Business Manager

Duties of the Business Manager

The Business Manager (Business Agent) has control and supervision over the daily affairs and business operations of the Local Union. The Business Manager (Business Agent) meets in daily contact with the public and with employers becoming the trustee of the welfare of the members of the Local Union. It is his solemn duty and obligation to vigilantly protect the trade jurisdiction of the United Association in the plumbing and pipe fitting industry of his locality; also to compel employers to observe and respect collective bargaining agreements, adjusting all grievances between members of his Local Union and their employers with justice and fairness, as well as fostering and promoting employment for the members of the Local Union. The Business Manager (Business Agent) of each Local Union shall be Chairman of all Negotiating Committees and shall immediately after the signing of the Local Union collective bargaining agreements, forward a copy of the agreements to the General Office so that the Local Union’s negotiated wage rates can be filed with the appropriate federal, state or provincial agency. It shall be the primary duty and responsibility of the Business Manager (Business Agent) to file copies of the Local Union’s collective bargaining agreements, or any supplementary wage provisions, with the General Office in compliance with the mandate of the Constitution. All correspondence from the General Office pertaining to Local Union business shall be sent to the Business Manager (Business Agent).