2006 - 2011

United Association of Journeymen and Apprentices of the

Plumbing and Pipe Fitting Industry of the United States and Canada

(a) Eight (8) hours shall constitute a day’s work for members of the United Association, and no financial aid will be rendered to any Local Union going on strike for more wages whose hours of labor are more than eight (8) on building work. It is distinctly understood, however, that the Local Unions must continue to strive for the shorter workday and the shorter workweek.

(b) Local Unions should continue through negotiations to bring about the establishment of health and welfare programs, pension plans, paid vacations and pay for certain holidays and such other fringe benefits that are in the interest of the membership of the respective Local Unions.

(c) The Local Unions, in addition to striving for a shorter workday and workweek, are also committed to make every effort to increase the standard of living, wages and working conditions of their members.

Each Local Union of the United Association with the approval of the District Council shall establish the wage scale for journeymen in the territorial jurisdiction covered by said Local Union. There shall not be more than one (1) established wage scale covering each class of work for said journeymen and apprentices in said territory. Where there is only one (1) Local Union in the territory, then the Local Union shall establish one (1) wage scale covering each class of work for all journeymen and apprentices.

No member of the United Association will be permitted to subcontract or lump the installation of any plumbing, heating, sprinkler or pipe work, or any other work under the jurisdiction of the United Association, or to work in any shop where subcontracting is practiced. Any member who violates this section may be assessed, suspended or expelled in accordance with the procedures of Section 199 of the Constitution.

No member of the United Association shall be permitted to furnish tools.

The use of vehicles of any description (unless furnished by the employer) will be discontinued by the members of the United Association during working hours, and the Local Unions of the United Association shall be and are hereby empowered to legislate locally against further use of the same.

Working Contrary to Terms of Collective Bargaining Agreement

(a) A member shall not perform any work for any contractor whose business performs work that comes within the work jurisdiction of the United Association, if that employer is not a party to a collective bargaining agreement entered into either by a UA Local Union or the United Association.

(b) No member may be employed in an industrial plant on any work, whether it be construction, maintenance or modernization, that comes within the work jurisdiction of the United Association where the Local Union does not have a collective bargaining agreement with the industrial plant or where the wage rate and terms and conditions of employment in the plant are less than the standards established in the Local Union Agreement, unless the member has, prior to employment in such a plant, obtained the consent of the Local Union Executive Board.

(c) A member who enters business for himself or holds a financial interest in any business and such business performs work that comes within the work jurisdiction of the United Association must sign a collective bargaining agreement with a Local Union or Local Unions in whose territorial jurisdiction plumbing or pipe fitting work is performed.

(d) A member violating this section shall be disciplined under Section 199 by fine, suspension or expulsion. Local Unions failing to comply with this section shall be disciplined as provided by Sections 90 and 91.