Introduction and Ch1

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Name
Long Version
• United Association of
Journeymen and
Apprentices of the
Plumbing and Pipe
Fitting Industry of the
United States and
Canada
Short Version
• United Association of
Plumbers and
Pipefitters
• United Association
• UA

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Type of Union
• Craft union
• 90% of active
membership employed
in construction
industry
• Affiliated with AFL-
CIO

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UA Emblem
• Adopted in 1892
• Five circles joined
together with pipe and
chains
• Center circle contains
name of organization
and founding date

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Other Circles
Heating pot with crossed ladles
representing PLUMBER
Chain
wrench
and pipe
tongs for
STEAM-
FITTER
Burner,
pliers and
blow pipe
for GAS
FITTER
Pipe cutter and stock and
dies for FITTERS HELPER

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Words on Angles Separating
Circles

7. Chapter 1
Your New Partners

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United Association—
Cooperated and Affiliated with
• Mechanical Contractors
Association of America
(MCAA)
• Union-Affiliated
Contractors (UAC)
• Plumbing-Heating-
Cooling Contractors—
National Association
(PHCC-NA)
• National Fire Sprinkler
Association (NFSA)

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JATC
• Local training programs
are sponsored by JATC
• Joint Apprenticeship and
Journey-worker Training
Committees
• Consisting of
representatives from both
labor (union) and
management (employers)

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Apprenticeships
• Designed to ensure most qualified applicants
taken into and trained in registered
apprenticeships
• Long history beginning in Babylon and ancient
Greece, Rome and China

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Plumbing and Pipefitting
Apprenticeships
• Began in 1883 at first
annual meeting of
Association of Master
Plumbers
• Developed into UA
• Formalized in 1930’s
• Now international in
scope

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Your Responsibility
• Probation period of 12 months
• Work on jobsite under supervision of
journeyworkers
• Mandatory attendance at specific classes of
related instruction

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Benefits of Membership
• Good pay
• Excellent fringe benefits
• Satisfying work in a growing field
• Becoming part of American and Canadian
construction industry
• Involvement in new technologies
• Satisfaction of being the “veins and
arteries” of construction

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Career Partnerships –
4 legged stool
Your
Union
YOU

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Important Skills, Attitudes,
Habits
• Continue learning throughout career
• Model yourself after those you admire
• Maintain a good personal appearance
• Be enthusiastic and cooperative on the job

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Plumbing, Pipefitting and
Sprinkler Fitting
• Nearly 2 million single
family homes and
apartments built each year
• New and remodeled office
buildings, stores and
shopping centers
• Hospital buildings, health
care facilities and factories
• Total building
construction costs in U.S.
and Canada several billion
dollars annually
25% of this total
involves pipe
trades labor and
materials!

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UA Journeyworkers Made
Important Contributions
• Space program
• Specialized nuclear plants
• Power plants and refineries
• New and specialized application as coal
gasification and water desalinization
• Alaska oil pipe line
• Hundreds of miles of natural gas
transmission pipelines

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First Partner--Your Union
• It is an international union
• Celebrated its 100th anniversary in 1989
• Local 393 chartered in 1904

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Second Partner -- Your
Employer
• Their task to invest in
tools and equipment
• Build an organization
• Be ready to contract
for pipe trades work
• They CREATE jobs
for you and your
fellow craftsmen

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Third Partner -- Your Work
Crew
• Owe your fellow crew members efficiency
• Responsibilities include:
– Getting to work on time
– Practicing good work attitudes and habits
– Using good practices in communication and
listening
– Working harmoniously with other crew
members

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Fourth Partner--YOU
• Final and most important leg
• You are one of select few chosen for
apprenticeship
• You will receive superior training and have
opportunity for excellent pay and benefits