. to 4:30p.m. from Monday to Friday, inclusive, except interritories where a shorter work day prevailsamong a majority of the building trades unionson building work. However, flexible starting timeis permitted between 6:00 a.m., 7:00 a.m. and8:00 a.m. and shall be determined by thecontractor and the men on the job. Once thestarting time has been determined, no change shallbe made without the approval of the ExecutiveCommittee of the Union. Reporting Time –Section 14 of the Agreement shall apply to the


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starting time for the job. Lunch period is 30minutes and shall begin five (5) hours afterstarting time but may be adjusted by agreementwith the men on the job and the contractor or hisrepresentative. Under emergency a ten (10)minute allowance will be made to the contractor,but under no circumstances will this be allowedas a general practice. If an employee is requiredto work during the lunch period, he shall be paidat the rate of double time and an adequate breakperiod provided without loss of pay.

Paragraph B. A 20 minute coffee break shallbe allotted to Iron Workers in the morningwithout loss of pay. Muckers shall be relieved totake a full coffee break.

Paragraph C. A twenty (20) minute breakafter ten (10) hours, a thirty (30) minute breakafter twelve (12) hours and a thirty (30) minutebreak every four (4) hours thereafter. All breakperiods must be taken without loss of pay.

Paragraph D. Changes in the work hours perday in special cases, not however to exceed aneight (8) hour day may be made to meet specialconditions upon application to and approval of theGeneral Executive Board.

Paragraph E. When tools are to be checkedin or out, it shall be done during the working hours.

Paragraph F. No Iron Worker will bepermitted to receive wages for more than one (1)job at the same time.


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Paragraph G. Emergency Call Out: WhenIron Workers are called out on emergency and/or breakdowns on other than shift work or normaleight (8) hour day, Iron Workers will beguaranteed a minimum of two (2) hours doubletime pay.

Paragraph H. All men requested from theHall shall be guaranteed a minimum of four (4)hours of wages and benefits, weather permitting.

Paragraph I. In a situation where anEmployee is required by an employer to show upat a remote location other than the jobsite, theEmployee shall not be paid for the commute fromthe remote location to the jobsite. TheEmployee’s travel time from the jobsite to theremote location shall be compensated by theEmployer at the applicable rate.

SHIFT WORKSECTION 5. Paragraph A. When two (2)

shifts are employed, each shift shall work sevenand one-half (7 1/2) hours for eight (8) hours payat regular time; when three (3) shifts areemployed, seven (7) hours shall constitute a day’swork for each shift for which a regular wage ofeight (8) hours shall be paid or a proportionatepart thereof for time worked. When multipleshifts are worked on Saturday, Sunday orrecognized holidays, the following shall applywhen two (2) shifts are employed, each shift shallwork seven and one-half (7 1/2) hours for eight(8) hours pay at double the straight time rate ofwages. When three (3) shifts are employed, eachshift shall work seven (7) hours for eight (8)hours pay at double the straight time rate of wages


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or a proportionate part thereof for time worked.On all shift work performed on Saturday, Sundayor holidays, the overtime rate of double time shallstart with the beginning of the first or “morningshift”. Not more than one (1) shift shall beallowed on a job of less than five (5) days durationexcept in cases of emergency, which shall bedecided by the General Executive Board. Inlocalities where the work day is less than eight(8) hours per day, the hours on shift work shall beshortened proportionately.

Paragraph B. When two (2) shifts areemployed on any job, the second shift shall startnot later than 5:00 p.m.

Paragraph C. When three (3) shifts areemployed, the third shift shall start not later than12:30 a.m. On two (2) and three (3) shift jobs,equal numbers of men shall be employed up toten (10) Journeymen and thereafter not less thansixty percent (60%) of the number employed onthe first shift shall constitute the second and alike number of men shall constitute the third shift.

Paragraph D. One (1), two (2), and three (3)shift jobs, all hours worked between the hours of12:01 a.m. Saturday and 12:01 a.m. Monday shallbe paid at the rate of double time. Shift workshall continue until the end of the emergency.Emergency cannot stop on Friday evening and thenstart again on Monday.

Paragraph E. Two 8 Hour Shifts: When two(2) shifts are employed, each shift shall workseven and one-half (7 1/2) hours for eight (8)hours pay at regular straight time rate. Each shiftshall remain on the site eight (8) hours. Overtime


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rate to be paid for all hours worked in excess ofseven and one-half (7 1/2) hours. 1st shift 8:00a.m. – 4:00 p.m., second shift 4:00 p.m. – 12midnight.

Paragraph F. Three 8 Hour Shifts: Whenthree (3) shifts are employed, each shift shallwork seven (7) hours for eight (8) hours pay atregular straight time rate. Each shift shall remainon the site seven and one-half (7 1/2) hours.Overtime rate to be paid for all hours worked inexcess of seven (7) hours. 1st shift 12 midnight– 7:30 a.m., 7:30 a.m. – 3:00 p.m., 3:00 p.m. –10:30 p.m.

Paragraph G. Two 10 Hour Shifts: Whentwo (2) shifts are employed, each shift shall worknine and one-half (9 1/2) hours and shall remainon the site for ten (10) hours. They shall workseven and one-half (7 1/2) hours for eight (8)hours pay at regular straight time rate and worktwo (2) hours at double time rate for four (4) hourspay or a total of nine and one-half (9 1/2) hoursworked for twelve (12) hours pay. 1st shift 8:00a.m. – 6:00 p.m., 2nd shift 6:00 p.m. – 4:00 a.m.

Paragraph H. Two 12 Hour Shifts: Whentwo (2) shifts are employed each shift shall workeleven and one-half (11 1/2) hours and shallremain on the site for twelve (12) hours. Theyshall work seven and one-half (7 1/2) hours foreight (8) hours pay at regular straight time rateand work four (4) hours at double time rate foreight (8) hours pay or a total of eleven and one-half (11 1/2) hours worked for sixteen (16) hourspay. 1st shift 8:00 a.m. – 8:00 p.m., 2nd shift8:00 p.m. – 8:00 a.m. Each shift shall also have a


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fifteen (15) minute break after working ten (10)hours without loss of pay.

Paragraph I. All of the shifts outlined in A,B, C and D above are the normal shifts of five (5)days or more duration.

Paragraph J. On short shifts, less than five(5) days duration for which permission has notbeen granted by General Executive Board for ashort shift pay basis, the following will apply:Double time will be paid for all hours workedbetween 4:30 p.m. and 8:00 a.m. and all hoursworked on Saturdays, Sundays and recognizedholidays. Each shift shall also have a fifteen (15)minute break after working ten (10) hours withoutloss of pay. All overtime shall be divided asequally as possible among all employees on eachshift.

OVERTIME AND HOLIDAYSSECTION 6. Paragraph A. Double time shall

be paid for any and all work in excess of eight (8)hours on any regular work day and for all timeworked on Saturday, Sunday, and recognizedholidays. No work shall be performed on LaborDay except to save life or property. The Employeris not required to make fringe benefitcontributions on vacation and holiday hours.

Paragraph B. The following holidays shall beobserved:

New Year’s Day Thanksgiving DayMemorial Day Labor DayFourth of July Christmas Day

Any holiday which occurs on a Saturday will beobserved on the preceding Friday and a holidaywhich occurs on a Sunday shall be observed thefollowing Monday.


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WAGE RATESSECTION 7. Paragraph A. Effective June 1,

2019, the total Wage and Fringe Benefit Packagewill be increased by $3.00 in the aggregate andthe following hourly rates shall apply to theclassifications as indicated, and remain effectiveuntil May 31, 2020.

