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.

Fred Hirsch is a proud hellraiser and troublemaker. A member of UA Local Union 393 for more than 50 years, Fred reminds us that the fight for working people doesn’t end with good jobs, wages, and working conditions.

Brothers and Sisters, As we start a new year under a new American president and new community leaders, our union must fortify working families to combat the challenges on the horizon.

  UA Local Union 393 members completed more than 500 hours of political and advocacy shifts in 2016.

UA Local Union 393 proudly honors our retirees.

Each year the California State Pipe Trades Council offers educational scholarships for sons and daughters of UA Union members.

KT Urban was able to steal work hours from us with Silvery Towers this year, but we are not going to let them get away with their 23-story Greyhound development.

Help Santa Clara County families with limited resources have a safe, fun, uplifting afternoon of holiday happiness!

Working class people like ourselves need political leaders who will champion family supporting union jobs that employ our members. Here are the results of our endorsed candidates and propositions

On Thursday, November 10, we are mobilizing our membership

Congratulations are in order. Over 1,000 people turned out on Sept. 29 for the San Jose Campaign for a Secure Future action to demand that high-rise developers pay middle class wages and hire local.  

The UA Local Union 393 Family Picnic took over Sarasota Spring on June 20. Over 1,200 friends, family, members and allies enjoyed live music played by members, swimming, a chili cook-off, BBQ, a 30-ft. inflatable slide, games and face painting. Check out all the photos on Facebook!   

The several hundred UA Local 393 members who attended the contract ratification meeting at the Electricians Hall knew what was in front of them and were anxious to vote. No other UA local, IBEW local, or Sheet Metal Worker local contract negotiations in 2015 in Northern California leveraged better money on the table: A $3.50 an […]

We’ve set a national precedent. And it came through the hard work of our members. The Sunnyvale City Council voted 4-3 to become the first city to require apprentices from state-approved programs on “large” private-sector development projects. The City Council directed staff to bring them a completed ordinance that would implement their decision. While similar […]

Our apprentices serve a five-year apprenticeship to become journeymen plumbers, steamfitters, and HVACR service technicians, working during the day and attending class two nights a week. No small achievement. Congratulations graduates! Refrigeration Roberto R. Arellano Shane T. Davis David J. Romero Scott A. Bedwell Thomas Cale Fisher Philip E. Ruiz Bryan M. Blakenship Mitchel J. […]

Brothers and Sisters, UA Local Union 393 Plumbers, Steamfitters, and HVACR Service Technicians has a long, proud history of representing workers in our industry — a history that extends back to the founding of our local in 1904. It is a history of member engagement, member involvement, and member activism that continues to place our […]

It is not an overstatement that modern civilization depends on the skills and services that people like ourselves provide on a daily basis at work. We build and service the piping systems that provide the most valuable commodity on the planet — water — to our cities. Our work carries away waste and with that, […]

Bill Bailey Jr. is a leader in our Local and our industry. “When I think about being a union member, Brother Bailey comes to mind,” said Business Manager Bill Guthrie. “He can always be counted on to help with a precinct walk or rally community leaders. He understands our union’s strength comes from our skills. […]

Every day, our members are going to work, supporting their families, whether outside in the heat, in the cold, on rooftops, or in a ditch doing what we do best – put in pipe. As your elected team of officers, we are doing our best to support you by fighting every day to secure work, […]

There’s no predicting the future. But we can plan for it. That’s why we have started the Campaign for a Secure Future. It’s our way of ensuring that when developers break ground in our backyard, they’ll be doing it under union-negotiated, family-supporting Project Labor Agreements, or PLAs. How will it work? Right now, we’re reaching […]

Brothers and Sisters, It was only a few years ago that building trades workers — both union and non-union alike — were experiencing unemployment rates as high as 40 percent. Now we’re in the middle of a construction boom, the likes of which we have not seen in our region since the ‘90s. Our Local’s […]

In 1986, a group of labor activists threw a holiday party for the families of striking workers. Hundreds of children participated in that first celebration and toy giveaway. Decades later, it’s an annual tradition open to the entire community, where thousands of children enjoy a day of games, food and gifts. Working families are finally […]

More than 150 UA Local Union 393 plumbers, pipefitters and apprentices working on the new Stanford Hospital just reached an important milestone: Construction of the $2 billion project is halfway done. The 824,000-square-foot Palo Alto hospital is is on track for completion in 2017 with the facility opening its doors to patients in early 2018. […]

Welcome to Toolbox, a new column that will be helping our members better understand the ins and outs of our contracts.   Should I bring my personal tools to work? No, leave them at home. Our Master Labor Agreement contract language clearly states that employers supply the tools: “No tools shall be furnished by any […]

Brothers and Sisters, Training the next generation of UA craftspeople is an investment in our future. New blood is vital to our union and our trade. To both replace our retiring baby boomer members and meet the labor needs required for our current crush of projects, UA Local Union 393 has nearly 400 union Plumber, […]

UA Local Union 393 member and Pipe Trades Training Center Instructor Wayne Machado signed the pledge. By joining our “Campaign for a Secure Future” as a team leader, he vows to help our union build the power we need to keep our pensions strong, our health plans funded and grow market share for union construction […]

As new high-rises crowd the downtown San Jose skyline and construction activity booms, dozens of city union workers say they’re being left behind because developers are hiring out-of-town non-union employees.

When tech giant Apple first embarked on building its Apple Campus 2, a $5 billion “spaceship” in Cupertino, it made a commitment to meeting certain labor standards in exchange for the state of California’s help in expediting the project.

A fierce fight is brewing in San Jose, as billions of dollars flow into our cities, triggering the biggest construction boom in decades.

June 2016 Primary Election Results

UA Local Union 393 saved Conrad Pierce’s life.

It’s a great time to join the union and it’s a great time to join the UA Local Union 393 workforce. These photos reflect the journey from apprentice hopeful to graduation. 

UA Local Union 393 Plumber Apprentice John Pettigrew is the best in the West! 

Sometimes it pays to volunteer!