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• SETTLEMENT UPDATE: Ratified Agreements

  REVIEW OF RATIFIED 2012 GBCA SETTLEMENTS:   Metropolitan Regional Council of Carpenters and the General Building Contractors Association: A 3 year agreement, effective term starting 5/1/2012 and expiring on April 30, 2015: ? Year One, 5/1/12 ? 4/30/13: Southern DE & Eastern Shore of Maryland (LU 2012) $0.60 per hour Northern DE (LU 626) $0.75 [...]
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• SETTLEMENT UPDATE: Operating Engineers

  International Union of Operating Engineers AFL-CIO, Local #542 and the General Building Contractors Association*: (*Information is Tentative; awaiting ratification by labor and the association.) A 2 year agreement, effective term starting 5/1/2012 and expiring on April 30, 2014: Year One, 5/1/12 ? 4/30/13:    $1.45 Increase Year Two, 5/1/13 ? 4/30/14:    $1.45 Increase Amendments to the [...]
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• SETTLEMENT UPDATE: 2012 GBCA SETTLEMENTS

  2012 GBCA SETTLEMENTS ARE AS FOLLOWS: Metropolitan Regional Council of Carpenters and the General Building Contractors Association*: (*Information is Tentative; awaiting ratification by labor and the association.) A 3 year agreement, effective term starting 5/1/2012 and expiring on April 30, 2015: Year One, 5/1/12 ? 4/30/13: Southern DE & Eastern Shore of Maryland (LU 2012) [...]
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