Why Union Construction

When building a project, an owner wants it all. First of all, they want a competitive price; second, they want quality construction from a skilled workforce; third, they want the project to be done on-time and on-budget, and finally, they want to be happy with the work product when the project is finished. Only one-group can consistently meet these goals: union contractors.

So, you ask…how can you make such a claim? Because it is true!

Union contractors and the workers they employ are the best in the business. An employee of a union contractor in the construction trades has gone through thousands of hours of training as an apprentice to learn his/her skills. That learning experience of anywhere between three and five years has taught the unionized worker the skills they need to be the best in the business. Non-union contractors have no where near the skill training of their unionized competition.

That skills training has made the American construction worker the most productive in the world. While it is true that most unionized construction workers make more in wages and benefits than their non-union competition, they make up for it in productivity. When you use a union construction firm, you know that the workers are well trained and constantly improving their skills. Those skills mean that there are fewer mistakes and change orders on jobs and fewer requirements for having to come back and fix problems later.

Union contractors work cooperatively with their workers to make sure that jobs get done right. In our world, union and management work cooperatively to make sure that projects work smoothly. Management is rewarded by having the best trained workforce in the industry and workers are rewarded with a quality wage and fringe benefit package.

It is true that some of our competition can quote a lower price by cutting corners on wages, benefits and training. We believe that it all comes out in the wash. If a worker gets paid less, has lousy health insurance and gets little or no training, it is likely that the owner of the project will get a less than desirable product. It may sound like a cliché, but "you get what you pay for."

In this section of our website, we look at issues like labor/management cooperation, training, project labor agreements, best value contracting and even a section we call "debunking the myths." Just click on one of the links and learn more about the value of union construction.