Industry Links

Industry and Community Links

The United Association
The United Association of Journeymen and Apprentices of the Plumbing and Pipe Fitting Industry of the United States and Canada. The UA is our parent organization with over 350,000 members across the United States and Canada, representing the plumbing and pipe fitting industry.

The Plumbing Council of Chicagoland
The Plumbing Council of Chicagoland serves as the public relations arm of Chicagoland’s licensed union plumbers. They also connect the public with contractors who employ licensed Local 130 Plumbers.

Plumbing Contractors Association of Chicago
The Plumbing Contractors Association of Chicago and Cook County represents Union Contractors in Labor Relations and Legislation, and assists them with educational and safety training.

Illinois Pipe Trades IPTAPP
The Illinois Pipe Trades Association Advancement Promotion, IPTAPP, is an affiliation of 23 Local Unions and 1500 union contractors working to increase opportunities for union members and contractors.

American Society of Sanitary Engineering
The American Society of Sanitary Engineering is a nonprofit organization that is comprised of individual and sustaining members who represent all disciplines of the Plumbing Industry.

Chicago and Cook County Building and Construction Trades Council
The Chicago and Cook County Building and Construction Trades Council represents unionized building trades.

Will and Grundy Counties Building Trades Council
As with many other organizations, Local 130 has membership in the Will and Grundy Counties Building Trades Council. Local 130 has 4 delegates to this this council. The Councils objective is to protect the jurisdiction of its affiliate members and represent unionized labor in these counties.

Chicago Federation of Labor
The Chicago Federation of Labor (CFL) is the central labor body for over 300 Chicago area unions affiliated with the AFL-CIO (American Federation of Labor – Congress of Industrial Organizations). The membership of these unions exceeds 500,000.

Illinois State AFL-CIO
The Illinois AFL-CIO represents one million union members with over 1,500 local affiliates and is the voice of all working families in the state.