UA LOCAL 773 PLUMBERS & STEAMFITTERS | (518) 792-9157 | info@local773.org

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About Local 773

PLUMBERS & STEAMFITTERS LOCAL 773


CHARTERED APRIL 12, 1919

We represent over 450 union trained Plumbers, Pipe Fitters, Steam Fitters, Refrigeration Fitters, and Service Technicians. We are located in Glens Falls which is one hour north of Albany. We cover the entire Adirondack Region, the most beautiful region in New York State. Our geographical territory is Clinton, Essex, Franklin, Hamilton, Saratoga, Warren and Washington counties. Our parent organization The United Association of Journeymen and Apprentices of the Plumbing and Pipe Fitting Industry of the United States and Canada is based in Annapolis, MD.

Our members are highly trained craftsmen who fabricate, install, and service residential, commercial, and industrial piping systems.

We work in various facilities including: Chemical Plants, Health Care Facilities, Hi-Rise Apartment Buildings, High-Tech Facilities, Hotels & Motels, Office Buildings, Paper Mills, Pharmaceutical Plants, Power Plants, Processing Facilities, Private and Public Schools, Single-family Homes, and Supermarkets.

Local 773 provides its members essential apprentice and journeyman upgrade training to ensure that we have a highly educated and skilled workforce. We also provide our members and their families the quality fringe benefits they deserve. We have a solid and committed contractor and customer base. We promote strong labor relations and provide the highly trained craftsmen for any size project including process piping, high purity clean room, plumbing, steam fitting, refrigeration, air conditioning, medical gas, pipe fabrication, hydraulics, instrument control, HVACR Service, rigging, industrial instrumentation, and welding certifications in all processes including orbital tube welding.

We pride ourselves on ensuring the job is done right the first time, under budget, and on schedule.

UA Local 773 - Organizing


Plumbers and Steamfitters Local 773 was founded in 1919, but it wasn't until 1999 that the full time position of Union Organizer was established. The Organizer, along with a Voluntary Organizing Committee, enhanced our portability in the marketplace bringing both union and non-union members together striving to become one brother/sisterhood.

The life blood of any organization is expanding the membership to facilitate growth. The same is true for Local 773. The primary responsibility of our organizing department is the recruitment of non-union workers and contractors. In addition to that, we are dedicated to educating our members, unrepresented workers, non-union contractors and the general public about our ongoing efforts to grow the market.

Now more than ever is the best time to organize and put safety, fair wages, health care benefits, retirement benefits and education in place for now and the future. This will have several results:

Increase job opportunities for current, and new, members and contractors.

Raise the standard for safety and training in the piping industry - ensuring a superior work product for end-users and the general public.

Provide the opportunity for workers to gain a voice in their workplace and earn higher wages and benefits.

Provide a highly-trained, skilled, safe, drug-free workforce for contractors and end-users.

  • What is Organizing?

    The common term for a group of workers looking to join a union is “Organizing.” Workers organize for various reasons, be it to improve their working conditions, increase their pay or benefits, and/or to create a better working environment. We encourage you to read more about us to see if joining our union is right for you and/or your coworkers.

  • Why Unions?

    The freedom to form unions is a basic human right. In 1935, the US Government enacted the National Labor Relations Act that said, “Employees shall have the right to form…labor organizations…to bargain collectively…(and employers may not) interfere with…the exercise of…this right.” In 1948, the US joined four-fifths of United Nations member states to ratify the Universal Declaration of Human Rights which included the right of all people to come together in unions.


    Workers form unions because there is power in numbers. Where unions are strong, employers must bargain collectively to set the terms and conditions of employment. The demand for profits must then be compromised with fairness toward workers.

  • How Employers Prevent Unions?

    When American workers seek to exercise the right to form a union, they nearly always run into a buzz saw of employer threats, intimidation and coercion such as:

    • Captive audience meetings
    • One-on-one meetings with supervisors
    • Threats to close or move the workplace if workers vote to unionize
    • Hiring professional consultants (union-busters) to coordinate anti-worker campaigns
    • Firing workers for union activity

    According to Human Rights Watch, the treatment of workers by employers and the failure of the US government to prevent it constitute a serious violation of human rights. Their report says, “Many workers…are spied on, harassed, pressured, threatened, suspended, fired, deported or otherwise victimized in reprisal for their exercise of the right to choose a union.”


    The consequences have been devastation for all of American society. When collective bargaining is suppressed, wages lag, inequality and poverty grow, race and gender pay gaps widen, society’s safety net is strained and civic and political participation are undermined.


