Make Your Job Better

The construction industry is booming and there's a nationwide shortage of workers who can get the job done. So there's never been a better time for you to gain a fairer share of the profits you're producing, and make your job a good union job. By joining together with your co-workers and forming a union where you work, you're paving the way to higher pay, better benefits, and a more secure future.

Same Set Of Rules

The member's of this local union work under the condition's of the collective bargin agreement with our signatory contractor's because they're negotiated by and for everyone on the job, union contracts emphasize equality and fair treatmnet. They provide a written set of rules that apply to everyone, and on every job, eliminating favoritism and discrimination and guaranteeing that no one can be unfarily or arbitrarily disciplined or dismissed.

More Stability

Wage rates, pensions and benefits carry from job to job, company to company. When you're paid fairly you have more time for yourself and your family.

Helping Build A Stronger Community

By forming a union where you work, you're creating  good jobs and building a secure future for yourself and your community. When you replace low-wage and temporary jobs with good union job's, you boost local economies, lift living standards, strengthen tax bases and reduce the burden on taxpayers by lowering the number of unemployed and uninsured.

Training

Whether you're just starting out or experienced in your craft, training is provided by your union. Apprentices get paid while learning basic skills and advanced training lets you upgrade your skills and keep up with technological changes.

Retirement Security

Retirement security is hard to come by when you work in construction. But union construction workers have collectively bargained pensions they can count on. Fully portable multi-employer plans, controlled by union and employer representatives, means union construction workers accure benefits on every job. Pension surpluses go back in the benefits and not to corporations.

You Get Extended Health and Welfare Benefits

Union construction workers have extended health and welfare benefits provided by their contract, and it covers their famillies too. Dental, prescription drug plans, chiropractic and more provide protection with low deductibles and co-pays. When you're in a union, your health benifits are portable, your coverage follows you from job to job.