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📸 Our UA Sisters showed up strong at Tradeswomen Build Nations 2026!
Their skill, UA pride, and sisterhood strengthen our union and help open doors to lifelong careers for the next generation. #TWBN2026
Today kicks off day one of the UA/MCAA Mental Health Summit, bringing UA members and contractor partners together to discuss peer support, prevention, and practical ways to help people on and off the job. #MentalHealthMonday
Local 777 apprentice Charles Goede made the entire UA proud, earning a Medal for Excellence in Plumbing and Heating at WorldSkills Shanghai 2026.
He represented our union and our country with skill, dedication, and pride. Congratulations, Brother!
“Making people’s lives better.”
Assistant General President Mike Pleasant reflects on how joining the UA changes lives and gives families security for generations. Watch his full acceptance speech from the 41st General Convention.
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If there’s work across the border, we should be able to man it. In the latest episode of Pipe Up! GP McManus talks about making that easier between the U.S. and Canada.
Watch or listen to the full episode wherever you get podcasts.
Sharing knowledge. Looking out for each other. Getting the job done. That’s UA Brotherhood, on the jobsite and beyond.
The work keeps coming. Apprenticeships, organizing, and retention all play a role in getting more skilled UA members on the job.
Watch or listen to the full episode of Pipe Up! wherever you get podcasts.
137 years strong. 💪
Since 1889, UA members have passed down their skills, stood together, and built better lives for working families. Today, we celebrate the generations who paved the way, and the Brothers and Sisters carrying our union forward.
Happy birthday, UA! #UAProud
On October 10th, we recognize World Mental Health Day. The construction industry faces unique challenges that impact mental health and well-being. Let's stand together to support one another and promote mental health awareness.
Lower energy bills take an all-of-the-above approach, including nuclear and natural gas. Washington needs to work with states to get projects moving and deliver affordable, reliable energy.
GP McManus and GST Kualapai talk training, union jobs, cross-border travel and growing the UA on Pipe Up! #25. Watch: youtube.com/watch?v=9NLYmJ6L…
From massive cast-iron pipe to heating and cooling a 36-story hotel, UA members are taking on big work at Bally’s Chicago Casino Resort. See how UA Locals 130, 281, and 597 are bringing this Chicago landmark to life in the August UA Journal.
Gas, diesel, and groceries cost too much, and Jon Husted has a record of supporting policies that raise costs for working families. It’s time for a change in the Senate. That’s why the UA is backing @SherrodBrown. #OHSen
"Trust the process and listen to the instructor. Don't cut corners." JBLM HVACR Class 34 graduate and U.S. Army Combat Engineer James Harvey gives advice to future VIP students.
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You asked. They answered.
On Pipe Up! #25, GP McManus and GST Kualapai take on questions from UA members at the 41st Convention in San Diego.
Watch or listen to hear their answers to the issues real UA members raised wherever you get podcasts.
Texas’s skilled trades are booming. On Pipe Up!, International Rep. Corby Shelton shares how his home local has more apprentices today than it had total members when he joined.
