United Association Fact Sheet for Union Pipetrades of Mahoning Valley Local Union 396

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	Union members are more likely to receive health are and pension benefits than nonunion workers. In 1999, 73 % of union workers in private industry participated in employer-sponsored health care benefits, compared with 51% of nonunion workers. Eight of 10 union workers - 79% - were covered under pension plans and only 44 % of nonunion workers had such retirement protection.		Workers of all ages are seeking union representation -from young workers who are starting their first jobs to workers older than 55 who may be nearing retirement. In 2001, half of union members were between ages 25 and 44 and 14% were older than 55.


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Name	United Association of Journeymen and apprentices of the Plumbing and Pipefitting Industry of the United States and Canada.
Affiliations	AFL-CIO and the following departments of the AFL-CIO; Building and Construction Trades Department, Food and Beverage Trades Department, Industrial Union Department, Maritime Trades Department, Metal Trades Department, Department for Professional Employees, Union Label and Service Trades Department, also with the Canadian Federation of Labor, and the International Federation of Building and Woodworkers.
Founded	October 11, 1889 in Washington, DC
Membership	More than 350,000 throughout the United STates and Canada.
Number of Local Unions	331
General Office	Located at 901 Massachusetts Avenue, N. W. Washington, D.C. 202.628.5823 Fax: 202.628.5024 http://www.ua.org Mailing Address: P.O. Box 37800, Washington, DC 20013
Type of Union	The United Association is predominantly a craft union, with nearly 90% of its membership employed in the construction industry, including maintenance and repair. Other industries in which members are employed include ship repair, chemicals, nuclear energy, and gas utilities.
Schools	The UA has approximately 340 privately owned schools. Plus other facilities that our apprenticeship programs use, such as community colleges and technical schools. We also have two regional schools: Charleston, SC and Colton, CA. The third regional school is located at Washtenaw Community College, Ann Arbor, MI. We are presently using the third site for Distance Learning classes. Our fourth regional school will be located in Jackson, Mississippi and a fifth regional school will be located in Peakskill, NY. Think about it: If we were a school district, we would be the largest in Northern America.
Apprentices	The United States and Canada equal over 30,000
Monetary Outlay	A) It is estimated that with equipment and instructors salaries, our UA program spends more than one and on-half to two million dollars per week in training. B) It is also estimated that our privately owned schools cost an average of one and one half million dollars each. This would include land, building and equipment. There are some a little less, and there are others that are much more. C) Eighty to on hundred million dollars is spent each year in the training of apprentices and journeymen. This includes our UA-NCA Training Trust Funds, seminars, cost of rental equipment, instructors cost at these seminars, and UA training manuals. This total is both UA and JATC (Joint Apprenticeship and Training Committees monies combined.
Instructor Training Program	A) We have completed 47 programs, 36 at Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, and 11 at Washtenaw Community College, Ann Arbor, Michigan B)At the 2000 program we had 1697 instructors attend from across the United States and Canada. We have exposed more than 43,000 instructors to this program over the last forty seven years.
Business Managers, Business Agents and Financial Secretaries Seminar	This seminar is normally held every other year. It was held in 2000 at the Riverside Hilton New Orleans, LA. At this seminar we train the officers of the local unions of the United Association. Attendance for 2000 program was 484 participants, representing 230 locals, 47 states and 8 provinces were present.
Office Professional Seminar	A) Three programs at Washtenaw Community College, Ann Arbor, Michigan, have been completed. 1998 was open only to the Local Union Office Professionals, but by 1999 it was evident that Joint Apprenticeship Committee Office Professionals wanted to be included in this seminar. There were 151 Office Professionals attending from the United States and Canada at the 2000 program. At total of 439 office professionals seminar.
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