PER HOURJourneymen .............................................. $50.63Foremen ................................................... $52.63General Foremen .....................................$54.13Sheeters .................................................. $50.88Sheeter Foremen ......................................$52.88

FRINGE BENEFITSIndividual Annuity Account ................... $12.50Welfare Fund, Local No.1 .......................$14.65Pension Fund, Local No.1 ....................... $11.28Apprentice & Journeymen’sRetraining Fund, Local No. 1 .................... $0.44Associated Steel ErectorsIndustry Promotional Fund ........................ $0.20Local No. 1 Organizational Fund .............. $0.41Local No. 1 Scholarship Fund ................... $0.50I.M.P.A.C.T. ................................................ $0.32Iron Workers Political Action League* *Deduct from salary ............................... $0.03Work Assessment, Local No. 1* *Deduct from salary ................................ 2.5%Supplemental Per Capita Tax* *Deduct from salary ............................... $0.19Credit Union* *Deduct from salary ............................... $5.00


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APPRENTICES

Period Percentage Wages Annuity

1st 6 months, not less than 60% 30.38 7.50

2nd 6 months, not less than 70% 35.45 8.75

3rd 6 months, not less than 75% 37.98 9.38

4th 6 months, not less than 80% 40.51 10.00



Total Package $90.93– Fringes $40.30

JUNE 1, 2020 INCREASES

Paragraph B. Effective June 1, 2020 throughMay 31, 2021, the total Wage and Fringe BenefitPackage will be increased by $3.00 per hour inthe aggregate.

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Paragraph C. Effective June 1, 2021 throughMay 31, 2022, the total Wage and Fringe BenefitPackage will be increased by $3.00 per hour inthe aggregate.



Paragraph D. Effective June 1, 2022 throughMay 31, 2023, the total Wage and Fringe BenefitPackage will be increased by $2.55 per hour inthe aggregate.



Paragraph E. Effective June 1, 2023 throughMay 31, 2024, the total Wage and Fringe BenefitPackage will be increased by $2.55 per hour inthe aggregate.



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IMPACT FUNDParagraph F. The Union has agreed to

contribute to the IMPACT Fund. The Employer’sobligation to contribute to the IMPACT Fund shallbe contingent upon the Union’s agreement to alsomake contributions. All ironworkers workingunder the jurisdiction of Local #1 shallparticipate fully in all IMPACT programs,including 100% participation in the substanceabuse program and certification programs,effective June 1, 2010.

Paragraph G. Effective January 1, 2017IMPACT shall be paid at the rate of five-eighthsof one percent (5/8 of 1%) of the applicablehourly journeyman wage rate for each hourworked and the Supplemental Per Capita Tax shallbe paid at three-eighths of one percent (3/8 of1%) of the applicable hourly journeyman wagerate for each hour worked per member per monthto the International Ironworkers Organizing Fund.

WORKING ASSESSMENTThe contractor or Employer shall deduct from

the pay of each employee covered by thisAgreement an hourly working assessment foreach hour paid in whatever sum is established bythe Union upon the written authorization of theemployee to such effect.

This assessment will be collected weekly andpaid monthly to the Pension Fund, also known asthe Fund Disbursement Office, as the collectionagent.

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Associated Steel Erectors of Chicago, sixty (60)days prior to the date of change.

TRAVEL EXPENSE OR SUBSISTENCESECTION 8. Paragraph A. On all marine

work Iron Workers shall be paid for time at theregular rate of wages from dock to dock withminimum of four (4) hours.

Paragraph B. Iron Workers covered by thisAgreement who are transferred from one job toanother, during the regular working hours, shallreceive time and transportation expenses for eachjob transfer.

PIECEWORKSECTION 9. It is further agreed that the

employees will not contract, subcontract, workpiecework, or work for less than the scale ofwages established by the Agreement. TheEmployers agree not to offer and/or to pay, andthe employees will not accept, a bonus based onspecific performance on any individual job.

WORK LIMITATIONSECTION 10. There shall be no limitation

placed on the amount of work to be performed byany workman during working hours.

PAY DAYSECTION 11. Paragraph A. Pay day shall be

before the end of the workday, every Wednesday,up to and including Sunday of that week or on suchother day of the week that has been mutuallyagreed upon between the Employer and the Union,except in weeks that include a Federal holiday. Ifa Federal holiday occurs on a Monday, Tuesday


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or Wednesday, the Employer may extend the payday by one (1) day. Wages are to be paid on thejob, any waiting time on payday shall be paid atthe rate of double time up to four (4) hours perday, and if need be the following morning thewaiting time will go back to straight time for upto two (2) days. After two (2) days the men willbe pulled from the job until paid.

Paragraph B. Employers may withhold wherenecessary a reasonable amount of wages due toenable them to prepare the payroll.

Paragraph C. No employee shall be laid offby phone or any other means of communication.He shall be laid off at the job site.

Paragraph D. When employees are laid off,or discharged, they shall be paid in full in cash orother legal tender on the job immediately, and ifrequired to go to some other point or to the officeof the Employer, the employee shall be paid forthe time required to go to such places. Whenemployees quit of their own accord, they shallwait until the regular pay day for the wages duethem.

Paragraph E. Any undue delay or loss of timecaused the employees through no fault of theirown shall be paid for by the employer causingsuch delay, at the regular straight time wages.

Paragraph F. Accompanying each paymentof wages shall be a separate statement identifyingthe employer, showing the total earnings, theamount of each deduction, the purpose thereof,and net earnings. All payroll check stubs must


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have a company name and employee’s name orSocial Security Number listed on it.

Paragraph G. Any Employer who fails to paywages or issue payroll checks for wages and suchchecks are subsequently dishonored, shall beliable for the amount of the check plus anadditional amount equal to twenty percent (20%)as liquidated damages. The Employer shall alsobe liable for reasonable attorneys fees incurredby Local No. 1 in the collection of said wages.

Employees will also be reimbursed for all feeson Non Sufficient fund checks, plus Personalchecks that become N.S.F. due to N.S.F. payrollchecks.

Paragraph H. Direct deposit of paychecksmay be offered by employers but is not mandatory.

FRINGE BENEFIT FUNDSSECTION 12. Paragraph A. Each Employer

bound by this Agreement, and its affiliates, agreeto make contributions, as outlined in Section 7,to the Structural Iron Workers Local No. 1Welfare Fund, the Structural Iron Workers LocalNo. 1 Pension Trust Fund, the Structural IronWorkers Local No. 1 Annuity Fund, theApprenticeship Training and Journeyman’sRetraining Fund, the National I.W. ApprenticeFund, the Local No. 1 Scholarship Fund and theIronworker Management Progressive ActionCooperative Trust (collectively the “Funds”) inaccordance with the terms of this Agreement andwith the Agreements and Declarations of Trust(“Trust Agreements”) under which each Fund isoperated.


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Paragraph B. Each Employer adopts andagrees to be bound by each Fund’s TrustAgreement, and as the Trust Agreement(s) maybe amended hereafter, as fully as if the Employerwas an original party thereto. The Employerhereby designates the Association Trustees namedin the respective Trust Agreements, together withtheir successors, as its representatives on theBoard of Trustees of each Fund. The Employeragrees to be bound by all actions taken by eachBoard of Trustees pursuant to the powers grantedthem by federal law or the respective TrustAgreements. The employer recognizes that eachBoard of Trustees has the sole power to construethe provisions of the respective Trust Agreements,the respective employee benefit plans, and eachFund’s rules and regulations, if any, and that allconstructions, interpretations, and determinationsmade by the respective Trustees for theirrespective funds shall be final and binding on allparties.

REPORTING CONTRIBUTIONS,DEDUCTIONS AND DELINQUENCIESSECTION 13. Paragraph A. The Pension

Fund, also known as the Fund DisbursementOffice, is the authorized collection agent for thecontributions and deductions required underSection 7.

Paragraph B. At all times the contributionsand deductions required under Section 7, alongwith accurate information as to employee, totalweekly hours worked and sums due for eachemployee, shall be made monthly by the fifteenth(15th) of the month following the month in whichthe work is performed to the Fund DisbursementOffice. Weekly payments will be required from


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all contractors who become delinquent in fringebenefit payments. As of the due date, thecontributions shall be considered the assets ofthe Funds.

Effective January 1, 2017, the pay period isdefined by the end of the pay period and not thepay date; the last day of the pay period shall bethe last Sunday of the month.

Paragraph C. It shall be considered aviolation of this Agreement for any Employer tofail to pay or comply with any provisions of thisArticle, or any rule or regulation made by theTrustees of the Funds. If an Employer fails tomake timely contributions to the various Fundsprovided for in this Agreement, the Trustees ofthe Fund are hereby given the power to add to thedelinquent contributions and deductions of anyEmployer an amount up to twenty percent (20%)of the total delinquencies and deductions asliquidated damages for failure to make promptand timely payment to the Funds.

