I.B.E.W.
Local 176

Joliet, Illinois


Wage Sheets      Agreements


Inside      Residential      Service & Maintenance      Sign      Sound (VDV)

 

VDV Agreement Wages
Effective 6/1/08 to 5/31/09

 

Zone I
Will & Grundy

Zone II
(All Others)

Top CATV Installer

$32.00 $31.00

Sound Technician

$32.00 $31.00

Foreman

$33.50 $32.50
Advanced Technician**
(**Wages & Pensions paid at 90% Inside rate)
$34.20 $33.84
Master Technician**
(**Wages & Pensions paid at 100% Inside rate)
$38.00 $37.60

Benefits:

 

Zone I
Will & Grundy

Zone II
(All Others)

National Pension (NEBF) (3%) $.96 $.93
Health & Welfare* ($.75 MSA) $9.17 $9.17
Local Pension $5.65 $5.65
Decatur Pension $2.75 $2.75
S.U.B. Fund

$1.11

$1.11

 

Total Sound Package

$51.64 $50.61
Apprenticeship Fund (1%) $.32 $.31
AMF  Fund (.4%) $.13 $.12
LMCC $.15 $.15
 

Total

$52.24 $51.19
NECA Service Charge (.5%) $.16 $.16
 

Grand Total

$52.40 $51.35

Deductions From Wages:

 

Zone I
Will & Grundy

Zone II
(All Others)

Working Dues *2.5% *2.5%
P.A.C. (Voluntary) $.04 $.04

*Working dues effective 10/1/02

Trainee Sound Technicians:

 

Zone I
Will & Grundy

Zone II
(All Others)

1st period 0 - 1000 hrs.
40% of Technician's rate
$12.80 $12.40
2nd period 1001 - 2000 hrs.
50% of Technician's rate
$16.00 $15.50
3nd period 2001 - 3000 hrs.
60% of Technician's rate
$19.20 $18.60
4th period 3001 - 4000 hrs.
70% of Technician's rate
$22.40 $21.70
5th period 4001 - 5000 hrs.
80% of Technician's rate
$25.60 $24.80
6th period 5001 - 6000 hrs.
90% of Technician's rate
$28.80 $27.90

CATV Trainees:

 

Zone I
Will & Grundy

Zone II
(All Others)

1st 6 mos.-70% of Technician's rate $22.40 $21.70
2nd 6 mos.-80% of Technician's rate $25.60 $24.80
3rd 6 mos.-90% of Technician's rate $28.80 $27.90
4th 6 mos.-95% of Technician's rate $30.40 $29.45
     

Travel time:  Maximum allowed by IRS
Overtime:  1 1/2
Bonding Requirements:
Must participate in LMCC Bonding Program or purchase
 $10,000 Bond for every four employees or fraction thereof

*Increase to coincide with current inside agreement effective June 1st

 

       
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Quarterly dues are currently $93.00 per quarter. Dues increase in January 2009 to $96.00 per quarter
Benefit Funds Labor Agreements JATC NECA