No job is too small or too big; and with multiple pay scales we can be competitive on any project or job site.

Labor unions were created as a means to negotiate on behalf of workers to the mutual benefit of both employers and employees.

What employers gain: One of the founding principals upon which the UA was built is a Quality Job. We believe that if a job is worth doing, it is worth doing right. Since the first ingredient of a quality job is skilled and Qualified Crafts persons, when hiring union members, employers are assured of getting the most qualified workers in the industry. Additionally, as the industry changes, the Union changes too, providing its members with all the training necessary to keep pace with the latest technological advancements. Thus, contractors are always able to stay competitive.

What workers gain: Union members are guaranteed that their and their families’ interests are served and protected. In all matters regarding the relationship between the worker and his employer, the union stands behind its members, protecting their rights, ensuring that wages and standard of living appreciate in proportion to the cost of living. The union provides a venue for members to train and upgrade, secure employment, receive good and adequate compensationt and to feel pride in their work and workmanship. This all adds up to a higher quality of life.

Health & Welfare

• Family Coverage includes:
• Major Medical
• Eye Care
• Dental Care
• Prescription
• $10,000 Life Insurance (on member only)

There is No Out-of-Pocket Expense for Health and Welfare coverage for local 72 members.
Does your current Employer provide Health Insurance for you and your family at NO COST to you?

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Death & Pension Benefits

Death Benefit

Members of Local Union #72 have the satisfaction of knowing that when a member passes away, their beneficiary will receive at minimum the following death benefits:

UA Burial Benefit of Local Union #72 – Local #72 Death Benefit pays an amount to the beneficiary of members in good standing. This amount is based upon a payment of $5.00 per Local #72 member times the total number of Local #72 members at the time of the member’s death.

Pension Benefit
Another great benefit of Local Union #72 membership is the Local Pension Fund. This is a Defined Benefit Plan with a five year vesting period.

Is your current employer making any contributions to a Retirement Fund for you?

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Training

One of the best benefits of membership in Local #72 is access to skill upgrade programs. Journeyman upgrade classes such as welding (carbon steel, stainless, orbital), medical gas, back flow, clean room protocol, tube bending, HVAC, plumbing code, and many others are continually being offered to members throughout each year.

The cost associated with any of the above related classes, to those outside, could be very expensive. Local 72 is a non-profit organization, and therefore makes no profit from any related training; hence, whatever books or materials cost for a particular class, that’s ALL YOU PAY.

A highly skilled and educated work force is what keeps our union employers competitive in the industry and no one else can train craftsmen as well or as fast as the UA.

APPRENTICE TRAINING
For those workers just entering the Plumbing/Pipefitting construction field or those who have a few years of on-the-job experience and are interested in the best training offered anywhere, they need to contact the Atlanta Local Union #72 JATT.

This is an “earn while you learn” apprenticeship. The Joint Apprenticeship and Training Committee registers and certifies all apprentices iwht the Department of Labor and Bureau of Apprenticeship and Training. Credit for prior work experience can be applied for advanced standing.

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Standard of Excellence

UA Standard for Excellence
MEMBER AND LOCAL UNION RESPONSIBILITIES:

• To ensure the UA Standard for Excellence platform meets and maintains its goals, the Local Union Business Manager, in partnership with his implementation team, including shop stewards and the local membership, shall ensure all members:
• Meet their responsibilities to the employer and their fellow workers by arriving on the job ready to work, every day on time (Absenteeism and tardiness will not be tolerated.)
• Adhere to the contractual starting and quitting times, including lunch and break periods (Personal cell phones will not be used during the workday with the exception of lunch and break periods.)
• Meet their responsibility as highly skilled craftsworkers by providing the required tools as stipulated under the local Collective Bargaining Agreement while respecting those tools and equipment supplied by the employer
• Use and promote the local union and international training and certification systems to the membership so they may continue on the road of lifelong learning, thus ensuring UA craftsworkers are the most highly trained and sought after workers
• Meet their responsibility to be fit for duty, ensuring a zero tolerance policy for substance abuse is strictly met
• Be productive and keep inactive time to a minimum
• Meet their contractual responsibility to eliminate disruptions on the job and safely work towards the on-time completion of the project in an auspicious manner
• Respect the customers’ property (Waste and property destruction, such as graffiti, will not be tolerated.)
• Respect the UA, the customer, client and contractor by dressing in a manner appropriate for our highly skilled and professional craft (Offensive words and symbols on clothing and buttons are not acceptable.)
• Respect and obey employer and customer rules and policies
• Follow safe, reasonable and legitimate management directives

