Join your union brothers and sisters to help educate voters about issues impacting the working people. Event: MEPS Walk Date: Saturday, November 3rd from 9 am to 1 pm Location: 2102 Almaden Road, San Jose 95125 Email RSVP@local393.org to confirm your participation. Click here to view more upcoming UA Local 393’s volunteer events.

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When he was growing up, Frank would save his money and count it nearly every day. He thought for sure he’d be an accountant, so it’s no surprise that he ended up

Juan Gutierrez is the new organizer at UA 393 after two decades with our Local as a member, volunteer, and activist. Juan is a plumber by trade. He started as a labor shop boy back in 1989. He worked non-union for years before becoming a UA Local 393 member in 1997. He noticed how difficult […]

​ Last fall, three UA Local 393 members – Lisa Long, Sabrina Sharp and Aster Tseng (pictured left to right) – traveled to Chicago and joined over 1,900 tradeswomen for the annual Women Build Nations Conference. The conference is a space for networking and collaboration among tradeswomen from across the country spanning from apprentices to […]

On March 21st, almost 100 members kicked off our 2018 Campaign for a Secure Future (CSF). Members expressed the desire to take on more responsibility for political and community service projects; sponsor more events that show our support for our communities; and set up more political education forums to meet and greet elected leaders. San […]

When we first launched the Campaign for a Secure Future in 2015, we had three goals in mind: greater political power, expanded community presence, and increased member leadership. We’ve come a long way, and our historic San Jose City Council policy win marks a giant step forward in our efforts. The groundbreaking part of the […]

UA Local 393 members were instrumental in pushing the San Jose City Council to pass a groundbreaking policy to expand and protect union construction jobs. • Contractors must pay prevailing wage, hire locally, and create opportunities for disadvantaged workers on private developments that receive taxpayer subsidies. • Contractors must pay prevailing wage, provide union benefits, […]

Dear 393 Member, I don’t need to tell you that the world is divided right now. Within our union, we have diverse views, adding to the richness of the Local: we are Democrats, Republicans, old, young, and different races.​ Though there are issues that keep us apart, when we walk onto a job, we work […]

Congratulations to our March and April, 2018 retirees: enjoy your well-earned retirement! You make us #uaproud. Know any of these members? Worked with them? Share a story on our posts on Facebook (March and April) or Twitter (March and April).  

UA Local 393 members have worked hard to make this happen. And I’m proud to report that last Tuesday night, we won big for working families in San Jose! The San Jose City Council passed a groundbreaking set of policies to raise job quality and create career opportunities in construction, Silicon Valley’s second-fastest growing industry. […]

Congratulations to our December, 2017, January, 2018, and February, 2018 retirees: enjoy your well-earned retirement! You make us #uaproud. Know any of these members? Worked with them? Share a story on our posts on Facebook or Twitter.

Do you have a child graduating high school, in community college or attending a 4 year university? If you are a member in good standing with UA Local 393 for at least one year, your child is eligible for a $2,500.00 scholarship. 32 college scholarships will be awarded to sons and daughters of members of […]

Check out all the wonderful photos from UA Local 393’s 2017 Retiree Dinner! Want to see more? Access all the photos here, just use the password: hay    

You might remember Daryl Peterson from your own time at the training center. Daryl has been training and teaching welders or students since February of 1969, and he’s trained thousands of apprentices in the skills they needed over the years. He started his apprenticeship in June of 1962, and has been making UA Local 393 […]

We are sending solidarity to our brothers and sisters in Texas as they deal with the catastrophic flooding. Members interested in supporting Texas UA Locals with financial contributions can contact Business Agents Al Tito Gonzalez Al@local393.org or Conrad Pierce Conrad@local393.org

BREAKING: A win for San Jose families! At the August 29th San Jose City Council meeting, UA 393 members and union brothers and sisters in San Jose showed up to advocate for the Museum Place Project’s Project Labor Agreement to ensure family-supporting wages on the project. The council voted unanimously to approve the project. We […]

View your 2017-2018 Holiday Calendar. Click here for a downloadable calendar.    

Being a member of UA Local 393 is not just about being a member of a union, it is about being an extremely proud member of one of the finest union families in America. It was great to have all of our families gather to celebrate our big union family. Check out all the photos […]

UA Local Union 393 has entered the 21st century with a new online dispatch system. We are one of the first UA Locals in the country to use this automated, time-saving process.

You can’t miss Martin “Mo” Salberg. 

It’s critical that we build an army of skilled and informed member leaders to grow and organize our unions and grow market share.