Join more than 600 pipefitters, plumbers, welders, and HVAC technicians building Washington and Idaho — and building stronger careers for themselves and their families.
Plumbing · Steamfitting · HVAC/R ServiceSpokane, Washington
Calling all experienced tradespeople
Advance your craft. Strengthen your future.
Union membership creates the opportunity to become the finest craftsperson you can be while building a career backed by training, benefits, retirement security, and a wide range of work.
Local 44 members work across commercial, industrial, refrigeration, climate-control, plumbing, piping, welding, and HVAC/R service projects throughout the region.
Our work ranges from hospitals, schools, and hotels to power plants, refineries, chemical facilities, manufacturing plants, industrial refrigeration, and climate-control systems.
Joining Local 44 is about more than finding a job. It is about becoming part of a skilled workforce that values craft, training, safety, and the ability to build a long-term career.
600+Pipefitters, plumbers, welders, and HVAC technicians working together through UA Local 44.
Where the trade can take you
A career built across many kinds of projects.
The pipe trades reach far beyond installing pipe and valves. Local 44 members construct, maintain, service, and improve complex systems across the built environment.
Commercial + Institutional
Buildings that serve communities.
Hospitals, schools, hotels, and other major commercial facilities depend on skilled piping, plumbing, mechanical, and HVAC/R systems.
Industrial
Systems that keep industry moving.
Power plants, refineries, chemical facilities, manufacturing plants, and process systems require precision, safety, and certified craft skills.
HVAC/R + Climate Control
Comfort, refrigeration, and control.
Members construct and maintain industrial refrigeration and climate-control systems while supporting modern building performance and service needs.
The craft
Skill means knowing how the whole system works.
Experienced craft professionals bring more than physical ability to the job. The work demands planning, interpretation, precision, system knowledge, and qualified joining processes.
Read the job.
Interpret blueprints, system layouts, and flow charts so the installation matches design intent and field conditions.
Measure and fabricate.
Measure, cut, prepare, and install piping to exact dimensions while coordinating with the systems around it.
Build complete systems.
Install piping systems that may include valves, pumps, specialty components, and backflow-prevention devices.
Join with confidence.
Welding, brazing, and soldering are core joining processes performed by qualified and certified Local 44 members.
Membership
A career should support your craft, your family, and the future you are working toward.
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Health care
Membership includes health care benefits designed to support members and their families.
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Defined benefit pension
A pension plan provides a foundation for long-term retirement security.
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Defined contribution plan
An additional retirement plan helps members continue building toward a comfortable retirement.
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Training and opportunity
Use the skills you already have and continue developing them through Local 44's training resources and broad range of work opportunities.
Take the first step
Ready to learn more about membership?
If you have experience in the Plumbing, Steamfitting and/or HVACR Service industry and are interested in becoming a member of UA Local 44, stop by the office to pick up an application.
Local 44 is committed to your success. When our members succeed, the Local succeeds and continues the tradition that has served the region for more than 135 years.
Become a part of the 600+ pipefitters, plumbers, welders, and HVAC technicians building a better future for Washington, Idaho — and themselves. Take the first step toward advancing your career today and constructing a better future!
Union membership guarantees that you will have the greatest opportunity to become the finest craftsperson available anywhere in the country. All the while, you will have health care benefits for you and your family along with a defined benefit pension plan and a defined contribution plan to ensure you a comfortable retirement.
As pipe trades craft people, we perform on a wide range of different projects, from large commercial projects including hospitals, schools and hotels, to large industrial projects such as nuclear power plants, conventional power plants, oil refineries, chemical plants and product manufacturing facilities. We also construct and maintain industrial refrigeration and climate control systems.
By becoming a member, you will have choices to pursue many opportunities in the pipe trade profession. This trade involves more than simply installing pipe and valves. As a skilled craft person, you will be expected to interpret blueprints and flow charts, measure and cut piping to exact dimensions and install a piping system that includes valves, pumps and possibly backflow prevention devices. The joining of these systems may be by welding, brazing or soldering — no matter, our members are qualified and certified in these processes. If you possess these skills already or want to learn these skills in our state-of-the-art training facility, Local 44 is the place for you.
If you have experience in the Plumbing, Steamfitting and/or HVACR Service industry and are interested in learning more about becoming a member of our Local Union, we encourage you to apply today! Please come by the office to pick up an application. We are committed to your success — if you succeed, then Local 44 succeeds and prospers as we have for more than 135 years.