EMPLOYER AND MANAGEMENT RESPONSIBILITIES:

• MCAA/MSCA, PFI, MCPWB, PCA, UAC and NFSA and their signatory contractors have the responsibility to manage their jobs effectively, and as such have the following responsibilities under the UA Standard for Excellence.
• Replace and return to the referral hall ineffective superintendents, general foremen, foremen, journey workers and apprentices.
• Provide worker recognition for a job well done.
• Ensure that all necessary tools and equipment are readily available to employees
• Minimize workers’ downtime by ensuring blueprints, specifications, job layout instructions and material are readily available in a timely manner
• Provide proper storage for contractor and employee tools
• Provide the necessary leadership and problem-solving skills to jobsite Supervision
• Ensure jobsite leadership takes the necessary ownership of mistakes created by management decisions
• Encourage employees, but if necessary, be fair and consistent with discipline
• Create and maintain a safe work environment by providing site specific training, proper equipment and following occupational health and safety guidelines
• Promote and support continued education and training for employees while encouraging career building skills
• Employ an adequate number of properly trained employees to efficiently perform the work in a safe manner, while limiting the number of employees to the work at hand, thereby providing the customer with a key performance indicator of the value of the UA Standard for Excellence
• Treat all employees in a respectful and dignified manner, acknowledging their contributions to a successful project
• Cooperate and communicate with the Job Steward

PROBLEM RESOLUTION THROUGH THE UA STANDARD FOR EXCELLENCE POLICY:
Under the UA Standard for Excellence it is understood, that members through the local union, and management t h rough the signatory contactors, have duties and are accountable in achieving successful resolutions.

MEMBER AND LOCAL UNION RESPONSIBILITIES:

• The Local Union and the Steward will work with members to correct and solve problems related to job performance.
• Job Stewards shall be provided with steward training and receive specialized training with regard to the UA Standard for Excellence.
• Regular meetings will be held where the job steward along with UA Supervision will communicate with the management team regarding job progress, work schedules, and other issues affecting work processes.
• The Job Steward shall communicate with the members about issues affecting work progress.
• The Business Manager or his delegate will conduct regularly scheduled meetings to discuss and resolve issues affecting compliance of the UA Standard for Excellence policy.
• The Steward and management will attempt to correct such problems with individual members in the workplace.
• Individual members not complying with membership responsibility shall be brought before the Local Union Executive Board, which will address such members’ failure to meet their obligation to the local and the UA, up to and including filing charges. The Local Union’s role is to use all available means to correct the compliance problem.

EMPLOYER AND MANAGEMENT RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Regular meetings will be held where the management team and UA Supervision will communicate with the Job Steward regarding job progress, work schedules, and other issues affecting the work process.
• Management will address concerns brought forth by the Steward or UA Supervision in a professional and timely manner.
• A course of action shall be established to allow the job Steward and/or UA Supervision to communicate with higher levels of management in the event there is a breakdown with the responsible manager.
• In the event that the employee is unwilling or unable to make the necessary changes, management must make the decision whether the employee is detrimental to the UA Standard for Excellence platform and make a decision regarding his further employment.

ADDITIONAL JOINTLY SUPPORTED METHODS OF PROBLEM RESOLUTION:

• In the event an issue is irresolvable at this level, the Local or the Contractor may call for a contractually established Labor Management meeting to resolve the issues.
• Weekly job progress meetings should be conducted with Job Stewards, UA Supervision and Management.
• The Local or the Contractor may involve the customer when their input is prudent in finding a solution.
• Foremen, General Foremen, Superintendents and other management should be educated and certified as leaders in the UA Standard for Excellence policy.