United Brotherhood of Carpenters

Membership Meetings
Saskatoon meetings are held on the third Wednesday of each month.
Regina meetings are held on the second Tuesday of each month.

Why Join the Carpenters Union?

Without a Union you have few rights on the job. You are almost powerless to achieve better wages, benefits, safety, and other working conditions.

Our strength on the job is being united through a Union. Joining a Union makes sense for the unorganized workers who also need a Collective agreement to protect their living standards for themselves and their families.

Tradespersons need their organization to promote and advance their interest against those contractors and governments who may seek to take away those standards, just like professional associations protect their own interests.

We strongly support the principles of:

A fair day's work for a fair day's pay
Equal access to employment
A balance between work and family.

Wages

In order to maintain our competitive position in the market place, we have established
wage rates that reflect the nature of the construction industry in Saskatchewan. We
have bargained with the employers based on the type of work they do and set wage
rates so that our employers can successfully compete in the Saskatchewan market.

Wages - Industrial Rates Local 1985 - Saskatchewan

Classification

Base Wage

Holiday & Vac. Pay

Health & Welfare

Pension

Training

Total Pkg.

Gen. For.

34.86

3.76

1.20

5.10

0.70

45.62

Foreman

31.96

3.44

1.20

5.10

0.70

42.40

Journeyman

29.05

3.13

1.20

5.10

0.70

39.18

4th Yr. Appr.

26.15

2.82

1.20

5.10

0.70

35.97

3rd Yr. Appr.

23.24

2.51

1.20

5.10

0.70

32.75

2nd Yr. Appr.

20.34

2.20

1.20

5.10

0.70

29.54

1st. Yr. Appr.

15.98

1.72

1.20

5.10

0.70

24.70

Prob. Appr.

14.53

1.56

1.20

5.10

0.70

23.09

Wages - Commercial Rates Local 1985 - Saskatchewan

Classification	Base Wage	Holiday & Vac. Pay	Health & Welfare	Pension	Training	Total Pkg.
Foreman	21.60	2.21	0.90	3.52	0.20	28.43
Journeyman	20.10	2.06	0.90	3.52	0.20	26.78
4th Yr. Appr.	18.09	1.85	0.90	3.52	0.20	24.56
3rd Yr. Appr.	16.08	1.64	0.90	3.52	0.20	22.34
2nd Yr. Appr.	14.07	1.44	0.90	3.52	0.20	20.13
1st. Yr. Appr.	11.06	1.13	0.90	3.52	0.20	16.81
Prob. Appr.	8.50	0.87	0.00	0.00	0.20	9.57

Benefits

Health and Welfare

Our health and welfare benefits are provided through a negotiated hourly contribution
made by the Employer.

They include coverage* for Life Insurance, Accidental Death and Dismemberment
Insurance, Dental, Prescription Drugs, Eyeglasses and Contact Lenses, Eye
Examinations, Chiropractics, Physiotherapy, Ambulance Service, Private Nursing,
Psychology, Out of Province Emergency Treatment, Hearing Aids, Weekly Disability,
and more.

*(Some limitations and rules of the Plan may apply)

Pension

Again, our Pension benefits are provided through a negotiated hourly contribution
made by the Employer. Our Plan is over twenty years old and is fully funded. As it
matures and grows it continues to provide increasingly better benefits, as well as
coverage for Total Disability, Spousal Death Benefits, Early Retirement, and more.

Training

Through a negotiated hourly contribution made by the Employer, we have a training
fund that provides a Scaffolding Certification Program, Journeyman Qualification and
Journeyman Updating courses in a variety of areas including level and transit
operation, blue print reading, rigging, architectural hardware installation, wood flooring
installation and more.

Certification

How the Union legally represents employees is usually a simple procedure. First you
must sign a Union support card which the Union submits along with other cards and
their Application for Certification to the Labour Relations Board.

The Employer then must file a reply along with a list of names of those employees who
work for them in the bargaining unit (all Carpenters, Carpenter Apprentices and
Carpenter Foreman) to the Labour Relations Board.

If the Union has a majority of fifty percent, plus one of the support cards over the list of names supplied by the Employer, then the board will issue a Certification Order to that
Employer. If the Union can show at least twenty five percent support, the Labour
Relations Board will order a secret ballot vote among the affected employees to
determine if a majority of support can be found.

It is important to note that the Union and the Labour Relations Board keep information
on the support cards in the strictest confidence, and it is illegal for the Employer to ask
an Employee if they ever signed a card.

If the Union's application is successful, the Employer is bound by law to immediately
comply with the existing Province wide or Project Collective Agreement.

Advocacy

In addition to the Union negotiating and monitoring adherence to its Collective
Agreements, we assist our members in regard to Apprenticeship Training, Workers
Compensation, Occupational Health and Safety, and Employment Insurance.

Remember...

Alone We Beg, Together We Bargain!

More information can be obtained at our offices at:

Regina
1170 Winnipeg Street
(306) 585-0900

Saskatoon
1030B 8th Street East
(306) 382-4355

Evenings and weekends call:
Barry Holma
(306) 537-5311
Regina

Kerry Westcott
(306) 221-8079
Saskatoon