UA Local 7

What UA Local 7 does

UA Local 7 (legal name: Plumbers and Steamfitters Local No. 7) is a chartered labor union local affiliated with the United Association (UA), founded in 1894 and headquartered at 18 Avis Drive, Latham, New York. The union represents approximately 1,100 plumbers, steamfitters, pipefitters, and HVAC service technicians across New York's Capital Region, with full jurisdictional coverage of eight counties (Albany, Columbia, Fulton, Greene, Montgomery, Rensselaer, Schenectady, Schoharie) and partial coverage of Hamilton and Saratoga counties. The union's core offerings are not technology products but rather skilled workforce services: a UA-certified 5-year Joint Apprenticeship Training Program requiring over 9,000 hours of on-the-job training and over 1,800 hours of classroom education, journeyman continuing education, and a Welder Continuity Program. These training assets are reinforced by a self-insured benefits platform comprising Welfare (health, dental, vision, hearing, prescription), Annuity (defined contribution, established 2004), and Pension (defined benefit, 60+ years operating) plans administered through the Local 7 Benefits Office.

Revenue mechanics are tied directly to member work hours: effective May 1, 2025, the union collects a Working Assessment of $1.24/hour and Market Recovery of $1.00/hour (combined $2.24/hour dues), plus a $2.00/hour Vacation Account deduction. The go-to-market motion is sales-led, targeting three constituencies: (1) signatory contractors ranging from one-person shops to 100+ worker operations who gain access to the trained workforce pool, (2) non-union contractors approached with a no-commitment/no-obligation policy to convert them to signatory status, and (3) project owners and developers (including heavy industrial clients such as GlobalFoundries and UAlbany College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering) requiring qualified plumbers and steamfitters for complex industrial, commercial, and semiconductor construction. The union distributes services through its contractor network rather than a direct-labor model, with member portal access (ualocal7membersportal.com) supporting dues payment, benefits management, and member communications.

Name

UA Local 7

Legal name

Plumbers and Steamfitters Local No. 7

Website

https://ualocal7.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1894

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1,001–5,000 employees

Short description

UA Local 7 (Plumbers and Steamfitters Local No. 7) is a 1894-chartered United Association labor union local representing approximately 1,100 plumbers, steamfitters, and HVAC technicians across New York's Capital Region, providing apprenticeship training, collective bargaining, and self-insured benefits to signatory contractors and end clients.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Trade Union Labor Services

NAICS

Apprenticeship Training (611513), Plumbing, Heating, and Air-Conditioning Contractors (238220), Other Technical and Trade Schools (611519)

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

Incumbent Worker Training & Upskilling (EDAAAOAE), Construction & Trades Licensure (Contractor, Electrician, Plumber, HVAC CE) (EDAAALAH)

Keywords

• Union plumbing services
• Skilled trade labor
• Pipefitting workforce
• Apprenticeship training programs
• Commercial HVAC services

Headquarters

HQ city

Latham

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Others

Revenue model

1. Union Dues (Working Assessment and Market Recovery): As of May 1, 2025, the dues assessment is $2.24 per hour for all hours worked, consisting of a Working Assessment of $1.24 and Market Recovery of $1.00. These deductions are taken from employees' wages.
2. Vacation Account Deduction: $2.00 per hour deducted from wages for the Vacation Account.
3. Apprentice Application Fees: Apprentices pay fees to apply and participate in the 5-year Joint Apprenticeship Training Program. Candidates must submit a High School transcript or GED with official test results and are required to submit to drug-testing.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

UA Local 7 is a regional AFL-CIO trade union that supplies approximately 1,100 trained plumbers, steamfitters, pipefitters, HVAC service technicians, and welders to signatory contractors across upstate New York. The Local recruits through a 5-year paid apprenticeship program and continuing-education training, then dispatches journeymen to job sites under collective bargaining agreements. It also administers self-funded Welfare, Annuity, and Pension benefit plans on behalf of participating members and signatory employers.

