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General President McManus to meet with President Biden
Good Morning Brothers and Sisters,
Later today I will head to the Oval Office, where I was invited to meet with President Biden and Vice President Harris to discuss infrastructure priorities and other issues impacting our union. As the new Biden Administration is getting up and running, this meeting is an opportunity to push for more UA jobs and stronger labor protections in the energy industry and on the upcoming infrastructure bills.
During the meeting, I plan to speak with the President about the work the UA is doing in the energy sector with an all-of-the-above energy approach – from oil and natural gas to nuclear, from refineries to clean water, from hydrogen to carbon capture sequestration – and the work our members have done during the COVID pandemic to keep our country running. In addition, I’ll make sure the White House knows that any infrastructure bill must include Davis-Bacon prevailing wage provisions and Project Labor Agreements (PLAs) to protect our members and our hard-earned wages. Finally, I’ll remind the President that our hard-earned pensions and retirement security must be protected in any upcoming COVID relief bills.
We have established the UA as a go-to building trades union, with the ear of the President and the Secretary of Labor. Now, this Oval Office meeting gives us the direct chance to tell the President what we need, from good-paying energy jobs with wage protections to sprinkler systems, from pension and retirement security to a Department of Labor that puts workers first.
Since we launched our letter writing campaign on energy and infrastructure, our members have written to more than 150 elected officials in both parties – but the work does not stop there. We need to continue to engage and do our part to hold our elected officials accountable to pass these bills.
It is my great honor to represent the men and women of the United Association and to do so in the Oval Office with the President of the United States. Stay tuned for more updates after our meeting and for an exciting announcement from Battleground UA on Friday.
Fraternally,
Mark McManus
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Officers and UA Delegates
Results 12-15-2020
Local Union 290
Business Manager
Lou Christian
Our Mission
UA Local Union 290 is dedicated to protecting the health and welfare of those who live and work within our jurisdiction. Our mission is to perform all the tasks related to our trade with excellence and integrity, and to ensure that we provide a fair day’s work for a fair day’s pay. We are proud to serve the citizens throughout the state of Oregon and in those areas of Washington and California where our skills are required.
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UA Local 290 Apprentice & Journeyman Training Institute
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The recruitment, selection, employment and training of apprentices during their apprenticeship shall be without discrimination because of race, sex, color, religion, national origin, age, disability or as otherwise specified by law. The sponsor shall take positive action to provide equal opportunity in apprenticeship and will operate the apprenticeship program as required by the rules of the Oregon State Apprenticeship and Training Council and Title 29, Part 30 of the Code of Federal Regulations.
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Dedicated to developing extraordinary relationships with our Contractors, Customers, and Community.
Lou Christian – Business Manager – UA Local 290
About UA Local 290
UA Local 290 is a local union chartered by the United Association of Plumbers and Steamfitters, an international union with more than 350,000 members in the United States and Canada. UA Local 290 is a multi-craft union made up of more than 4,000 active and retired members specializing in the fabrication, installation and servicing of piping systems. From master plumbers to certified welders and specialized pipe fitting journeymen, our union is proud to have such a diverse group of piping professionals in our ranks. This website is dedicated to the men and women, both past and present, whose skills ensure the health and welfare of our nation.
The UA chartered Local 290 on July 22, 1985, when local unions throughout the State of Oregon were merged into a single entity. Eureka, California voluntarily merged with Local 290 in 1992. LU 290 has a very large jurisdiction stretching 2.5 miles south of Woodland, Washington down to Eureka, California, and as far east as Morrow, Wheeler, and Lake/Harney counties in Oregon.
The United Association has been training qualified pipe tradesmen longer than anyone else in the industry. This large international union celebrated its 125th anniversary in 2014. Our Local boasts one of the premier training programs in the nation. The UA Local 290 College of Mechanical Systems and Technology encompasses 10 training facilities with over 70 instructors, bringing in a vast range of knowledge and experience that is unmatched in the industry. Our curriculum includes five-year apprenticeship programs and extensive journeyman training, as well as organized instructor training and certification programs. Our signatory contractors offer apprentices valuable on-the-job experience. Under the careful guidance and instruction of journeymen, these apprentices will apply what they’ve learned in the classroom to the jobsite.
Our local union works on many different projects, large and small. For example, our members are at work at OHSU on the South Waterfront in Portland and the server farm in Central Oregon for Facebook. With a large jurisdiction stretching all the way to Northern California, our members provides skills on high profile projects in the Pacific Northwest, such as the decommissioning of the Humboldt Bay Power Plant.
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