Definitions for 29 County Building
Construction Laborers'

Adams, Berks, Bradford, Carbon, Columbia, Cumberland, Dauphin, Juniata, Lackawanna, Lancaster, Lebanon, Lehigh, Luzerne, Lycoming, Monroe, Montour, Northampton, Northumberland, Perry, Pike, Schuylkill, Snyder, Sullivan, Susquehanna, Tioga, Union, Wayne, Wyoming & York

COMMON LABORER

 

Cleaning, Scrubbing, Washing & Polishing of floors, furniture & windows, Stripping, Dismantling, Oiling & Moving of concrete forms. Loading, Unloading & Carrying of reinforced Steel. Handling & Distribution of lumber & all other building materials. Unloading, Carrying, Distributing & laying of pre-cast concrete slabs& planks in accordance with decisions of record. Wrecking, Moving & Demolishing underpinning & shoring of all structures. Signal Person & Flag Person. Landscaping & Nursery work. Toolroom Person. Operators of salamanders, smudge pots, propane & kerosene burners & all other heating methods. Cleaning of precipitators. All fire watch. Operating of busters, jackhammers, drills & all other pneumatic & electric hand tools. Wagon Drills, air & hydraulic, on or off tracks. Power Buggies, Concrete Mixers, Pumps & Vibrators. Walk Along compacting equipment, Vibrating & tamping. Gunniting machines (including the nozzle) Operation of steam jennies. Sandblasting (filling the pot, cleaning up of sand, use of the nozzle) Pumps 2’ or under. Conveyors. Vacuum Cleaners, all types (ride or walk-along). Concrete Saws & Cutting Equipment. Burning & Welding Torches. Dynamite Blasters & Blaster assistants. Swing Scaffold, Sling & Bosun Chairs. Laying on nonmetallic (clay, ironstone, terra cotta, vitrified Concrete & plastic) Pipe & the making of joints for the same. Walk-Along Lifts & similar machines. Pouring & placing of all Concrete & related Materials. These tasks will be performed in accordance with established custom and usage in the building industry.

ASBESTOS REMOVAL

 

Asbestos Removal. Hazardous & Toxic Waste Removal. Lead & Lead-based paint removal. All work in connection with handling, control, removal, abatement, encapsulation or disposal of asbestos &/or toxic waste &/or lead of lead-based paint removal with be assigned to the members of the Laborers’ International Union of North America not to be limited to the erection, moving, servicing & dismantling of all tools & equipment normally used in the handling, control. Removal or encapsulation of hazardous material. This agreement covers work tasks associated with any & all safety requirements & final cleanup & disposal of such hazardous material.

MASON TENDERS

 

Mason Tenders- Mixing of Mortar, mortar pumps, caisson work, blast furnaces.  Coke ovens and all related work. Erection and dismantling of all scaffolding, including tubular frame, manual and powered. Climbing scaffold, swing scaffolds, slings, bosun chairs and all associated safety protection including barricades, nets and ropes, scaffold weather enclosures; shoring; mortar buggies; concrete pumps; walk-behind forklifts; electric welders, torches, compressors, generators & the repair and maintenance of same; jackhammers, tampers, cut-off saws and other power equipment required for demolition, rotary-hammer drills, electric and pneumatic hand tools, transits, levels and lasers, tempering mortar; stocking scaffolds with masonry materials including brick, block, mortar, terra cotta, architectural pre-cast concrete, natural stone, insulation and mastic, flashing, anchors and ties, rebar, grout, Mobile lifting platform scaffolding powered by any power, mode or method; clean-up of all masonry debris.

FORKLIFT LABORER

 

Operation of rough terrain forklifts & skid-steering loaders.

MASON TENDER CRANE OPERATOR

 

Pioneer 9000 truck crane and self erecting portable tower crane similar to the POTAIN HDT 80

PLASTERER AND DRYVIT TENDERS

Mixing of plaster and dryvit. Plaster pumps. Plaster tenders. Caisson work. Erection and dismantling of all scaffolding, including tubular frame, manual and powered climbing scaffold, swing scaffolds, slings, bosun chairs and all associated safety protection including barricades, nets and ropes, scaffold weather enclosures; shoring, mortar buggies; concrete pumps; walk-behind forklifts; electric welders, torches, compressors, generators & the repair and maintenance of same; jackhammers, tampers; cut-off saws and other power equipment requires for demolition; rotary-hammer drills, electric and pneumatic hand-tools; transits, levels and lasers, and the clean up of all plaster debris.