Employers who are once delinquent maythereafter be required by the Trustees to depositwith the Fund Disbursement Office in advance,as a guarantee for the future payment ofcontributions and deductions, an amount equal tothe monthly contributions and deductions of suchEmployer as estimated by the Fund DisbursementOffice. Weekly payments may be required fromall contractors who become delinquent in fringebenefit payments.

If an Employer’s delinquency, including anyassessment of liquidated damages, is not paid infull within fifteen (15) days after said Employer


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is notified of such delinquency by the FundDisbursement Office, or Local No. 1, theEmployer shall be liable, in addition to thecontributions and liquidated damages, for claimsto the extent of benefits to which the employeewould have been entitled if the requiredcontributions had been made. The Employer willalso be liable for all reasonable attorneys’ feesincurred by the Trustees in enforcing suchpayments, or the enforcement of any of theprovisions of this Section.

In the event the Union receives written noticefrom the Fund Disbursement Office that theEmployer has failed to pay in full any sums duethe Funds under this Agreement, or has failed tocomply with any of the provisions in this Section,and that such failure has continued for fifteen (15)days, the Union and/or Fund Disbursement OfficeAdministrator may remove all employees fromsuch Employer’s employment until all sums duefrom the Employer under this article have beenpaid in full. This remedy shall be in addition toall other remedies available to the Fund OfficeAdministrator, Union or the Trustees, and may beexercised by the Union, anything in this collectivebargaining Agreement to the contrarynotwithstanding. Such removal of the employeesto collect contributions and deductions due shallnot be considered a violation of this Agreementon the part of the Union and it shall not be asubject of arbitration.

If employees are withdrawn from any job inorder to collect contributions and deductions dueunder this Agreement, or to enforce theprovisions of this Section, the employees whoare affected by such work stoppage shall be paid


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by the delinquent Employer for lost time up to amaximum of sixteen (16) hours pay, provided thattwo (2) days written notice of the intention towithdraw the employees is given to the Employerby the Union or Fund DisbursementAdministrator.

PAYROLL AUDITParagraph D. In addition to any requirement

imposed by the Trust Agreements, each Employercovered by this Agreement shall furnish to theAdministrator of the Fund Disbursement Office,upon request, such information and reports, otherthan for audit purposes, as he deems necessaryfor the performance of his duties. For purposesof a regular or special audit, a certified publicaccounting firm as designated by the Trustees whoadminister the Fund Disbursement Office, shallhave the right at all reasonable times during thebusiness hours to enter the premises of theEmployer and to examine all records which saidcertified public accounting firm may deemnecessary for a regular or special audit, includingall books of account, general and special ledgers,including all payroll records, and Employerreports to governmental tax collecting agencies.

Any Employer found delinquent through aregular or special audit shall be charged the fullcost of such audit if the delinquency exceeds$2,500 per three (3) years.

The administrator of the Fund DisbursementOffice, with the authorization from the Trusteesof the various Funds, may institute whateverproceedings, including legal proceedings, thatmay be necessary to enforce compliance with theprovisions of this agreement relating to


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contributions and deductions. Legal fees incurredby the administrator in so acting shall be chargedto the delinquent Employer.

SUSPENSION OF HEALTH ANDWELFARE BENEFITS

Paragraph E. Inasmuch as the benefitsprovided are based upon receipt of allcontributions due for covered employment,eligibility for benefits is necessarily dependentupon the good faith efforts of all Participants toassist in the collection of required contributions.Therefore, notwithstanding any other provisionof the Plan, if the Trustees conclude that aParticipant cooperated with a participatingEmployer or its agents in a scheme or undertakingto under-report hours actually worked for suchparticipating Employer, or otherwise acted todeprive the Fund of contributions due the Fund:

1. All Health and Welfare Benefits will besuspended for that Participant and the Participant’sdependents retroactively for the entire periodduring which the Participant engaged in suchactivity.

2. During the period of retroactive suspension,the Participant and the Participant’s dependentswill not be eligible for Health and WelfareBenefits. If any claim is made for an event thatoccurred during the period of retroactivesuspension, that claim will not be paid, and if ithas already been paid, the Participant mustreimburse the Fund fully before benefits will berestored.

3. In any event benefits will not be restoredunless and until the Participant agrees in writingthat the Participant will not engage in such activity


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in the future; and that if the Participant does, his/her benefits will be suspended retroactively tothe date of the original violation under theprovisions of Subparagraph 2.

DISSOLVING OF FUND ORCONTRIBUTIONS

Paragraph F. Should any part of or anyprovision relating to fringe benefit contributionsbe determined or declared invalid orunenforceable during the term of this Agreementby reason of any legislation, executive order orother operation of law, then upon written noticeby either party, the parties shall meet to discuss areallocation of said contributions. If within thirty(30) days of receipt of such notice the partieshave not reached a mutual agreement regardingsuch reallocation in contributions, the mattershall be referred for final resolution pursuant toSection 38 (Settlement of Disputes). It isunderstood and agreed that the parties intendemployees covered by this Agreement to receivethe full and complete dollar value of all wagesand benefits provided for in this Agreement,including those specified in Section 7 and relatedsections of this Agreement.

REPORTING TIMESECTION 14. Paragraph A. When an

employee is ordered by the Employer or hisrepresentative to report for work and then throughno fault of the employee is not put to work oremployed for less than two (2) hours, theEmployer shall pay him for two (2) hours time atthe applicable rate, provided the employeeremains on the job during the said two (2) hours.Show up time on Saturday, Sunday and holidays,to be two (2) hours pay at the double time rate.


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Telephone calls and telegrams will not be acceptedto cancel reporting time. All men requested fromthe Hall shall be guaranteed a minimum of four(4) hours of wages and benefits, weatherpermitting.

Example 1: Start time is at 8:00 am, workerstarts at 7:00 am, work is called off before 9:00am, employee receives two (2) hours pay (one(1) hour at premium rate and one (1) hour atstraight time).

Example 2: Start time is at 8:00 am, workerstarts at 7:00 am, work is called off after 11:00am, employee receives nine (9) hours pay (one(1) hour at premium rate and eight (8) hours atstraight time).

Paragraph B. On job assignments of morethan two (2) hours duration and less than four (4)hours duration, the employees shall receive four(4) hours pay provided the worker stays on thejob. On job assignments of more than four (4)hours duration, the employees shall be paid foreight (8) hours provided the worker stays on thejob. Where a man quits of his own volition heshall be paid for actual hours worked on job only.Employment by a single contractor shall beconsidered a single job assignment regardless ofmultiple locations of work. This rule does notapply to overtime, Saturday, Sunday or holidaywork.

Paragraph C. Notwithstanding the contentsof the above paragraph, the General ExecutiveBoard shall approve all allowance of reportingtime in cases where the Local Union and the


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Employer agree to the allowance of suchreporting time.

Paragraph D. There shall be no travel timeor zonal pay in the jurisdiction of Local UnionNo.1.

Paragraph E. Men requested from the hallshall arrive on a job within a reasonable time,ready, willing, and sober, and will show work orderindicating time.

FOREMENSECTION 15. Paragraph A. When two (2)

or more employees are employed as IronWorkers, one (1) shall be selected by theEmployer to act as Foreman and receive aForeman’s wages, and the Foreman is the onlyrepresentative of the employer who shall issueinstructions to the workmen. When only one (1)Iron Worker is employed on a job, he shall receiveForeman’s wages.

Paragraph B. There shall be no restrictionas to the employment of Foremen or Pushers. Theemployer may employ on one (1) piece of workas many Foremen or Pushers as in his judgmentis necessary for the safe, expeditious andeconomical handling of the same.

Paragraph C. When three (3) or moreForemen or Pushers are employed on one (1) job,a General Foreman shall be employed on the job,and he shall receive not less than the scale ofwages approved for a General Foreman.

