PIPEFITTING CONTRACTORS/ PAYROLL DEPARTMENTS
Click here for a meeting notice faxed to all Contractors employing Pipefitters.
An Employer Ratification meeting is set for Friday, July 25, 2008, 7:30 am at the MCA Detroit offices.

SHOULD the Agreement be ratified by the Contractors, the new allocation will take effect beginning with the first shift on Monday, July 28, 2008.

The Tentative Agreement contains retroactivity back to Monday, June 30, 2008. The retroactive $1.90 raise will be paid in the Employee's check for all hours worked since the first shift on Monday, June 30, 2008.
Posted: 7-23-08 - 2:40 pm

PIPEFITTERS RATIFY TENTATIVE AGREEMENT
This morning,  Wednesday, July 23, 2008, Pipefitters Local 636 membership ratified the Tentative Agreement by an approximate margin of 6 to 1.

The Tentative Agreement is a 4 year contract calling for $1.90, $1.90, $1.95 and $2.05.

Per 636 Business Manager Frank Wiechert, the following is the allocation for the $ 1.90:

Details will follow as they become available.
Posted: 7-23-08 - 2:00 pm

The Plumbers contract agreement was ratified by MCA Detroit Contractors at a 5:00 pm meeting held July 8, 2008 at the MCA Detroit offices. The retroactive wages are due by July 17, 2008. The retroactive fringes are due by July 22, 2008.

Pipefitter negotiations continue. A negotiation meeting is scheduled for the afternoon of Wednesday, July 9, 2008, and a second meeting is scheduled for the morning of Thursday, July 10, 2008.
Posted: 7-9-08 - 11:20 am

PLUMBING CONTRACTORS
Click here for a message sent to all Plumbing Contractors.
Posted: 7-7-08 - 3:03 pm

PLUMBING CONTRACTORS
Please provide the following notice to your Payroll department:
The agreement between MCA Detroit and Local 98 is retroactive on wages and fringes to June 2, 2008.  Due to the ratification taking place so close to the end of the month, the bargaining parties have agreed to extend the deadline for June 2008 fringes by one week. 

The new due date for June 2008 fringes is July 22, 2008.
Posted: 7-2-08 - 2:10 pm

The Employer ratification vote is scheduled for Tuesday, July 8, 2008 at 5 pm.
We are currently working with Local 98 to finalize the allocation in order to produce the Labor Updates for your payroll departments.  In the next day or two they will be finalized and we will begin sending them out via fax and e-mail, as well as posting them on our website.
Assuming the Employers ratify the agreement, the new CBA payroll should start by July 10, 2008 or at the latest, July 17, with a retro payment to June 2, 2008.  We are requesting an extension of the fringe contribution submission dead line and will notify you by Wednesday, July 2, 2008 if we are successful.
Posted: 7-1-08 - 8:40 am

Click here for a notice sent to Plumbing Contractors on Monday, June 30, 2008.
Posted: 6-30-08 - 4:50 pm

Click here for a letter sent by Carl Evans to the Membership of Local 636.
PLEASE NOTE: This letter contains an error by stating that a Pipefitter ratification meeting
has been set for Monday, June 30, 2008. No ratification meeting has been called for.
Posted: 6-27-08 - 2:00 pm

CONTRACT SETTLEMENT ANNOUNCED
At 5:15 pm, on Thursday, June 26, 2008, Labor and Management came to a contract agreement which was presented to Plumbers Local 98 Membership immediately. Within an hour, Local 98 Membership ratified a 3 year contract consisting of $1.85, $1.90, $1.95, 8 hours of training per year for each Active Member and the UA Standard of Excellence.
More details will follow.
Posted: 6-27-08 - 8:40 am

Local 98 has set a ratification meeting for Thursday evening, June 26th, as a result of Management and Labor negotiations that occurred on Tuesday, June 24th, in an effort to come to an agreement. MCA’s proposal was reviewed, questions were asked and both groups caucused. Local 98 came back with a proposal, presented it, questions were asked and the meeting broke up for the evening. Labor and Management will meet again today, June 25th, at 1:00 pm.
Posted: 6-25-08 - 9:00 am

BEWARE: MESSAGE to contractors, who employ pipefitters, regarding interim agreements.
Posted: 6-24-08 - 12:05 pm

Management will meet with Local 636 representatives on Friday, June 27, at 2:00 pm to continue contract negotiations.
Posted: 6-24-08 - 12:00 pm

For your information:
Click here for language changes in Kalamazoo UA Local 357 contract.
Posted: 6-19-08 - 11:50 am

On Friday, June 6 and Monday, June 9, Local 636 and MCA met regarding the most recent proposal presented by Management. Despite the tough economic times our customers and the Michigan economy are facing, Management presented a proposal with raises equivalent to UA Local 190, other construction trades in the Detroit area and around the state of Michigan. In this market the question is “When our customers are doing everything they can to cut costs, how much of a raise are our customers willing to accept prior to looking to other alternatives?”

For your information:
Ann Arbor Local 190 three-year contract calls for $ 1.75, $ 1.65 and $1.70.
Posted: 6-17-08 - 10:50 am

For your information:
Kalamazoo UA Local 357 ratified their contract, Thursday, June 12, 2008, for $ 1.30 for 3 years. Wording changes will follow when they become available.
Posted: 6-13-08 - 4:15 pm

For your information:
Ann Arbor UA Local 190 ratified their contract agreement on Monday, June 9, 2008.
Click here to view a copy of the language changes agreed to.
Posted: 6-11-08 - 2:00 pm