- While the intent of the $1/hour in pay for carpenters working in the downtown core is to assist those members in paying for costly daily parking, the wage increase is considered “zone pay” like a carpenter working in the San Juan Islands, or other locations where the travel to the job site is burdensome.
- Every carpenter, regardless if they personally pay for parking, use public transportation, or carpool will be reimbursed the $1/hour zone pay for their work in the downtown core. Zone pay is also computed into overtime hours.
- Most importantly, the addition of new zone pay provides a starting point to build on in future negotiations. We have been active in negotiating in parking on project labor agreement (PLA) jobs and this is the first time we have a starting point for parking in non-PLA work.