Frequently Asked Questions
about Becoming a Union Contractor
Q: What is it going to cost me to become a union contractor?
Q: What is the current rate?
Q: What benefits do you offer?
Q: I already give my crew health insurance and a 401k, what happens when I sign?
Q: What are benefit stamps?
Q: What kind of training does the union offer?
Q: Can you help me build my client base?
Q: Can you help me build relationships in the area?
Q: Why did you pick me? I don't build skyscrapers
Q: Why do you picket and hand out leaflets?
A: The union pickets and distributes leaflets to inform the public that a contractor working in the area is undermining the basic standard of living established by the union. We believe the general public has the right to know that the community they live and work in is being sacrificed for the sake of profit, and that it is occurring at the expense of the workers on that job.
Q: I was a union contractor 10 years ago. It didn't work then, why should it work now?
Q: Is the union going to run my company?
Q: What happens to my current client base? They don't want anything to do with the union.
Q: What happens to the sub-contractors that I'm currently using?
Q: What happens to the jobs that I have contracts on? I can't make them union over night.
Q: Do you have workers available?
Q: If union carpenters are unemployed and waiting at the hall for a job, how good can they be?
Q: What happens to my current crew if I sign?
Q: What is a journeyman?
Q: Who categorizes my crew members into journeymen and apprentices?
Q: What is a steward?
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