Description

UA Local 170 is a multi-craft union whose members are engaged in the fabrication, installation and servicing of piping systems. We are part of approximately 326,000 highly-skilled United Association members who belong to over 300 individual local unions across North America. The United Association is one of the most respected and influential building trades unions in the U.S. and Canada today. It serves as a collective voice for workers through negotiation and collective bargaining with employing contractor groups, such as the Mechanical Contractors Association of America, and the National Association of Plumbing-Heating-Cooling Contractors. The United Association has been training qualified pipe tradesmen longer than anyone else in the industry. The UA boasts the premier training programs available in the industry today, including five-year apprenticeship programs, extensive journeyman training organized instructor training, and certification programs. Our Mission UA Local 170 Building Trades Union is providing solutions to meet the challenge of a changing, energy-conscious world. With pride, performance, safety, and professionalism, we provide a highly skilled work force that delivers unmatched value for contractors and owners alike. UA Local 170 cultivates an organization, at every level, that is as diverse as the communities in which it works, and as diverse as the clients it serves. We encourage the inclusion of backgrounds, ideas, and beliefs that span a broad range of the human experience by embracing our commonalities and respecting the differences among us. UA Local 170’s training centres provide comprehensive formal training programs that set the standard in the construction piping industry. We promote individual success by providing all persons with opportunities to achieve their full potential as organizational goals are pursued. We will prove to contractors and owners that a partnership with UA Local 170 Building Trades Union is the best investment they will ever make. And for those individuals looking to do something financially satisfying and personally rewarding, it is the best career path they will ever take.

Hydracore Drills Ltd. In business since 1975, building simple light weight core drilling equipment.