Sheet Metal Workers Local 16

Journeyman compensation will rise to $94.51 by 2027 in the contract with Sheet Metal and Air Conditioning Contractors National Association.

If arbitration fails to produce a new master agreement, roughly 1,750 members at nearly 60 contractors could strike.

The master agreement with signatory contractors expired June 30, and bargaining has reached impasse. Members will take a strike vote Aug. 5.