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IRON WORKERS REQUIRED ON GUYAND STIFF LEG DERRICKS

SECTION 16. Paragraph A. No less thansix (6) men and a Foreman shall be employedaround any guy or stiff leg derrick used on steelerection, and on all mobile or power operated rigsof any description, no less than four (4) men anda foreman shall be employed.

Paragraph B. The number of men to be usedon mobile or power operated rigs or otherequipment on work other than steel erection shallbe decided by the contractor and this Union. Eachcase shall be decided on its own individual merit.Not less than three (3) men and a Foreman shallbe necessary to operate a sasgen derrick.

Paragraph C. On small steel erection jobs(White Hens, gas stations, store fronts, etc.) offour (4) hours erection time or less, four (4) IronWorkers can be used in a raising gang.

To reduce the raising gang further on such jobsit will have to be mutually decided between thecontractor and the Union. Each job will be decidedon its own merit.

Paragraph D. In single family residence andduplex (two family residence) home construction,the number of men used on mobile or poweroperated rigs or other equipment shall be decidedby the contractor and the Union in a manner whichis both safe and reasonable. No fewer than two(2) men may be used.

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power operated rigs or other equipment shall bedecided by the contractor and the Union, in amanner which is both safe and reasonable. Nofewer than two (2) men may be used.

LEAD TESTINGSECTION 17. Lead testing will be performed

per OSHA Regulations.

TOOL AND/OR BOLT ROOMSECTION 18. When a tool room and/or bolt

room is established on structural steel job sitesthe man employed in same shall be an Iron Worker.

MAN POWERSECTION 19. The Employer agrees to

cooperate with the Union and to employ to theextent possible Journeymen 55 years of age andolder.

SAFETY PROVISIONSSECTION 20. Paragraph A. All City, State

and Federal safety measures shall be compliedwith. Also, steel erection will closely followAISC Code of Standard Practice for steelbuildings and bridges.

Paragraph B. In cases where violations ofsafety laws occur, a committee composed of theAssociated Steel Erectors of Chicago, andOfficers of Local Union No. 1 are authorized toimmediately close the work, after an investigationhas taken place to determine the extent of theviolations. The said Committee shall meet withintwenty-four (24) hours after said violations havebeen reported.


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PLANKING FLOORSParagraph C. Before derricks are set or

moved, working floors must be covered tight withsuitable planking over entire floor except whereopenings are left for ladders. On buildings,bridges or other structures erected or dismantledwith mobile cranes, or by other methods, all upperareas where materials are landed for furtherhandling shall be planked so as to provide safeworking areas for the workmen. Planking,decking or nets, covering a radius of at least ten(10) feet, shall also be provided not more thantwo floors or a maximum of thirty (30) feetbeneath all points on all buildings, bridges andother structures while workmen are working atsuch points. The use of nets or other safetydevices to be decided by the Union and contractorson each job.

IMPALEMENT HAZARDS Paragraph D. Contractor shall implementprotective measures to eliminate or materiallyreduce impalement hazards resulting from safetyposts at interior opening

STIFFENING AND SUPPORTINGWORKING LOAD POINTS

Paragraph E. Where iron is landed on thefloor or any point of a structure underconstruction, all connections shall be fully fittedup and tightened and substantial supports providedto safely sustain such added weight.

RIDING THE LOAD OR LOAD FALLSParagraph F. No employee shall be

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cases of inspection and erection or dismantlingof derricks.

SKIP BOXParagraph G. A basket, stretcher, skip box or

other suitable means shall be provided for theremoval of an injured person in a safe andexpeditious manner.

SAFETY CABLESParagraph H. Iron Workers shall install

safety cables to conform with OSHA Standards.Welding leads will not be draped over safetycables.

CHRISTMAS TREEING IRONParagraph I. No more than four (4) pieces

per lift, excluding headers, unless mutually agreedupon between the Employer and Union.

SLINGSParagraph J. Steel cable will be used instead

of chains or hemp slings.

PROTECTION OF SIGNAL DEVICESParagraph K. Proper practical safe housing,

casing, or tube shall be provided for any and everymeans, method, appliance or equipmentemployed to transmit or give signals, directingwork or operating of any devices in connectionwith work being done by employees. Emergencycutoff system to be provided for creepers andderricks.

ELEVATOR SHAFT PROTECTIONParagraph L. When workmen are working

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operations of said towers will be stopped,including the Chicago Boom. The first floorbeneath and the first floor above men workingshall be planked tightly. Nets to be provided intower during erection.

CELL PHONESParagraph M. The use of cell phones and

other personal communication devices shall belimited to foremen and stewards and shall belimited to communications which directly relateto the business of the Employer.

COMMUNICATION SYSTEMParagraph N. The oral communication

system shall be provided between the signal manand the hoisting engineer on all material towersand derricks where the signal man and the hoistingengineer are not ordinarily and clearly visible toeach other. Proper and safe platform plankingshall be used on all towers and similar equipment.Communications shall be provided on each floorlanding of all personnel towers before cages areput into service.

OVERHEAD CRANESParagraph O. When traveling overhead

cranes are used by Iron Workers performing theirduties, all signals shall be given by an Iron Worker.

PERSONNEL HOISTSParagraph P. When Iron Workers perform

work one hundred (100) feet or more above gradelevel, personnel hoists shall be provided. If thelocation where the Iron Workers are required toperform their work is one hundred (100) feet ormore above the landing point of the hoist (or onehundred (100) feet above grade level when no


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hoist is provided) such Iron Worker shall receivean extra half (1/2) hour pay per day at premiumrates regardless of how many times the IronWorker is required to go up and down. If thelocation where the Iron Workers are required toperform their work is two hundred twenty (220)feet or more above the landing point of the hoist(or two hundred twenty (220) feet above gradelevel when no hoist is provided) such Iron Workershall receive an additional one-half (1/2) hour payper day at premium rates regardless of how manytimes the Iron Worker is required to go up anddown.

SAFETY REQUIREMENTS ON WELDING AND BURNING

Paragraph Q. When Electric Arc Weldingor Acetylene Cutting Torch is used on workcovered by this agreement, Iron Worker helpersshall be employed for the safety of the welder/burner as follows:

(1) On tier buildings, there shall be one IronWorker helper for each unit. Where the arcwelder and cutting torch are used in conjunction,they shall be considered one unit.

(2) On single story bar joist jobs, an IronWorker helper will be provided as deemednecessary for the safety of the welder asdetermined mutually between the Employer andUnion Representative.

(3) When welding top side ballast plates, theratio of Iron Worker helpers to welders/burnerswill be two (2) Iron Worker helpers to three (3)welders. Any more added will be decided by theUnion and Contractor.

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agree to alter the requirement as required tosatisfy the safety of the welder/burner.

Paragraph R. The Iron Workers of LocalUnion No. 1 International Association of Bridge,Structural Ornamental and Reinforcing IronWorkers will not erect, walk or work on anymember which has any projection above the flatsurface of said members such as, Studs, ShearConnectors, or any similar fixtures used inComposite Construction. Any compound memberof the interior of the building that containsvertical projections that would provide a fallinghazard, shall be planked or protected by a split airhose or plastic pipe during and after erection.

Also, said vertical projections will not beinstalled within five (5) feet of connection duringerection process.

BentPlate. Effective January 1, 2017, wherebent plate is designed to be attached to the topflange of a beam, and the vertical leg of the bentplate extends no more than 16 inches from centerof beam, the bent plate shall not be shop installedwithin five feet of the connection of said beaminto its supporting members. Where bent plate isdesigned to be attached to the flange and the ver-tical leg extends more than 16 inches fromcenterline of beam, said bent plate shall not beshop installed. Where bent plate is designed tobe attached to the top flange of and the verticalleg extends no more than 16 inches fromcenterline of beam and said beam can be erectedwhile connector is working from a man-lift, bentplate may be shop installed within two (2) feet ofconnection of said beam to supporting member.


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Paragraph S. All Iron Workers in hazardousjob situations shall be required to wear safety beltsand hard hats, supplied by contractors. Whereemployees are exposed to potential fall hazards,OSHA approved harnesses shall be provided bythe contractor which shall be worn as appropriate.

Paragraph T. Reinforced dowels orprojections which are exposed and whichconstitute a constant hazard to a man who mayfall on a job site shall be covered by the GeneralContractor.

