Newsline: March 2006
Plasterers Ratify Contract by a Whopping 92%
 In an overwhelming vote of 228 to 19, plasterers and supervisors of plasterers ratified a contract offer from the city. Ballots were mailed to about 350 members in the titles about three weeks before the 247 ballots
cast were officially counted at Local 237 headquarters on March 1.
“It was a great ratification,” said Richard Hendershot, vice president of Local 237, of the 92 percent acceptance rate. Hendershot was on
hand to congratulate Housing Division Director Edmund Kane, Trustee Ruben Torres and Prevailing Wage Division Deputy Director Donald Arnold who counted ballots with Housing Authority Plasterers Paul Patscot, Anthony Demeco and Frank Spallino, a supervisor.
Counting the ballots are from left, Housing Authority Plasterer Anthony Demeco, Supervisor of Plasterers Frank Spallino, Local 237 Trustee Ruben Torres and Deputy Director Prevailing Wage Division Donald Arnold.
Details of the contract follow:
The three-year contract covers the period from Oct. 1, 2001, to Sept. 30, 2004.
The pact provides members employed by the city and Housing Authority for the entire length of the contract with retroactive wages of
more than $12,000. Overtime worked during this period will be calculated on an individual basis and added to these amounts.
Employers’ contribution to the annuity will be increased to $2.69 per hour for plasterers and to $1.65 for supervisors of plasterers.
Annual leave or vacation will be increased by two days retroactive to July 1, 2002.
The contract also includes a 1 percent productivity savings for the city.
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