UA TRADES SCHOOL EVEN BETTER FOR NEW YEAR
The Washington area UA Trades School, already recognized as one of the best in the country, is moving up in at least two significant areas.

A new high tech Distance Learning Program will link the school to other UA training centers throughout the country using both telephone and internet technology. The new program will allow students at the Landover, Maryland facility to benefit from instruction by top mechanical trades faculty wherever they may be located, and to interact with their fellow students at other institutions.

In addition, the United Associations, in cooperation with Plumbers Local 5 and Steamfitters Local 602, is teaming up with Washtenaw Community College and Eastern Michigan University to promote a degree program with member/students. The school already has an agreement with Montgomery Community College in Rockville, Maryland, under which members who have completed their apprentice training can receive credits toward a degree in Construction Management. The establishment of degree programs was one of the important recommendations of the 2000 Cause Action Plan.