Values Expanded:

Quality of Life for our Members and their Families

• Strive to provide the best wages and benefits for members and their families
• Protect and enhance gains made in collective bargaining
• Lobby governing bodies to better the labour code

• Protect the rights of workers
• Encourage and support social activism
• Promote social events with UA Members, their families and the community

Promote World Class Skills

• Recruit and develop the best skilled trades people in the industry
• Develop world class leaders on all projects
• Provide learning opportunities and facilities to develop skills for members and officers

• Mentor and share our knowledge to further the abilities of other members
• Promote life-long learning to ensure cutting edge capabilities for technological advances

Safety and Productivity at our Worksites

• Provide economic benefit to the client
• Create accident free worksites - zero tolerance for working unsafely

• Develop worksites that can ensure everyone goes home safe and healthy every day
• Develop worksites and projects that are based on building tripartite partnerships

Professionalism and Accountability

• Adhere to collective agreements and the Standard for Excellence
• Be accountable for our actions and results
• meet our agreed to expectations

• Take initiative and display positive attitude
• Work with each other as one team
• Promote quality of workmanship on all job sites to broaden UA Member opportunities

Growth Opportunities by Organizing and Recruitment

• Promote the benefits of working with UA Members to increase market share
• Assess and expand into new and emerging markets and sectors
• Build profitable partnerships

• Proactively build positive relationships with industry and government
• Develop progressive and responsive collective agreements and PLA's