Paragraph U. When structural erection andrepair work is performed over water, a power boatequipped with life saving equipment will bemanned by an Iron Worker. Such boat shall be inthe water during all hours worked.

BAR JOISTParagraph V. Before bar joists can be set in

bundles or singly on the supporting beams, a barjoist must be bolted to the supporting beams ateach column center to insure safety for furtherplacement of joist. The remaining joists must besecured to the supporting beams as they arespread.

LONG SPAN BAR JOISTParagraph W. Any bar joist (standard or long

span) forty (40) feet or greater in length shall haveone (1) line of Bolted X-bridging at the centerline of the span as joists are erected and joistsmust be welded or bolted to the supporting beamsas they are set.


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HIGH VOLTAGEParagraph X. When Iron Workers are

employed around high voltage on crane hot railsthe power shall be disconnected to a minimumdistance of fifty (50) feet from the nearest IronWorker. Safety lights to be strung across bay,and safety dogs secured to crane rails untilcompletion of work.

When Iron Workers are employed around hightension or power lines, a minimum distance offifty (50) feet shall be kept between the IronWorker or crane and such lines.

FLOATSParagraph Y. Floats shall be 3-1/2 feet x 6

feet x ¾ inch marine or exterior plywoodreinforced with two by fours with a 1 inch manilaline (or hemp) with a 1 inch board on edge to holdmaterial and tools from dropping off said float.(See diagram on page 74)

TOWER ERECTIONSECTION 21. Paragraph A. The erection and

dismantling of all four (4), six (6) and eight (8)post material and personnel hoist material, buckhoist and rack and pinion personnel hoist in itsentirety to be the work of the Iron worker. Limiton personnel or material tower above the last tiein, per the City Code.

Paragraph B. Six hundred (600) foot level,add man for safety.

Paragraph C. For safety provisions and themaintenance of hoisting towers, suitable accessis to be provided every ten (10) floors.


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CRANES, TUGGERS AND WELDERSSECTION 22. Paragraph A. The erection,

raising, lowering, dismantling and repairing of allclimbing type cranes shall be the work of the IronWorkers.

Paragraph B. The erection and dismantlingof all cranes when used for steel erection or multi-purpose to be the work of the Iron Workers.

Paragraph C. The assembling, disassemblingand repairing of all batch plants and its conveyorsto be the work of the Iron Workers.

Paragraph D. It is mutually agreed that allpower-operated tuggers, welders and stud weldingmachines are tools of the trade including startingand maintaining of same.

CAISSON AGREEMENTSection 23. Paragraph A. There shall be two

(2) journeymen Iron Workers on the first drillrig and one (1) man for each additional drill rigthereafter.

Paragraph B. The setting and extracting ofsteel casings and liners and the welding andburning of same is the work of the Iron Workers.

Paragraph C. The installation of structuralreinforcing in secant caissons and secant walls isthe work of the Ironworkers.

Paragraph D. When power equipment is usedto set reinforcing, four (4) men and a Foremanshall be employed.


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Paragraph E. The exception to any of theabove Paragraphs A, B, C or D to be decided onits own individual merit by the contractor andUnion.

POST TENSIONINGSECTION 24. Paragraph A. The unloading,

hoisting, placing of cables and the pumping ofgrease in same to be the work of the Iron Workers.

Paragraph B. All field repairs to be done byIron Workers, inspection, destressing, restressingand maintaining of stress at future date to be thework of the Iron Workers.

Paragraph C. The number of men in thesetting and stressing crew to be determined onits own merit by the contractor and the LocalUnion. As a safety factor, no fewer than two (2)men employed on any job.

Paragraph D. All power equipment other thancranes and derricks used exclusively for settingand stressing to be operated and maintained bythe Iron Workers.

Paragraph E. All exterior stressing pointsto be adequately and safely scaffolded.

Paragraph F. All field stressing records tobe compiled by an Iron Worker.

Paragraph G. Inspection, reassessing,restressing and maintaining of stress at futuredate on post tensioning to be the work of IronWorkers.


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PRECAST SECTION 25. For precast erection,contractor may use a split crew for the first five(5) Ironworkers with up to two (2) permitIronworkers, additional ironworkers from outsidelocals shall be mutually agreed to betweencontractor and BA.

FINISHER TOOLSSECTION 26. Paragraph A. Employees

employed on specialty work shall furnish for theirown use all necessary hand tools to enable themto effectively install such work. Tools broken onthe job shall be replaced by the Employer, suchas drills, taps, hacksaw blades, etc. No employeeshall be held responsible for the loss of tools orequipment in his charge.

Paragraph B. No employee of this Unionshall be permitted or required as a condition ofemployment to furnish his own truck orequipment, including welding machines, burningtorches, etc., or rent the same to any Employerto be used on the same job, where he is employed,under penalties prescribed in our InternationalConstitution.

Paragraph C. All company (contractors)vehicles must have company sign (such asmagnetic, etc.) posted on vehicles while onjobsite. If there is no sign displayed on a companytruck, the Iron Worker responsible for the truckwill be fined a minimum of $100 per incident.Multiple incidents can carry a higher fine at thediscretion of the Executive Board.


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Any contractor or contractor representativecovered by the terms of this Agreement who isfound responsible for a failure to have a signdisplayed on a company vehicle shall, upon proofof such violation in accordance with theprovisions of Section 40 of this Agreement, befound liable for a minimum of one hundred dollars($100.00) of liquidated damages per incident.Multiple incidents can carry higher damages. Allcontractor fines shall be paid to the Iron WorkersLocal No. 1 Scholarship Fund.

SHIPPING EMPLOYEESSECTION 27. Employees shipped to jobs or

work out of the jurisdiction of the Local Unionshall receive transportation, traveling time andexpenses, providing they remain on the job thirty(30) days or until the job is completed if itrequires less than thirty (30) days. Employeesshipped to a job and not put to work, weatherpermitting, or the job is not ready for them to goto work, shall be paid the regular wage rate forsuch time, or such employees shall be shippedback to the shipping point with time andtransportation paid by the Employer.

MATERIAL SORTING AND DISTRIBUTINGAND STORAGE POINTS

IN ACCORDANCE WITH INTERNATIONALREGULATIONS

AND OFFICIAL DECISIONSSECTION 28. Paragraph A. The sorting,

distributing and handling of all material comingunder the jurisdictional claims of the Union inand about the job, or at storage points, shall bedone by Iron workers.


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Paragraph B. Where material comes to adistant point of a storage yard and is unloaded byhand, the Employer may at his discretion useworkmen under a competent Iron WorkerForeman of such crew. Where power equipmentor rigging is used to load or unload such material,it shall be the work of the Iron Workers.

Paragraph C. A Journeyman Iron Workershall be employed for the maintenance ofreinforcing steel while concrete is being pouredon reinforcing steel, including wire mesh, excepton wall pours on industrial or commercial jobswith two (2) bars top and bottom, no mucker willbe required. The laying, tying and setting of allreinforcing steel to be done in accordance withthe plans and specifications of the architects andengineers.

Paragraph D. Iron Workers shall beemployed on all work in connection with fieldfabrication, handling, racking, sorting, cutting,bending, hoisting, placing, burning, welding, andtying of all material used to reinforce concreteconstruction.

Paragraph E. Reinforced columns shall bemade in full on the job.

Paragraph F. Where precast, prestressed,reinforced concrete structural members (beams,columns, girders, slabs, etc.) are used in theconstruction of buildings, bridges and otherstructures and power equipment such as derricks,cranes, jacks, and/or rigging is used, work ofloading, unloading and placing to completeerection shall be performed by Iron Workers. The


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amount of men required on each job shall bedecided on its own merit by the Union andcontractor. All steel in precast, bridgebeams,caissons, including casing shall be the work ofthe Iron Workers, on the jobsite.

Paragraph G. Where a steel structure is takenapart, torn down or dismantled, such work shallbe performed by Iron Workers. Where structuralsteel on buildings, bridges and other structures isdismantled and demolished and power equipment(derricks, cranes, rigging etc.) is used in thedismantling of the structural steel, the handlingand loading of same shall be done by the IronWorkers.

