Union Advantage

Top 10 Reasons to Become a Union Contractor

  1. Skilled Labor Supply – Being a union contractor guarantees you professional, safety-conscious, craft-trained workers within your community.
  2. State-Of-The-Art Training – We offer OSHA approved training, classroom instruction and on-the-job experience in new and traditional construction skills.
  3. Cost Savings – Laborers are flexible, committed and willing to go the extra mile to help you complete your projects cost-effectively.
  4. Experience – Quality union workmanship means faster completion of projects and the ability to implement creative concepts in construction and building techniques.
  5. Labor-Management Cooperation – Our NJ Laborers-Employers' Cooperation and Education Trust (NJ LECET) helps promote job opportunities for our contractors.
  6. Health & Safety – Our professional staff work to eliminate jobsite hazards, cut health care costs and reduce injury and disease.
  7. Knowledgeable Staff – Local business managers and field staff are talented problem-solvers committed to Laborer-contractor cooperation.
  8. Legislative & Political Action – We engage in political activity to promote legislation that enhances job growth, economic development and transportation improvements.
  9. Quality Benefit Packages – Our existing health insurance, retirement plans and other programs offer and easy, cost-effective way for you to provide these important benefits.
  10. Business Development – Partnering with us allows you to leverage our vast array of strategic alliances that result in projects and jobs.

Union Advantage News Room


Support the EPA's Passaic River Bank to Bank Cleanup Plan.

Published By: NJ Laborers on 2014-04-23

The Environmental Protection Agency has proposed a comprehensive bank-to-bank clean up of the Lower Passaic River, an area left for dead after decades of industrial pollution.  While their recommendations carry some weight, the fact is that offending...

Raymond M. Pocino on the need for living wages at Port Authority airports

Published By: NJ Laborers on 2014-03-07

The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey should waste no time in adopting a living wage standard for all of its airports.  All workers deserve a family-sustaining wage and benefits for their labor. Certainly,...

Watson Coleman Earns LIUNA Support in CD 12

Published By: NJ Laborers on 2014-02-21

MONROE TWP, NJ -- The 20,000 member New Jersey Laborers Union is throwing its considerable political support behind Assemblywoman Bonnie Watson Coleman in the race to succeed Congressman Rush Holt in New Jersey’s 12th

Watson Coleman Earns LIUNA Support in CD 12

Published By: NJ Laborers on 2014-02-21

MONROE TWP, NJ -- The 20,000 member New Jersey Laborers Union is throwing its considerable political support behind Assemblywoman Bonnie Watson Coleman in the race to succeed Congressman Rush Holt in New Jersey’s 12th

Laborers Union endorsed Bonnie Watson Coleman for Congress

Published By: NJ Laborers on 2014-02-21

MONROE TWP, NJ -- The 20,000 member New Jersey Laborers Union is throwing its considerable political support behind Assemblywoman Bonnie Watson Coleman in the race to succeed Congressman Rush Holt in New Jersey’s 12th Congressional District.