The Difference Is Quality
For more than a century, New York’s Union Ironworkers and Contractors are making a difference in the buildings we work and live in every day. From iconic buildings to landmark hotels, museums, stadiums, schools and hospitals, New York City’s historic skyline is being built with the help of Union Ironworkers and Contractors.
Every where you look, from our sports stadiums, shopping malls, bridges, office and industrial buildings, you can see the quality work of skilled ironworkers. We are proud to stand behind some of our City’s most recognizable structures, old and new, including the 7 World Trade Center, the Hearst Tower, Yankee Stadium, the Chrysler Building and the Brooklyn Bridge.
The Difference is Strength
Proud Union Ironworkers erect the skeletons of structures, set steel rebar in concrete to reinforce structures, and ornament buildings with curtain wall and window wall systems. Ironworking is a multi-faceted trade, led by professionals with skill sets that are always in demand. Our men and women are the construction trade that welds, reinforces, embellishes and erects structural steel, precast concrete, metal buildings, reinforcing steel, ornamental iron, fabrication, curtain wall, in addition to welding, rigging and machinery moving. Our highly specialized trade provides a level of craftsmanship that owners and contractors have come to trust. Union Ironworkers and Contractors are considered one of the most productive workforces, providing value, employment opportunities, fair pay, health and welfare benefits, and continuing safety and training education since 1896. Our workforce is contributing to our communities and building a better New York.
The Difference is the Workforce
With over 2,800 union members and hundreds of skilled contractors, New York’s Union Ironworkers and Contractors are leading the way to a stronger New York. New York City & Vicinity Labor-Management Ironworking Partnership is a labor-management partnership comprised of Structural Iron Workers Local Unions Nos. 40 and 361, and Allied Building Metal Industries. Our highly trained workforce is schooled in the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) steel erection standards and undergo mandatory safety programs to ensure excellence in every building and facility. The opportunity of membership has attracted the most diverse unions in the nation. Our workforce rose to the challenge on September 11, 2001, by providing emergency relief to Ground Zero and continues to contribute to rebuilding lower Manhattan-and just as we will take part in building New York's limitless future.
The Difference is Our Standards of Excellence
The purpose of the Ironworkers’ Standards of Excellence is to reinforce the pride of every Ironworker and our commitment to be among the most skilled, most productive and safest crafts in the Building Trades. As Union Ironworkers, we pledge ourselves to uphold our word, as given through our Collective Bargaining Agreement, and display the professionalism expected of our trade and Union in all aspects of our employment as exemplified by the values engrained in our Standards of Excellence. It is a commitment to use our training and skills, each and every day, to produce the highest quality work worthy of our name and consistent with the collective bargaining agreement.
Union Iron Worker members agree to:
- Adhere to responsibilities under the Collective Bargaining Agreement for start and quit times,
as well as lunch and break times.
- Allow Representatives to handle any disagreements or breaches by refusing to engage in
unlawful job disruptions, slowdowns or any activities that affect our good name.
- Respect the Customer’s and Employer’s rights, property and tools.
- Meet the responsibility to show up every day; outfitted for work and fit for duty without engaging
in substance abuse.
- Cooperate with the Customer and Employer to meet their statutory, regulatory and contractual
responsibilities to maintain a safe, healthy and sanitary workplace.
- Work in a manner consistent with the quality, productivity and safety of every task.
- Assist every co-worker return home safe at the conclusion of every shift.
The Ironworkers’ Standards of Excellence will increase the pride, the productivity and the craftsmanship of every Ironworker throughout North America. This commitment will improve work place conditions, increase work opportunities, and help maintain our wages, benefits and standard of living. In addition, the Standards of Excellence will help our signatory employers complete their projects on time, on budget with no injuries or accidents.
