Boilermakers Local 128 wages 2026 (Ontario)

The hourly rates, overtime, shift, vacation and LOA rules of Boilermakers Local 128 (Lodge 128) in Ontario, read from the five agreements built into the Boilermaker Cheque app. An independent guide: the agreement and your hall have the final word.

Construction (ICI)

BCA/IBB Local 128 Field Construction Agreement 2025–2028 (Ontario)

$58.29an hour

Journeyperson, Construction (ICI)

From May 3, 2026. Next step $60.26 on May 2, 2027.

Classification	From May 3, 2026	From May 2, 2027
Journeypersonbase rate	$58.29	$60.26
Assistant forepersonJP +$2	$60.29	$62.26
ForepersonJP +$6	$64.29	$66.26
General forepersonJP +$9	$67.29	$69.26
4th-year apprentice90%	$52.46	$54.23
3rd-year apprentice80%	$46.63	$48.21
2nd-year apprentice70%	$40.80	$42.18
1st-year apprentice60%	$34.97	$36.16
Pre-apprentice60%	$34.97	$36.16

Overtime: All overtime is double time (16.01a): hours past the 8 h day (10 h on a compressed week) Mon–Fri, and every hour on Saturday, Sunday and the twelve recognized holidays (17.02).
Shift premium: 20% of the rate on every hour worked on shift.
Vacation and stat holiday pay: 9% vacation pay and 3% holiday pay on top of wages, taxed with them.
LOA, subsistence and travel: Southern Ontario: $160 a day; Northern Ontario: $190 a day.

Maintenance (long/short term)

BCA/IBB Local 128 Long Term / Short Term Maintenance Agreement 2026–2029 (Ontario)

$57.54 an hour, journeyperson, from May 3, 2026; $59.51 from May 2, 2027.

Classification	From May 3, 2026	From May 2, 2027
Journeypersonbase rate	$57.54	$59.51
Assistant forepersonJP +$2	$59.54	$61.51
ForepersonJP +$6	$63.54	$65.51
General forepersonJP +$9	$66.54	$68.51
4th-year apprentice90%	$51.79	$53.56
3rd-year apprentice80%	$46.03	$47.61
2nd-year apprentice70%	$40.28	$41.66
1st-year apprentice60%	$34.52	$35.71
Pre-apprentice60%	$34.52	$35.71

Overtime: All overtime is double time and never more: beyond the 8 h day (10 h on a 4×10), every hour on Saturday, Sunday, earned days off and the twelve holidays (13.201, 14.301).
Shift premium: 12% of the rate on every hour worked on shift.
Vacation and stat holiday pay: 9% vacation pay and 3% holiday pay on top of wages, taxed with them.
LOA, subsistence and travel: No subsistence or travel under this agreement (20.100).

NMA Hamilton & St. Catharines (Stelco)

National Maintenance Agreement, Hamilton & St. Catharines 2022–2026 V2, extended as is to June 30 2027 (Ontario)

$57.29 an hour, journeyperson, from May 3, 2026; $59.26 from May 2, 2027.

Classification	From May 3, 2026	From May 2, 2027
Journeypersonbase rate	$57.29	$59.26
Assistant forepersonJP +$2	$59.29	$61.26
ForepersonJP +$6	$63.29	$65.26
General forepersonJP +$9	$66.29	$68.26
4th-year apprenticeICI 90% − $1	$51.46	$53.23
3rd-year apprenticeICI 80% − $1	$45.63	$47.21
2nd-year apprenticeICI 70% − $1	$39.80	$41.18
1st-year apprenticeICI 60% − $1	$33.97	$35.16
Pre-apprenticeICI 60% − $1	$33.97	$35.16

Overtime: 5×8 (16.300 a): 8 h straight, up to 2 h at time and a half, double after 10 h. 4×10, Mon–Thu or Tue–Fri (16.300 b): 10 h straight, then double; the fifth weekday (Friday, or Monday on Tue–Fri) is time and a half for up to 10 h, then double.
Shift premium: 20% of the rate on straight-time hours worked on shift.
Vacation and stat holiday pay: 9% vacation pay and 3% holiday pay on top of wages, taxed with them.
LOA, subsistence and travel: Lake Erie Steel scheduled outage ($40 a day travel).

NMA Hamilton: Stelco production assistance

National Maintenance Agreement, Hamilton & St. Catharines: Production Assistance Appendix (Stelco Hilton Works and Lake Erie Steel), 2022–2026, extended as is to June 30 2027 (Ontario)

$57.29 an hour, journeyperson, from May 3, 2026; $59.26 from May 2, 2027.

Classification	From May 3, 2026	From May 2, 2027
Journeypersonbase rate	$57.29	$59.26
Assistant forepersonJP +$2	$59.29	$61.26
ForepersonJP +$6	$63.29	$65.26
General forepersonJP +$9	$66.29	$68.26
4th-year apprenticeICI 90% − $1	$51.46	$53.23
3rd-year apprenticeICI 80% − $1	$45.63	$47.21
2nd-year apprenticeICI 70% − $1	$39.80	$41.18
1st-year apprenticeICI 60% − $1	$33.97	$35.16
Pre-apprenticeICI 60% − $1	$33.97	$35.16

Overtime: Shifts at straight time, each with a paid ½-hour mid-shift break: 3 × 8 h on a 2-week schedule; 2 × 8 h, days 9:00–17:00 and midnights 21:00–5:00, on a 3- or 14-week rotation; or 2 × 12 h on an 8-week schedule.
Shift premium: $1.00 an hour on every hour worked on shift.
Vacation and stat holiday pay: 9% vacation pay and 3% holiday pay on top of wages, taxed with them.
LOA, subsistence and travel: Lake Erie Steel scheduled outage ($40 a day travel).

