UnionToolbox

In the US? uniontoolbox.com

See your cheque before it comes.

Log your hours on your phone and the app works out the cheque the way your agreement pays it: overtime and double time, shift premiums, living-out and travel, vacation and stat pay, dues, CPP, EI and income tax.

Made by a union tradesperson.

One week, worked out

Week of October 4, 2026Journeyman boilermaker, Fort McMurray maintenance

Example
Hours worked each day
DaySunMonTueWedThuFriSat
Hours012121212120
LOAyesyesyesyesyes
The cheque those hours make
Earnings
Regular40 h × 58.852,354.00
Overtime 1.5×10 h × 88.275882.75
Double time 2×10 h × 117.701,177.00
Vacation pay6%264.83
Stat holiday pay4%176.55
Gross pay4,855.13
Deductions
Field dues3.75% of wages−165.52
CPP5.95%−284.88
EI1.63%−79.14
Income taxestimate−1,426.43
Tax-free
Living-out5 d × 2001,000.00
Take-home$3,899.16
Example only. Journeyman boilermaker on Lodge 146's maintenance agreement in Fort McMurray, five 12-hour days, living out at $200 a day. CPP and EI not yet maxed for the year. Your cheque depends on your agreement, your hours and your taxes.

Before you put it on your phone

What does it cost?
The first month is free. After that a licence is $4.99 a year, and one key works on up to three phones.
Can I get it free?
Share the app from its Share button. Every friend who buys through your link gives you a free month, up to a year.
My agreement isn't in it.
Send it from the Settings tab (Send us your agreement). If the app doesn't have it yet, you get a free year when it's added.
Where do my hours go?
Nowhere. They stay on your phone. There's no account and no sign-in. The privacy policy lists the little the apps do send.
Does it need signal?
No. Open your trade's app in your phone's browser and add it to your home screen. After that it works with no signal, in camp or out in the plant.
What else is in it?
An hours log, a year view that adds up every cheque, and a trade info tab: bolting and torque, flange charts, gasket colours, rigging or the safety rules, depending on the trade.
Is this from the union?
No. It's an independent tool built by a union tradesperson, and it uses no union logos. Check anything that matters against your agreement and your hall.

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