  • What Have Unions Done for Us?

    • 8-hour day 
    • 5-day work week
    • Health Insurance
    • Good pensions
    • Higher wages 
    • Job security
    • Overtime pay 
    • Job safety
    • Family and medical leave

    Fair treatment for women, people of all ethnic backgrounds, and those with disabilities

    Union members earn 28 percent more than nonunion workers. But stronger unions raise living standards and improve the quality of life for everyone. In the 10 states in which unions are the strongest, there is less poverty, higher household income, more education spending, and better public policy than in the 10 states where unions are weakest.


    Unions Encourage Democracy:

    Unions encourage voting and other forms of political participation by members and other social groups with common interests. Political Scientist Benjamin Radcliff has estimated that for every 1 percent decline in union membership there is a 0.4 percent decline in voter participation.

  • 35 Things Your Employer Cannot Do:

    1. Attend any union meeting, park across the street from the hall or engage in any undercover activity which would indicate that the employees are being kept under surveillance to determine who is and who is not participating in the union program. 
    2. Tell employees that the company will fire or punish them if they engage in union activity. 
    3. Lay off, discharge, discipline any employee for union activity. 
    4. Grant employees wage increases, special concessions or benefits in order to keep the union out. 
    5. Bar employee-union representatives from soliciting employees’ memberships on or off the company property during non-waking hours. 
    6. Ask employees about union matters, meetings, etc. (Some employees may, of their own accord, walk up and tell of such matters. It is not an unfair labor practice to listen, but to ask questions to obtain additional information is illegal). 
    7. Ask employees what they think about the union or a union representative once the employee refuses to discuss it. 
    8. Ask employees how they intend to vote.  
    9. Threaten employees with reprisal for participating in union activities. For example, threaten to move the plant or close the business, curtail operations or reduce employees’ benefits. 
    10. Promise benefits to employees if they reject the union. 
    11. Give financial support or other assistance to a union. 
    12. Announce that the company will not deal with the union. 
    13. Threaten to close, in fact close, or move plant in order to avoid dealing with a union. 
    14. Ask employees whether or not they belong to a union, or have signed up for union representation. 
    15. Ask an employee, during the hiring interview, about his affiliation with a labor organization or how he feels about unions. 
    16. Make anti-union statements or act in a way that might show preference for a non-union man. 
    17. Make distinctions between union and non-union employees when signing overtime work or desirable work. 
    18. Purposely team up non-union men and keep them apart from those supporting the union. 
    19. Transfer workers on the basis of union affiliations or activities. 
    20. Choose employees to be laid off in order to weaken the union’s strength or discourage membership in the union. 
    21. Discriminate against union people when disciplining employees. 
    22. By nature of work assignments, create conditions intended to get rid of an employee because of his union activity.  
    23. Fail to grant a scheduled benefit or wage increase because of union activity. 
    24. Deviate from company policy for the purpose of getting rid of a union supporter. 
    25. Take action that adversely affects an employee’s job or pay rate because of union activity. 
    26. Threaten workers or coerce them in an attempt to influence their vote. 
    27. Threaten a union member through a third party. 
    28. Promise employees a reward or future benefit if they decide “no union”. 
    29. Tell employees overtime work (and premium pay) will be discontinued if the plant is unionized. 
    30. Say unionization will force the company to lay off employees. 
    31. Say unionization will do away with vacations or other benefits and privileges presently in effect. 
    32. Promise employees promotions, raises or other benefits if they get out of the union or refrain from joining the union. 
    33. Start a petition or circular against the union or encourage or take part in its circulation if started by employees. 
    34. Urge employees to try to induce others to oppose the union or keep out of it. 
    35. Visit the homes of employees to urge them to reject the union. 

Local 773 - Jurisdiction


UA Local 773 territory includes Clinton, Franklin, Essex, Warren and Washington Counties, portions of Hamilton County (Long Lake and Indian Lake) and all of Saratoga County except Milton, Galway, Charlton, Clifton Park, Halfmoon and Stillwater.

Local 773 Office Building and Glens Falls Training Center
37 Luzerne Rd.
Queensbury, NY 12804

Plattsburgh Training Center
308 New York Rd.
Plattsburgh, NY 12901

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Wage Rates


If you're an owner, end user, or contractor and need a copy of our current wage rates, please feel free to fill out the form below with your detailed contact information and we'll be happy to send them over to you. If you like, you can also contact us at (518) 792-9157.

If you're a member, you can log into the Members Only section to view the current wage rates and CBA. Thank You.

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