Why Hire a Union Contractor?

May 11, 2021

Hiring a union contractor presents a number of benefits, all of which ensure project needs are exceeded. By relying on their relationship with the labor unions, union contractors are able to promise necessary resources and quality results. Hiring a union contractor, like Egan Company, allows you to tap into a wide pool of resources with high safety standards. 

BENEFITS OF HIRING A UNION CONTRACTOR

Union contractors have an abundant labor supply of trained professionals who are skilled, safety-conscious, and experienced from apprenticeship programs that ensure first-rate preparation. These skilled trades personnel complete regular continuing education and frequently update their skill sets. Further, unions often employ market-specific craftspersons who are trained to excel in their expertise. 

Quality union workmanship means projects are completed faster and there’s room to implement innovative concepts in construction and building techniques. Workers are held to high expectations upon arrival beginning with showing up on time, prepared, and ready to work. They are qualified with the required skills, certifications, licenses, background checks, and clean drug test results that are not guaranteed with a non-union contractor.

Beyond their trade skill, union foremen and supervisors are trained on leadership, customer service, and project planning and layout skills to adapt to the needs of each project schedule. 

Union contractors are safety-oriented and as such, the risk or rate of injuries is greatly decreased. The health and safety of workers has always been a large concern of unions, which ensures that standards and regulations will be followed. As a further result of members’ training, they are proficient in assessing safety hazards.

Operating as a union contract for over 75 years, Egan is affiliated with several union partners in Minnesota, amongst other states. By working with these unions, Egan can continue to build on promises kept by providing safety-oriented, well-trained workers. The IBEW Code of Excellence is upheld across all of our jobs.

Egan Company Union Partners:

• Local 6 – Rochester Plumbers/Pipefitters
• Local 10 – Sheet Metal Workers
• Local 15 – Minneapolis Plumbers
• Local 22 – Nebraska Electricians
• Local 34 – St. Paul Plumbers
• Local 49ers – Operating Engineers
• Local 110 – St. Paul Electricians
• Local 160 – Lineman
• Local 242 – Duluth Electricians
• Local 292 – Minneapolis Electricians 
• Local 343 – Rochester Electricians
• Local 455 – St. Paul Pipefitters
• Local 512 – Ironworkers
• Local 531 – North Indiana Electricians
• Local 539 – Minneapolis Pipefitters
• Local 548 – Millwrights
• Local 553 – North Carolina Electricians
• Local 1091 – North Dakota Millwrights
• Local 1324 – Glazers & Glassworkers
• Local 1426 – North Dakota Electricians