Paragraph H. Where structural steel,ornamental iron and metal in buildings, bridgesand other structures are altered, repaired, moved,dismantled and/or reerected by any method ormeans, all work in connection therewith shall beperformed by the Iron Workers.

Paragraph I. The erection, dismantling of allfalse work, pulling of piling, taking downderricks, travelers and rigging used in the erectionor dismantling of any and all steel work shall bedone by the Iron Workers.

Paragraph J. Any and all setting ofreinforcing shall be assembled, welded, or tiedin its entirety (irrespective of the process used)on the job site.

DRINKING WATER – CLOTHES ROOMSECTION 29, Paragraph A. The Employer

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same shall be provided with a shed or room forthe employees to change their clothes and keeptheir tools.

Paragraph B. Where Iron Workers arerequired to walk a greater distance than one-fourth(1/4) mile from the gate, transportation will berequired from and to the gate.

All employees must be off the individualEmployer’s property by the end of the work shift.

Paragraph C. If an employee is required topick up or deposit brass or punch a time clock orany other method of timekeeping, same shall bedone on the company time.

Paragraph D. Reimbursement for clothingand equipment loss due to fire, theft or otherdamage upon evidence of forceable entry to toolroom or shanty.

COMPENSATION INSURANCESECTION 30. The Employer must at all times

provide Workers Compensation Insurance, andproof of same must be furnished to the Union.

PHYSICAL OR MEDICAL EXAMINATIONSSECTION 31. Employees shall not be

prevented from securing employment as a resultof physical examinations, except in cases ofphysical examinations required by City, State orGovernment Law or Civil Service Rules.

VISITING THE DOCTORSECTION 32. Iron Workers injured on the job

who are still employed and who are advised bythe Employer’s doctor to make further visits in


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connection with the injuries sustained on the job,shall make such visits to the Employer’s doctorduring working hours, with no loss of wages fortime spent visiting the doctor.

FURNISHING BONDSECTION 33. All contractors and individuals

employing Iron Workers of the Union shallfurnish a Local Wage and Welfare Bond, withgood and sufficient surety, with the claimantsthereunder to be limited to only those entitiesfor whom the Fund Disbursement Office is thecollection agent, including, but not limited to, theUnion, the Industry Promotional Fund and theIronworker Management Progressive ActionCooperative Trust, and not other Unions or Localsthereof which may or do have jurisdiction overIron Workers, as follows:

$15,000.00 for one (1) to three (3) IronWorkers employed

$30,000.00 for four (4) to eight (8) IronWorkers employed

$75,000.00 for nine (9) to twenty (20) IronWorkers employed

$125,000.00 for twenty-one (21) to forty (40)Iron Workers employed

$250,000 for forty-one (41) or more IronWorkers employed

Disputes as to the number of Iron Workersemployed to be settled by the Business Manager.


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The only restriction thereof to this bond shall bea minimum to guarantee the payment of wages,welfare, pension funds and apprentice andjourneymen retraining program, vacation plan,annuity account, IMPACT, and Associated SteelErectors Industry Promotional Fund. Allcontractors or individuals employing IronWorkers of this Union shall be required to signthe Working Agreement or an InternationalAgreement and file certificates of insurance,performance bond and Illinois CompensationInsurance. The wage and bond rating shall be arating of A- or better.

One copy of these certificates shall be mailedto the Fund Disbursement Office and one copyto the Union Office. The Fund disbursementOffice shall be responsible to send one copy ofeach of the documents to the Associated SteelErectors of Chicago. This Union shall file andkeep current a list of complying contractors. Aduplicate copy of that list shall be furnished tothe Associated Steel Erectors.

The obligation to obtain a bond under thisarticle shall not be subject to the settlement ofdisputes provision, Section 38, and the Union maystrike over an employer’s failure to obtain ormaintain a bond.

If the Union is forced to take collection actionagainst any employer not furnishing theappropriate wage and fringe benefit bond, saidemployer shall be liable for the Union’sreasonable attorney’s fees and costs.

The Funds Disbursement Office may requirean Employer to submit weekly contributions tothe Funds under the following circumstances: (a)the Employer does not furnish a Local Bond forthe sufficient amount; (b) the Employer providesa Local Bond with an insufficient Bond Rating,


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(c) the Employer has discrepancies throughmonthly reports or (d) an audit causes the FundsOffice to have concerns about the Employer’swillingness to pay the contributions to the Funds.In the event weekly contributions are required,the Employer shall report and pay contributionsweekly by the third (3rd) day after the end of thepay period.

BUSINESS AGENTSECTION 34. The Business Agents of the

Union shall be permitted to visit all jobs, but willin no way interfere with the progress of the work.Business Agents will receive notification fromthe contractors or their employees when a newjob starts in their area.

Monthly reports are required from thecontractor as to the location and approximatestarting date of all new jobs.

Also, if they were unsuccessful on jobs theybid, they will inform the union as to who wassuccessful.

JOB STEWARDSECTION 35. Paragraph A. There shall be a

Steward on each job picked by the BA and theIronworkers employed by the contractor on thatjob.

He shall keep a record of workers laid off anddischarged and take up all grievances on the joband try to have same adjusted, and in the event hecannot adjust them he must promptly report thatfact to the Business Representative, who shallreport same to the proper officer of the Union so


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that efforts can be made to adjust any matterwithout a stoppage of work. He shall see that theprovisions of these working rules are compliedwith and report to the Union the true conditionsand facts. The Steward shall promptly take careof injured workers and accompany them to theirhomes or to a hospital as the case may require,without any loss of time and report the injury tothe proper officers of the Union. The Stewardshall not have authority to cause a work stoppageon any job of a fair Employer. A steward failingto fulfill his duties shall be subject to censure byhis Union and also subject to a penalty uponconviction on charges provided for in theI n t e r n a t i o n a l C o n s t i t u t i o n .

The Employer agrees that the job Steward willnot be discharged until after proper notificationhas been given to the union and, further, whenemployees are laid off, the job Steward will bethe last man laid off providing he is capable ofperforming the work in question. It is mutuallyagreed that when the crew exceeds 24 men, thesteward will complete an OSHA 30-Hour courseat the Employer’s expense, unless he is already30-Hour trained.

When travelers are employed on the job it willbe the duty of an Ironworker selected by thecontractor to pick up travel service dues at leastonce every two weeks.

Stewards will not leave the jobsite without lossof pay except as stipulated in section 34 paragraphA or as otherwise agreed to between contractorand Business Agent.

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the Union prior to the beginning of such overtimework.

Paragraph C. A walking Steward shall beemployed on all jobs operating with twenty-five(25) or more men, except that if an Employer hasmore than one (1) contract to perform on aproject, the number of Iron Workers performingunder each separate contract must equal twenty-five (25) or more before a walking steward shallbe required.

PROTECTION OF UNION PRINCIPLESSECTION 36. The removal of Journeymen

Iron Workers and Apprentices from a job, in orderto render legal assistance to other local unionsto protect union principles, shall not constitute aviolation of this Agreement, provided suchremoval is first approved by the GeneralExecutive Board and notice thereof is first givento the Employer involved.

APPRENTICESHIPSECTION 37. The parties signatory hereto

agree to establish a Joint ApprenticeshipCommittee in accordance with the provisions ofthe “Iron Workers Apprenticeship and TrainingStandards,” as contained in Section 1, ArticleXXIII of the International Constitution. SaidCommittee shall formulate and operate anApprenticeship Program in the local area inconformity with said standards.

The contractor and Union have agreed to thefollowing in order to properly increase the useof Apprentices and train a sufficient number ofApprentices in all phases of the industry.

Apprentices may be employed at the ratio ofone (1) Apprentice for each four (4) Journeymen.


