A contractor who signs Bricklayers and Allied Craftworkers Local 23's collective bargaining agreement — covering Ohio, West Virginia, and Kentucky — is required by the local's wage and fringe benefit trust funds to post a bond guaranteeing union-scale wages and benefit contributions. This is the $20,000 tier; ours is $800 flat, and the price you see is the checkout price.
















A union wage-and-fringe filing is one application, not a negotiation. Here's the entire process:
Business details, contractor information, and an effective date. The application includes a one-time credit consent, but it authorizes a soft pull only.
Bonds like this are among the thousands of bond types that issue right after purchase. At most, 1–2 business days.
Your executed bond and power of attorney arrive by email, ready to file with Local 23's wage and fringe benefit trust office. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
Bricklayers and Allied Craftworkers Local Union No. 23 represents bricklaying, masonry, stone, and tile craftworkers across a jurisdiction spanning Ohio, West Virginia, and Kentucky (OH-WV-KY). A contractor who signs the local's collective bargaining agreement agrees to pay union-scale wages and to remit contributions to its fringe benefit trust funds — health & welfare, pension, and apprenticeship training.
The wage and welfare bond backs those obligations. It's a three-party arrangement: you (the principal), the surety carrier, and Local 23's wage and fringe benefit trust funds (the obligee and protected parties). If a signatory contractor falls short on covered wages or fund contributions, the trust funds can recover against the bond, up to its $20,000 limit at this tier.
It is not insurance for you — if the surety pays a claim, you repay the surety. This is a private contractual requirement of the collective bargaining agreement, not an Ohio statute. Local 23 sets the bond amount per contractor based on the classification and scope of work assigned under the agreement; this page is the $20,000 tier. We also write the $5,000, $10,000, and $50,000 tiers if yours is different.
These are the actual issuing fields — the application includes a credit consent, but it authorizes a soft pull only, never a hard inquiry.
Start the application →$800 flat, soft pull only, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.