What UA Local 322 does

UA Local 322 is a chartered labor union local of the United Association of Journeymen and Apprentices of the Plumbing and Pipefitting Industry, established in December 1912 to represent skilled plumbers, pipefitters, and HVAC service technicians across the eight Southern New Jersey counties of Atlantic, Burlington, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland, Gloucester, Ocean, and Salem. The organization operates as the exclusive labor provider for signatory contractors across piping-industry sectors including power generation, petrochemical, healthcare, education, government institutional facilities, shopping centers, and the Atlantic City casino and tourism industry. Its technical core is a state-of-the-art training delivery system anchored by the Edward R. Gehm Training Center in Hazlet, NJ, with articulation into a Technical Studies Associate's Degree via partnerships with three county community colleges.

The union's product set is membership-based rather than platform-based: a five-year Plumbers & Pipefitters apprenticeship (8,500+ hands-on hours), a five-year HVAC/Refrigeration apprenticeship, continuous journeyman continuing-education courses, welder qualification under ASME B31.1 and UA valve technician certifications, a Members-Only online portal (dues payment, out-of-work list, class sign-up), a signatory Contractor Directory across commercial/refrigeration/residential/national categories, benefits administration spanning Health & Welfare, Annuity, and Pension funds, and a multi-channel scholarship program (SNJCLC, UA Trust, The Wright Thing To Do). The digital surface area is modest — a content website, RSS feed, email/SMS notifications, and social media (Facebook, Instagram via NJ Pipe Trades), with no mobile app and no public API.

Revenue mechanics rest on member dues remitted by working journeymen and apprentices employed through signatory contractors, supplemented by initiation fees and ancillary service fees; specific figures are not publicly disclosed and the organization operates as a member-governed entity under elected leadership (Business Manager/Secretary-Treasurer David R. Bruce, President Stephen G. Courant, plus Vice President, Business Agents, Training Coordinator, Recording Secretary, Inside Sentinel, and an Executive Board). The union is the primary institutional supplier of skilled mechanical labor to project owners across its jurisdiction, with the UA national body providing the overarching charter.

Name

UA Local 322

Legal name

UA Local 322

Website

https://ua322.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1912

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1,001–5,000 employees

Short description

UA Local 322 is a chartered United Association labor union local, founded in 1912, that supplies skilled plumbers, pipefitters, and HVAC service technicians through signatory contractors across eight Southern New Jersey counties, operating a state-of-the-art apprenticeship training pipeline.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Trade Union Skilled Labor

NAICS

Apprenticeship Training (611513), Plumbing, Heating, and Air-Conditioning Contractors (238220), Technical and Trade Schools (6115)

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600), Services-Employment Agencies (7361), Construction - Special Trade Contractors (1700)

akta.pro primary industry

Skilled Trades (Electricians/Plumbers/HVAC/Carpenters) Staffing (BPACAEAB)

akta.pro secondary industries

Workforce Development & Continuing Education Divisions (Noncredit) (EDAHADAG), Incumbent Worker Training & Upskilling (EDAAAOAE), Welding Codes, Safety & Compliance Training (AWS/ASME/OSHA) (EDAOADAG)

Keywords

• Skilled trade labor
• Plumbing apprenticeship programs
• Pipefitter training services
• HVAC technician staffing
• Union membership benefits

Headquarters

HQ city

Winslow

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Others

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

UA Local 322 is a chartered labor union local that represents skilled plumbers, pipefitters, and HVAC service technicians in eight counties of Southern New Jersey. The union supplies a trained, certified workforce to signatory contractors across commercial, industrial, healthcare, educational, government, hospitality, and power generation sectors, and operates a five-year apprenticeship training program at the Edward R. Gehm Training Center alongside benefits administration and ongoing journeyman continuing education.