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If mutually agreed upon between the Employerand Union, this ratio can be adjusted on specificprojects. Apprentices shall be permitted to workin the gang except as per below:

1. No Apprentice shall act as Foreman.

2. Two (2) Apprentices may not work on anarc or acetylene torch.

3. Only one (1) Apprentice may be used inany raising gang.

4. Apprentices shall be laid off in proportionto Journeymen being used by the contractor at the time.

5. In a sheeting gang, the ratio of Journeymento Apprentices shall be two (2) Journeymen toone (1) Apprentice.

SUBCONTRACTORSSECTION 38. The Employer agrees not to

subcontract or sublet any work covered by thisAgreement to any person, firm, corporation whichis not in contractual relationship with theInternational Association of Bridge, Structural,Ornamental and Reinforcing Iron Workers or anyof its affiliate local unions under a contract orcontracts which do not violate the NLRB.

SETTLEMENT OF DISPUTESSECTION 39. Any difference of opinion

concerning the interpretation or application ofthis Agreement shall be designated a “grievance”and shall be resolved, if possible, between arepresentative of the individual Employer and aBusiness Agent of the Union. Failing in


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Agreement, the matter may be referred in writingby either party to this Agreement or by the grievantto a Joint Arbitration Board consisting of three(3) persons from the Union and three (3) personsfrom Associated Steel Erectors of Chicago. SaidJoint Arbitration Board shall meet as soon aspossible, but in any event shall render a decisionin writing within five (5) working days from thereferral to it of the grievance. Each side shallvote on the basis of unit voting. Each side shalldesignate the members of its own side and onlymembers of the Joint Arbitration Board, thegrievant, the individual Employer and anywitnesses shall be present during any conferences.In the event of the absence of a man or men fromeither side for any reason, such side shall havethe right to bring in a replacement orreplacements.

In the event of a deadlock in the JointArbitration board, or in the event of the failure bythe Board to render a decision within the timeprescribed, the Board shall, or either side as thecase may be, may request the AmericanArbitration Association to submit a list of five(5) recognized arbitrators and the parties to thisAgreement shall arrive at the name of thearbitrator by the alternate striking of names fromthe list with the last name remaining to be thename of the Arbitrator. The parties shall drawstraws to determine who strikes the first name.

The decision of the Joint Arbitration Board orthe decision of the Arbitrator in the event of aprior deadlock of or the failure to render adecision by the Joint Arbitration Board, shall befinal, binding and conclusive upon the parties of


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this Agreement, the members of the EmployerAssociation, the members of the Union andanyone claiming under any of said parties orpersons. Each party shall pay for the cost of theirown members of the Joint Arbitration Board andof their own representatives. The fee andexpenses of the impartial arbitrator shall be borneequally by the parties.

STRIKES AND LOCKOUTSSECTION 40. Paragraph A. It is mutually

agreed that there shall be no strikes authorizedby the Union or no lockouts authorized by theEmployer, except for the refusal of either partyto submit to arbitration, in accordance withArticle XXI, Section 28, or failure on the part ofeither party to carry out the award of the Boardof Arbitration.

Paragraph B. Every facility of each of theparties hereto is hereby pledged to immediatelyovercome any such situation; provided, however,it shall not be a violation of any provision of thisAgreement for any person covered by thisAgreement to refuse to cross or work behind thepicket line of any affiliated union which has beenauthorized by the International of that union, theCentral Labor Council or Building andConstruction Trades Council.

SCOPE OF AGREEMENTSECTION 41. This Agreement contains all of

the provisions agreed upon by the Employers andthe Union. Neither the Employers nor the Unionwill be bound by rules, regulations, or agreementsnot herein contained except interpretations ordecisions of the Board of Arbitration.


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SAVING CLAUSESECTION 42. Paragraph A. Should any part

of or any provision herein contained be renderedor declared invalid by reason of any existing orsubsequently enacted legislation, or by any decreeof a court of competent jurisdiction, suchinvalidation of such part or portion of thisAgreement shall not invalidate the remainingportions thereof; provided, however, upon suchinvalidation the parties signatory hereto agree toimmediately meet to renegotiate such parts orprovisions affected.

Paragraph B. The remaining parts orprovisions shall remain in full force and effect.

LENGTH OF CONTRACTSECTION 43. The Agreement with any

amendments thereof made as provided for therein,shall remain in full force and effect until midnightof May 31, 2024, and, unless written notice begiven by either party to the other at least four (4)months prior to such date of a desire for changetherein or to terminate the same, it shall continuein effect for an additional year thereafter. In thesame manner, this Agreement with anyamendments thereof shall remain in effect fromyear to year thereafter, subject to termination atthe expiration of any such contract year uponnotice in writing given by either party to the otherat least four (4) months prior to the expiration ofsuch contract year. Any such notice ashereinabove provided for in this article whetherspecifying a desire to terminate or to change atthe end of the current contract year, shall havethe effect of terminating this Agreement at suchtime.


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JOINT LABOR MANAGEMENTCOMMITTEE

SECTION 44. The Union and the EmployerAssociation shall designate representatives tomeet quarterly and discuss issues relating to thecollective bargaining agreement. This committeeis meant to discuss contract issues and shall notbe empowered to negotiate or reopen the termsof the collective bargaining agreement.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Agreement hasbeen executed by the parties hereto as of May31, 2019, in the City of Chicago, State of Illinois.

FOR LOCAL No. 1 OF THEINTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OFBRIDGE, STRUCTURAL, ORNAMENTALAND REINFORCING IRON WORKERS

CRAIG A. SATALIC, President/BMPATRICK QUIGLEY, Vice-PresidentJAMES M. GARDINER, Fin. Sec/TreasTODD VILLA, Recording SecretaryJOHN F. GARDINER, Business AgentMATT AUSTIN, Business AgentKENNY DAVIS, Business AgentDENNIS QUINN, Executive BoardMARTIN MORA, Executive BoardJOHN GALLAGHER, Executive BoardKEITH McCOY, Executive BoardMICHAEL HENEGHAN, Executive Board


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FOR THE ASSOCIATED STEEL ERECTORSOF CHICAGO

TIMOTHY HARKINS, PresidentDAVID QUIN , Vice PresidentADRIAN CABALLERO , Secretary/Treasurer

APPENDIXCERTAIN RULES RELATING TOEMPLOYER CONTRIBUTIONS

I. REQUIRED CONTRIBUTIONS

A. During any calendar week a coveredEmployer, and/or any Employer affiliated withsuch Employer, pays wages to a person who iscustomarily paid for a full forty (40) hours,regardless of the number of hours actuallyworked, and for whom contributions arecustomarily owed and/or paid to the StructuralIron Workers Fund Disbursement Office, theEmployer’s contributions shall be based uponhours paid with a minimum of forty (40) hours’contributions regardless of actual hours.

B. Any covered Employer who hires anindividual who substantially controls or has thepower to substantially control the Employer,whether by stock ownership, relationship,marriage or otherwise, shall contribute to theFunds on behalf of said individual for each andevery hour worked or paid, but in no case lessthan a minimum of 1,800 hours annually, paid on


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a monthly basis, at the current Local No. 1Collective Bargaining Rate.

C. Contributions shall be made at the ratedetermined by the Collective BargainingAgreement in effect for the period for which suchcontributions are required to be made.Contributions must be made to these trust fundsto which the Employer contributes for hisJourneymen Iron Workers, and in the amount foreach such trust fund as is required by theCollective Bargaining Agreement then in effect.

D. No member of any local union shall workfor any contractor or company owned orcontrolled directly or indirectly by the wife,father, mother, brother, sister or relative of anymember of a local union until such member ormembers have first obtained permission from theExecutive Committee of the local union to workfor such contractor.

No local union shall enter into any contractor furnish its members to work for any contractoror company which is owned or controlled directlyor indirectly by the wife, father, mother, brother,sister or relative or any member of a local unionunless such contractor first applies to and receivespermission from the Executive Committee of thelocal union.

E. An Employer is not required to contributefor Superintendents or other managementpersonnel if such person is disabled and receivingdisability benefits from the Structural IronWorkers Welfare Fund.


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II. NOTICE BY FUND OFFICEThe Fund Office will send out a notice

informing Employers of these rules.

III. Any employee who knowingly works for anEmployer which does not make contributionsrequired by the provisions of these rules or doesnot make contributions to the Fund DisbursementOffice in accordance with the terms of theCollective Bargaining Agreement shall be subjectto appropriate disciplinary action.

