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Unions like Steamfitters Local 601 provide many advantages to companies who worry that a lack of qualified workers could derail their project. Partner with one of our mechanical contractors for your next project, and rest easy that a shortage of workers won’t affect your timeline or bottom line.
Here are three reasons unions like Steamfitters Local 601 have an advantage for employers during periods of worker shortages.

As a building owner or general contractor, one of the first considerations when working with a mechanical contractor is ensuring they hire skilled labor that stays on budget and finishes on schedule. How can you have confidence this will happen? While navigating the hiring process, you’ll need to think about the intangibles that can impact your bottom line.

Five years of training. A six-figure salary. Zero debt. It all starts inside of a 25,000 square foot facility in Milwaukee, where hundreds of students study and train to become the backbone for the city’s infrastructure.

Enbridge’s Line 5 in northern Wisconsin will be built by a trained union workforce. Four unions along with Wisconsin-based contractor Michels Pipeline Inc. and Enbridge Inc. announced the signing of a project labor agreement (PLA) for the pipeline relocation that will create 700 family-supporting construction jobs.