EPSCA power sector (OPG, Bruce, Hydro One)

EPSCA / IBB Local 128 Collective Agreement 2025–2030 (Ontario electrical power systems)

$56.10 an hour, journeyperson, from May 1, 2026; $59.00 from May 1, 2027.

Classification	From May 1, 2026	From May 1, 2027
Journeypersonbase rate	$56.10	$59.00
SubforepersonJP +6%	$59.47	$62.54
ForepersonJP +12%	$62.83	$66.08
4th-year apprentice90%	$50.49	$53.10
3rd-year apprentice80%	$44.88	$47.20
2nd-year apprentice70%	$39.27	$41.30
1st-year apprentice60%	$33.66	$35.40
Pre-apprentice	$33.66	$35.40
Helper (nuclear)= 2nd year	$39.27	$41.30

Overtime: 5×8 (23.1): time and a half for the first 2 h past the scheduled day, double after 10 h. 4×10: time and a half for 2 h, double after 12 h.
Shift premium: 20% of the rate on straight-time hours worked on shift.
Vacation and stat holiday pay: 9% vacation pay and 3% holiday pay on top of wages, taxed with them.
LOA, subsistence and travel: South of the French River: $135 a day; North of the French River: $150 a day; Darlington / Pickering: $130 a day; Bruce Power: $150 a day.

One 40-hour week, worked out

Week of October 25, 2026Journeyperson, Construction (ICI)

Example

Hours worked each day
Day	Sun	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat
Hours	0	8	8	8	8	8	0

The cheque those hours make
Earnings
Regular40 h × 58.29	2,331.60
Vacation pay9%	209.84
Holiday pay3%	69.95
Gross pay	2,611.39
Deductions
Field dues4.25% of gross	−110.98
De Novo + Helmets to Hardhats40 h	−2.80
CPP5.95%	−151.37
EI1.63%	−42.57
Income taxestimate	−597.89

Take-home$1,705.78

Example only: a journeyperson on 5×8 Mon–Fri, no overtime, no shift premium, no LOA. CPP and EI not yet maxed for the year; income tax on TD1 claim code 1 (the basic personal amount). Your cheque depends on your hours, your site and your deductions.

What's missing

Where the app can't follow a rule to the letter yet, its notes say so, and say how to allow for it when you enter your hours. From this page's agreements:

NMA Hamilton & St. Catharines (Stelco). An unscheduled call-in to a non-day shift is double for every hour (16.301), and so is a shift change inside the week without three consecutive shifts (16.201); the app pays those hours by the table above, so add the difference. Reporting time (13.100): 3 h pay when there's no work, 4 h if kept past 3 h, 8 h if kept past 4 h; enter the paid hours.
NMA Hamilton & St. Catharines (Stelco). One meal a day; the next meals every 4 h, the call-out meal after 4 h and the ½ h at straight time for working through the noon lunch (16.101) are not added.
NMA Hamilton & St. Catharines (Stelco). The app pays 20% on the straight-time hours of every shift day you mark; an afternoon on a three-shift system pays $2.87 an hour less at $57.29 ($8.59, not $11.46).
NMA Hamilton & St. Catharines (Stelco). The app uses the Local 128 ICI 9% vacation and 3% holiday pay on gross wages; check them against your stub. Field dues 4.25% of gross wages and $51.50 a month; De Novo 5¢ and Helmets to Hardhats 2¢ an hour, as the ICI schedule deducts them. The employer's 10¢ an hour to the NMC administration fund (10.200) doesn't come off your cheque.
NMA Hamilton: Stelco production assistance. The NMA states no percentage); field dues 4.25% of gross wages and $51.50 a month, plus De Novo and Helmets to Hardhats 7¢ an hour; no subsistence, except Lake Erie Steel's $40 a day travel on a scheduled outage of up to 24 hours (Appendix D).
NMA Hamilton: Stelco production assistance. On a Sunday or holiday that half hour would be double; the app pays time and a half.
EPSCA power sector (OPG, Bruce, Hydro One). On the Friday of a 40-hour week 27.1 needs more than 4 h past quitting time (more than 12 h), and on Saturdays, Sundays and holidays it starts after the first 8 h worked (a meal after 10 h); the app uses 10 h on a 5×8 and 12 h on a 4×10 every day.

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Questions

What does a Local 128 journeyperson make in 2026?

$58.29 an hour under the BCA/IBB Local 128 Field Construction Agreement 2025–2028 (Ontario), from May 3, 2026. The other agreements on this page: Maintenance (long/short term) $57.54, NMA Hamilton & St. Catharines (Stelco) $57.29, NMA Hamilton: Stelco production assistance $57.29 and EPSCA power sector (OPG, Bruce, Hydro One) $56.10.

When is the next Local 128 raise?

The next step in the Construction (ICI) schedule is $60.26 an hour on May 2, 2027.

What do Local 128 apprentices make?

4th-year apprentice $52.46 (90%), 3rd-year apprentice $46.63 (80%), 2nd-year apprentice $40.80 (70%), 1st-year apprentice $34.97 (60%) and Pre-apprentice $34.97 (60%) an hour from May 3, 2026.

How much is the Local 128 LOA?

Southern Ontario: $160 a day; Northern Ontario: $190 a day.

How is Local 128 overtime paid?

All overtime is double time (16.01a): hours past the 8 h day (10 h on a compressed week) Mon–Fri, and every hour on Saturday, Sunday and the twelve recognized holidays (17.02).

Sources

The agreements and schedules these numbers were read from. Built October 15, 2026 from the Boilermaker Cheque app, version 2.0.2.

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