Product overview

UA Local 322 is a trade union representing skilled plumbers, pipefitters, and HVAC service technicians in Southern New Jersey. The organization operates as a single, unified membership-based union rather than a platform-plus-modules architecture. Its core offerings include a state-of-the-art Training Center providing five-year apprenticeship programs (Plumbers & Pipefitters and HVAC), a Members Only online portal for dues payment and work list management, Benefits Administration (Health/Welfare, Annuity, Pension), a Contractor Directory for job placement, and Scholarship Programs for member families. The organization has operated since December 1912 and provides services across Atlantic, Burlington, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland, Gloucester, Ocean, and Salem counties.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Plumbers and Pipefitters Apprenticeship Program

Segments8 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• United AssociationcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerParent international union organization representing plumbers, pipefitters, and HVAC workers. UA Local 322 is a local chapter affiliated with the United Association.
• Signatory ContractorscoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorContractors who have collective bargaining agreements with Local 322 and employ union members. Working with signatory contractors, the union works as a team to ensure quality craftsmanship with on-time, on-budget projects.
• Chase PaymentechminorOthersPayment processor for handling credit/debit card transactions for member dues payments. Processes union payment portal transactions.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• United Association Local 690 (Philadelphia): A UA-chartered plumbers/pipefitters/HVAC local covering the Philadelphia region. Direct peer to UA Local 322 with identical trade mix and parent affiliation, providing a benchmark for staffing density, training quality, and jurisdictional revenue across adjacent geography.
• United Association Local 524 (Scranton/Wilkes-Barre, PA): UA-affiliated pipe trades local in Northeastern Pennsylvania. Comparable operating model (signatory contractors, multi-year apprenticeship, training center) and trades mix (plumbing/pipefitting/HVAC), making it a strong benchmark for mid-sized UA locals in non-major-metro regions.
• Plumbers Local Union No. 1 (New York City): A large UA-affiliated plumbers local in NYC. Same international union affiliation (UA) and trade scope (plumbing/piping/HVAC), with a substantially larger member base and training apparatus. Useful proxy for how scale and credential stack translate to member services and benefits.
• Steamfitters Local 475 (Hartford, CT): A Connecticut-based pipe trades local in the same UA international. Operates a comparable training center with welding and HVAC certifications, serving industrial and commercial customers in a similar Northeastern corridor — a direct operational and curriculum peer.
• United Association Local 420 (Allentown/Lehigh Valley, PA): A UA pipe trades local serving eastern Pennsylvania. Aligns closely with UA Local 322 in jurisdictional scale, candidate market, and customer verticals (industrial, healthcare, institutional), making it directly comparable for apprenticeship throughput and signatory network density.
• Plumbers & Pipefitters Local 152 (Pittsburgh): A UA-affiliated plumbers/pipefitters local serving Western Pennsylvania. Same trade and parent affiliation; serves a comparable mix of industrial, institutional, and commercial customers, including energy-sector projects directly relevant to Local 322's petrochem/power exposure.
• United Association Local 9 (Washington, D.C.): A mid-Atlantic UA local covering the D.C. region. Same trade mix (plumbing, pipefitting, HVAC) and parent organization; comparable training center structure and jurisdictional model, useful for benchmarking a non-major-metro UA local operating at scale.

Regional players

• International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) Local 351: A New Jersey-based electrical workers local in a sister building trade. Operates in the same regional labor market with overlapping construction customers and competes for apprenticeship candidates from the same regional talent pool; comparable union operating model.
• Iron Workers Local 11 (Newark, NJ): A NJ-based structural iron workers local. Same broader building-trades union ecosystem in NJ, overlapping jurisdiction with UA Local 322 on industrial and commercial construction sites, and an adjacent competitor for skilled-trades apprentices in the same regional pipeline.

Broad incumbents

• International Union of Operating Engineers Local 825 (NJ): A large NJ-based building trades union covering heavy equipment operators. Part of the same building-trades labor ecosystem in NJ and overlaps on industrial/civil construction customers; broader portfolio than UA Local 322 (heavy equipment vs. pipe trades) but relevant for union-density and contractor-demand benchmarking.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

Compliance7 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles13 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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