Director Kelly’s message is clear: opportunity in the skilled trades should be visible and accessible to everyone. The UA is expanding outreach, strengthening training, and building pathways that connect more people to rewarding union careers with signatory contractors.
"Being an HVAC-R technician is a great career. The UA provided me with all the training and support I needed."
👇 Check out Karin from UA Local 539's story and see why she loves her UA career.
We just wrapped up our biggest ITP Week ever with over 2,000 instructors in Ann Arbor! Thank you to everyone who made it so special. Here’s to an even brighter future!
It was especially great to see Town Moderator John McKenna, Select Board Members @KimForBillerica & @Andrew_Desl, School Board candidates Michaela Michaud and @JHKleschinsky, @Teresa_FTW, and of course @John_Gagliardi and @UAPipeTrades’ Brian Kelly!
I spent this morning in Billerica meeting with voters headed to the polls for the town elections today. Great to see so many folks making their voices heard, and especially thankful to the @IBEW 1505 members out collecting signatures so we can get on the ballot for this fall!
The fact is, increasing union membership means a stronger economy and better quality of life for workers and their families, but over the last few decades union density has declined.
@VP and I are working to change that. https://t.co/m2xGCENdj6
I am thankful to be working on behalf of working people in the most pro-union administration in history.
From our @USDOL family to yours: Happy Thanksgiving!
This #LaborDay, @VP and I are honoring the resiliency of our workforce and recommitting ourselves to policies that will empower them.
Take a moment today to thank a union.
This Labor Day, we celebrate the Brothers and Sisters who came before us – and the essential workers of the United Association who never waver and continue to step up for our communities.
Happy Labor Day from General President Mark McManus and all of the UA’s General Officers.
I grew up in a working class family.
Unions gave my family access to the American dream.
Proud to be on a task force led by @VP that will make it easier for workers, especially women and people of color, to organize and collectively bargain. https://t.co/Gb6hqQRx7c