Product overview

UA Local 7 is a labor union for Plumbers and Steamfitters offering a portfolio of membership services including workforce training, benefits administration, and retirement planning. The core offerings consist of: (1) a 5-year Apprenticeship Training Program with over 9,000 hours on-the-job training and 1,800 hours classroom education; (2) Journeyman Training and continuing education with certification programs; (3) a Welfare Plan providing comprehensive health benefits including medical, prescription, dental, vision, and hearing coverage; (4) an Annuity Plan (established 2004) for supplemental retirement income; (5) a Pension Plan offering benefits as early as age 55 with nine different options; (6) Safety Training for contractors; and (7) a Member Portal for managing membership information, dues, and benefits. No traditional technology product or software platform is offered.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Journeyman Dispatch and Skilled Trades Labor Supply Core labor-supply service providing approximately 1,100 trained journeymen plumbers, steamfitters, pipefitters, HVAC service technicians, and welders from Local 7's hiring hall to signatory contractors on industrial, commercial, and residential construction and HVAC service jobs across upstate New York.
• 5-Year Apprenticeship Training Program Paid, structured apprenticeship program that recruits and trains new entrants into the plumbing, steamfitting, and pipefitting trades, combining on-the-job training with classroom instruction per United Association standards. Open to applicants meeting UA Local 7's eligibility criteria.
• Safety Training Program Construction safety training program for Local 7 members and apprentices, delivered at Local 7's Latham training facility and aligned with OSHA and UA safety standards.
• Welder Continuity Program Continuing-education program that allows Local 7 welders to maintain and renew weld certifications in-house, rather than paying outside providers, keeping members job-ready and compliant with project weld-procedure requirements.
• Welfare Plan (Health and Welfare Benefits) Self-administered multiemployer health and welfare benefits plan covering Local 7 members and their dependents, funded by per-hour employer contributions under the CBA and providing health insurance and related benefits.
• Annuity Plan Defined-contribution retirement annuity plan for Local 7 members, funded by per-hour contributions from signatory employers under the CBA and administered at the Local level.
• Pension Plan Multiemployer defined-benefit pension plan for Local 7 members, funded by per-hour employer contributions under the CBA.
• Online Member Portal Web-based member portal that lets Local 7 members pay dues online, enroll in and manage benefits (Welfare, Annuity, Pension), and access plan documents and union information.

Quantifiable outcome

• Membership grew from ~900 in 1990 to nearly 1,100 in 2011, showing 22% growth while plumbers across the country experienced job cuts
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• UA Local 3 (Plumbers & Service Technicians): New York City-based UA local representing plumbers and service technicians. Same international union, parallel apprenticeship and journeyman training infrastructure, and overlapping commercial/industrial customer profile — the closest comparable local in the same metro area.
• United Association Local 22: UA local serving the Buffalo, NY region with a comparable industrial/upstate-NY customer mix and the same UA apprenticeship and benefits framework. Useful direct geographic and operational peer.
• UA Local 38 (Cleveland): Cleveland-based UA local covering plumbing and pipefitting with a comparable mid-sized city jurisdictional footprint. Same apprenticeship, signatory-contractor, and benefit-fund structure as Local 7, with similar industrial customer mix.
• UA Local 290: Portland, Oregon-area UA local representing plumbers, pipefitters, and HVAC service techs. Operates the same training, signatory-contractor, and benefit-fund playbook as Local 7; an additional direct peer along the construction-trades dimension.
• UA Local 1: Washington D.C./Baltimore-region UA local covering plumbers, pipefitters, HVAC service technicians and metal trades. Directly comparable operating model: same UA training pipeline, signatory contractor relationships, journeyman/apprentice structures, and benefit-plan administration.
• UA Local 13: Philadelphia-area UA local representing plumbers, pipefitters, sprinkler fitters, and HVAC technicians. Same union, same apprenticeship model, same jurisdictional/service-trade mix — a textbook direct peer alongside Local 7.

Emerging players

• Tradesmen International: Largest U.S. provider of skilled construction craft labor on a non-union/merit-shop basis. Comparable as an alternative labor-supply channel competing for the same contractor accounts, offering a benchmark for open-shop skilled-trades staffing economics.

Broad incumbents

• International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW): Affiliated AFL-CIO building trades union representing ~775,000 electrical workers across the U.S. and Canada. Comparable as a parallel union structure with signatory-contractor relationships, multi-year apprenticeship, and self-insured benefits — a structural peer even though the trade (electrical vs. plumbing/pipefitting) differs.
• International Union of Operating Engineers (IUOE): AFL-CIO building trades union representing heavy-equipment operators, mechanics, and surveyors in construction. Comparable as a sister union with signatory-contractor agreements, multi-year apprenticeship, and self-insured benefits — adjacent trade on the same industrial construction sites Local 7 serves.
• United Association (UA): The international union parent of UA Local 7, representing ~300,000+ plumbers, pipefitters, sprinkler fitters, and HVAC service technicians across the U.S. and Canada. Comparable as the umbrella organization governing Local 7's training curriculum, certification standards, and benefit-plan federation.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles11 records

Funding overview

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