Entries by Leanna Davis

Registration Closing Soon for UMCA Annual Golf Tournament

Register now for the UMCA 2019 Annual Golf Tournament! Join us on Friday, June 21, 2019 for a beautiful day at Park City Golf Course! The day begins at 7:30AM where members will check-in and have a chance to warm up on the driving range before starting the tournament. The tournament will begin promptly at […]

UA Local 140 To Host Lagoon Day In July


The leaders and members of the UA Local 140 are hosting a Lagoon Day on Saturday, July 13th. All Local 140 Membership and UMCA Contractors and their families are invited to attend this event. In addition to an all-day pass to Lagoon, admission includes a group dinner featuring a barbecue buffet which will be served […]

Utah Career Center Celebrates Apprentice Accomplishments

Things at the Utah Career Center were in full swing for the month of May with Apprentice Graduation and the Annual Apprentice Contest. On Saturday, May 18, 2018 the Utah Career Center held an apprentice skill contest that determined the apprentices that will represent the UA Local 140 at the Regional Apprentice Contest. The competition […]

When You’ve Reached an Impasse in Your Meetings

Teams argue. Stalemates happen. What distinguishes effective groups from all the others is that they do not avoid difficult conversations, and disagreements don’t wreak havoc on their relationships. I remember a French engineer once told me about his team: “We argue like heck and then we go have a beer.” But what happens when you can’t […]

Register Today For May CE Course: The Art Of Conflict Management

Join us for The Art of Conflict Management, presented by Michael Geraghty, on Thursday, May 9, 2019 from 12PM – 4:30PM. Register today for the Final CE Course of the 2019 Spring Education Series. In this highly interactive seminar attendees will explore various conflict management skills that have been demonstrated to work during this age […]

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Patrick Lynch Successfully Completes Term as WSC Chairman

D. Patrick Lynch, CCI Mechanical, recently completed his term as Western Mechanical Conference Chairman following the successful completion of their annual meeting in early April. The meeting was held in Santa Barbara, California, and hosted labor and management leaders from across the Western States and Canada. The Western Mechanical Labor Management Conference was founded in […]

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Utah Women In Trades Conference Generates High Interest in the Trades

The UMCA, Utah Career Center, and the UA Local 140 recently participated in the first ever Utah Women in Trades Conference held on Monday, April 15, 2019 at the Utah Celebration Center in West Valley Utah. The free career recruitment event organized and executed by the Utah AFL-CIO reached full attendance and featured presentations from […]

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UMCA Instagram Picture Competition

In partnership with the UA Local 140 and the Utah Career Center, the UMCA has launched an Instagram account and we are holding a photo competition!Winners will receive a $50 cash prize. Outlined below is the topic for the month of July. July Topic: Work Hard, Play Hard Slacking off on the job can have […]

Annual Apprenticeship Contest Set For May

The Utah Career Center will be hosting the Annual Apprenticeship contest on Saturday, May 18 at the Utah Career Center. This competition is open to all 3rd to 5th year apprentices. The winner of the competition will represent the Utah Career Center at the District Regional Contest. All apprentices interested in participating must contact Will […]

Walmart CEO Asks Workers For Their Biggest Complaints, Gets a Deluge

Walmart US CEO Greg Foran stood on a stage at a company holiday meeting five years ago and asked thousands of workers to email him. “Can you send me three things where you think we’ve cut muscle instead of fat, and can you email it to me?’” Foran recalled asking, while recounting the incident at […]

New Apprentice Class Shaping Up to Enter The Trades

The Utah Career Center just completed interviews of the latest applicants into the Apprenticeship Program.  Being accepted into our Trade means you begin working on the job under the direction of a qualified Journeyman, and maintain enrollment in our school, where you will have more hands on and technical training. Not only are our apprentices […]

UMCA & UA Local 140 Host HVAC-R Open House

HVACR contractors in association with the UA Local 140 hosted an open house and recruitment event for perspective employees at the Utah Career Center on Wednesday, March 20. Thirty-four perspective employees attended the event and had the opportunity to tour the Utah Career Center and their state-of-the-art facilities. Attendees met with some of the UMCA’s […]