IMPACT PROGRAMS

The BRIDGE, STRUCTURAL andREINFORCING IRON WORKERS LOCALUNION NO. 1 (“Union”) and the ASSOCIATEDSTEEL ERECTORS OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS(“Association”) and its affiliated Employerspursuant to and as parties to the collectivebargaining agreement effective June 1, 2019through May 31, 2024 (“Principal Agreement”)have agreed to the IMPACT Substance AbuseProgram (Drug and Alcohol Testing). Copies ofthe IMPACT Substance Abuse Program, which isincorporated herein by reference, are posted onthe websites of the Union (www.iwlocal1.com) and theAssociation (www.associatedsteelerectors.org). The partiesto the principal agreement agree that effectiveJune 1, 2010 the IMPACT Program shall apply toall ironworkers working under the jurisdiction ofLocal #1, including the substance abuse programand certification programs.


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COMPLIANCE AGREEMENT

IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED AND AGREED BYAND BETWEEN

Name of Contractor __________________________

Address ____________________________________

___________________________________

Telephone __________________________________

Please indicate:

_____ Corporation _____ Sole Owner

_____ Partnership _____ Other Specify

FEIN# _____________________________________

(the “Employer”) and Local Union No. 1,International Association of Bridge, Structural,Ornamental and Reinforcing Iron Workers, AFL-CIO (“Union”) as follows:

1. The Employer acknowledges the Union’sclaim and evidence that the Union represents anuncoerced majority of the Employer’s employeesin a unit acknowledged and stipulated asappropriate (all Journeymen and Apprentice IronWorkers), and therefore and hereby recognizesthe Union as the sole and exclusive collectivebargaining agent for all Journeymen andApprentice Iron Workers now or hereafteremployed in the bargaining unit with respect toand for the purpose of establishing rates of pay,


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wages, hours of employment, fringe benefitcontributions and other terms and conditions ofemployment within the geographical jurisdictionin which the Union is authorized to act or doesact as such representative, including Cook,DuPage, Lake and McHenry Counties, Illinois.

2. The Employer agrees to adopt, abide byand be bound by (a) all the terms and provisionsof the Collective Bargaining Agreement(hereinafter called the “Principal Agreement”)entered into by and between the Union and theAssociated Steel Erectors of Chicago (hereinaftercalled the “Association”) and (b) all mattersrelating to wages, hours, benefits, terms andconditions of employment set forth in thePrincipal Agreement with the same force andeffect as though the Employer were a signatoryto the Principal Agreement and as though thePrincipal Agreement were fully set forth herein,and the Employer also agrees to adopt, abide byand be bound by all extensions, renewals,modifications and amendments of the PrincipalAgreement and all Agreements successor and/orsubsequent to the Principal Agreement betweenthe Association and the Union provided,additionally, that if the Principal Agreement, anyextension, renewal, modification, amendmentthereof, or any successor and/or subsequentAgreement is, or will be, modified or amendedby Court Decree N.L.R.B. Order, or other legalauthority, the Employer agrees to adopt, abide byand be bound by such modification or amendment.


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3. The Employer agrees to pay the amountsof the contributions which it is bound to pay tothe several fringe benefit funds described in theAssociation Agreements, including but not limitedto those referred to, and agrees to and is herebybound by and considered to be a party to theAgreements and Declarations of Trust, creatingeach of said trust funds, together with anyrestatements or amendments thereto which havebeen or may be adopted, as if it had been a partyto and signed the original copies of the trustinstruments. The Employer ratifies and confirmsthe appointment of each of the Employer Trusteeswho shall, together with their successor trusteesdesignated in the manner provided in saidAgreements and Declarations of Trust and, whereapplicable, jointly with an equal number oftrustees representing employees, carry out theterms and conditions of the trust instruments. Thefunds referred to include but are not limited to:

(a) The Agreement and Declaration of Trustdated March 1, 1951 and all present andsubsequent amendments thereto of the StructuralIron Workers’ Local No. 1 Welfare Fund;

(b) The Agreement and Declaration of Trustdated August 24, 1966 and all present andsubsequent amendments thereto of the StructuralIron Workers’ Local No. 1 Pension Fund Trust;

(c) The Agreement and Declaration of Trustdated August 4, 1958 and all present andsubsequent amendments thereto of the IronWorkers’ Local No. 1 Apprentice TrainingProgram Trust;

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thereto of the Structural Iron Workers’ LocalNo. 1 Annuity Trust Fund;

(e) The following Agreements and any TrustDeclarations, as well as all amendments theretoof: the Associated Steel Erectors IndustryPromotional Fund; the Local No. 1Organizational Fund; the Local No. 1 ScholarshipFund; the Local No. 1 Work Assessment,the Iron Workers’ Political Action League and theIronworker Management Progressive ActionCooperative Trust; the Supplemental Per CapitaTax.

4. This Compliance Agreement shall remainin effect and shall be governed by PrincipalAgreements entered into in the future andcovering future time periods unless and until ithas been terminated by either party giving writtennotice of termination to the other at least four(4) months prior to the termination date of theapplicable Principal Agreement, in which eventthis Agreement shall terminate on the last day ofthe then applicable Principal Agreement. In theevent no such timely notice is given, thisAgreement shall remain in effect until terminatedin accordance with its terms. Any such notice ashereinabove provided for in this article, whetherspecifying a desire to terminate or to change atthe end of the current contract year, shall havethe effect of terminating this Agreement at suchtime.

Copies of this Agreement can be obtained atthe Union Hall.


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DATED: ___________________________________

__________________________________________(Name of Company)

By: ________________________________________Title _______________________________________Address: ___________________________________City________________ State____ Zip__________Phone___________________________________

ACCEPTED: _______________________________

LOCAL UNION NO. 1,INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OFBRIDGE, STRUCTURAL, ORNAMENTAL ANDREINFORCING IRON WORKERS,AFL-CIO

By: ________________________________________

Title of Officer: ______________________________


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Side Letter Agreement

This Side Letter Agreement is entered into thissixth day of June 2019 between the InternationalAssociation of Bridge, Structural, Ornamental andReinforcing Iron Workers Local 1 (“Local 1”) andthe Associated Steel Erectors.

Local 1 agrees that it will not enter into anyagreement with any employer engaged in the con-struction industry which terms are more favor-able than those contained in the 2019 Agreemententered into between Local 1 and AssociatedSteel Erectors.

In the event that the Union is party to a collec-tive bargaining agreement which includes a pro-vision that is more favorable than a provisionthat is set forth in this Agreement, the Associa-tion may adopt such provision. Such provisionshall become effective as a term of this Agree-ment immediately upon written notification tothe Union of adoption by the Association. Uponwritten request of the Association, the Unionshall immediately provide copies of any collec-tive bargaining agreement that it is a party to,covering the performance of any work that fallswithin the scope of work covered by this Agree-ment so that the Association may effectivelyutilize this provision.

This clause shall not apply to National or Inter-national Agreements, Maintenance Agreementsor Municipal Agreements entered into betweenLocal 1 and any government agency.


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This Side Letter shall be effective throughoutthe term of the agreement, unless modified byeither side in writing, and that upon the conclu-sion of bargaining for the next successor agree-ment, it will be incorporated into the body ofany successor agreement as is or as modified inbargaining.

For Local 1 of the International Association ofBridge, Structural, Ornamental and ReinforcingIron Workers

Craig A. Satalic, President/BM

For Associated Steel Erectorsof Chicago

Timothy Harkins, President


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LOCAL UNION NO. 17720 Industrial Drive

Forest Park, IL 60130708-366-6695

Fax: 708-366-6691Website: www.iwlocal1.com

FUND DISBURSEMENT OFFICE7700 Industrial Drive

Forest Park, IL 60130708-366-1188

Fax: 708-366-4809

APPRENTICESHIP OFFICE7740 Industrial Drive

Forest Park, IL 60130708-366-8181

Fax: 708-366-4827

MID-AMERICA PENSION2350 East 170th Street

Lansing, IL 60438708-474-9902

Fax: 708/474-9982

Associated Steel Erectors of ChicagoWebsite: www.associatedsteelerectors.org

Phone: 630-530-7560Fax: 630-530-2756

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