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Starting in 1898, the construction industry entered a period of expansion and prosperity that lasted until 1914. From 1898 to 1906 the United Association quadrupled its membership. During its first years, the United Association was essentially a federation of local unions, rather than a truly national union of the pipe trades.
International Union of Operating Engineers (IUOE) 1896 392,584 Operators of construction equipment; stationary engineers. 2015: IUOE: United Association (UA) 1889 324,043 Full name: United Association of Journeymen and Apprentices of the Plumbing, Pipefitting and Sprinkler Fitting Industry of the United States and Canada. 2021: UA
The construction of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline System included over 800 miles (1,300 km) of oil pipeline, 12 pump stations, and a new tanker port.Built largely on permafrost during 1975–77 between Prudhoe Bay and Valdez, Alaska, the $8 billion effort required tens of thousands of people, often working in extreme temperatures and conditions, the invention of specialized construction techniques ...
The United Association of Journeymen and Apprentices of the Plumbing, Pipefitting and Sprinkler Fitting Industry of the United States and Canada had notified union members that all outside lines, including storm and sanitary sewer lines, must be handled by their union members. Many utility contractors were also told by other unions they were ...
The fact that some of the best organized, big city local unions saw no reason to join the IA also complicated matters. In fact when the IA chartered a local union in New York City to compete with the independent union there, a war erupted that almost destroyed the Amalgamated Sheet Metal Workers
The International Union of Operating Engineers (IUOE) is a trade union within the United States–based AFL–CIO representing primarily construction workers who work as heavy equipment operators, mechanics, surveyors, and stationary engineers (also called operating engineers or power engineers) who maintain heating and other systems in buildings and industrial complexes, in the United States ...
Local 764: Theatrical Wardrobe Union; Local 783: TWU - Theatrical Wardrobe Union; Buffalo, NY; Local 798: Make-Up Artists & Hair Stylists; Local 829: Exhibition Employees, Bill Posters, Billers and Distributors; New York, NY; Local 844: Radio and Television Sound Effects and Broadcast Studio Employees; Local 917: Casino Hotel Employees ...
UE is the only national union in the US that explicitly limits the pay of officers to a pay level of members [14] As noted above, all increases in the pay of UE national officers and staff must be approved by delegates to the national convention, as amendments to the union constitution, and then ratified by membership vote at local union meetings.