For Contractors & Owners
Labor certainty is a
competitive advantage.
The hardest problem in construction is skilled manpower: finding it, keeping it, and trusting it. Signatory contractors solve that problem once. Local 1's hiring hall and the region's premier training program become your workforce department.
Scale up on a phone call
Staff a project from ten electricians to a hundred through the referral hall, all licensed and vetted, then scale back down without carrying payroll between jobs.
Work that passes the first time
Every journeyman from this hall completed a five-year registered apprenticeship and stays current through continuing education. Fewer callbacks, fewer failed inspections, fewer change orders born from rework.
A safety record you can bid with
Union electrical crews are trained past OSHA minimums as a baseline. Lower EMR means lower insurance costs and prequalification wins on owner-driven work.
Known labor costs, no surprises
Wages and benefits are set by agreement with defined terms. You bid with certainty, and you never lose your crew to a competitor over a dollar an hour.
The Partnership
The Electrical Connection
Local 1 and the St. Louis Chapter of the National Electrical Contractors Association operate one of the strongest labor-management partnerships in the country, the Electrical Connection. Together we market the industry, fund the training center, and keep the region's electrical work local, skilled, and safe.
The partnership created the electrical industry's first apprenticeship training program in 1941, has trained more than 10,000 electricians, more than any education program in Missouri, and invests $3 million in training every year. When you hire an Electrical Connection contractor, you're hiring the workforce that partnership built.
Becoming Signatory
What it takes to sign
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Have a conversation
Call the business office at (314) 647-5900. We'll walk through your book of work, your current crew, and what the agreement would mean for your numbers, candidly.
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Sign the agreement
Signatory contractors sign a letter of assent to the local agreement negotiated with NECA. Your current qualified employees can organize in with you, so you keep the crew you built.
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Plug into the hall
From day one you have access to the referral system, the training center, and the Electrical Connection network of owners and GCs who prefer signatory shops.