The ULA Legal Resource Network helps connect labor organizations and union families with educational content, legal insights, and trusted professionals who understand the unique challenges facing the labor community.
The ULA Legal Resource Network connects labor organizations, union members, and their families with educational content, legal insights, and trusted professionals who understand the unique challenges facing the labor community.
Our goal is to inform, educate, and connect — not to replace legal counsel. By bringing together labor organizations, benefit funds, attorneys, and educational resources, we help strengthen the support systems that union members and their families rely on.
Legal education and resources tailored to every part of the union ecosystem.
Contract interpretation education, workers’ rights awareness, injury protection guidance, and leadership resource tools for local union chapters.
Compliance education, ERISA awareness, healthcare litigation updates, and risk mitigation insights for benefit fund administrators and trustees.
Workers’ compensation knowledge, personal injury awareness, disability rights information, and veteran legal resources for union members and families.
Through trusted partnerships and tailored programs, the ULA Network delivers real financial solutions. Explore our articles below to get started.
Government agencies, nonprofit organizations, and established legal resources — curated for union workers, benefit funds, and working families.
Federal agency responsible for enforcing labor laws, ensuring safe working conditions, and protecting workers’ rights including wage standards, overtime, and workplace safety.
Ensures safe and healthful working conditions by setting and enforcing standards. File complaints, access training resources, and review construction safety guidelines.
Your GI Bill isn’t just for college it can pay a monthly housing allowance while you complete a registered apprenticeship, stacking on top of your apprentice wages.
Transitioning service members can spend their final months of service in civilian job training, apprenticeships, or internships with industry partners.
The Department of Labor’s official one-stop for Registered Apprenticeship: search open jobs and locate registered programs by trade and location.
The federal government’s official employment site with veterans’ preference applied in hiring and a dedicated veterans portal.
Administers workers’ compensation and disability benefits in New York. File claims, find physicians, and access benefits information for injured workers.
The research and training arm of North America’s building trades. Provides safety resources, injury prevention data, and health education for construction workers.
Know your rights under OSHA including the right to a safe workplace, the right to report hazards, and protections from retaliation for exercising safety rights.
Provides free civil legal services to low-income individuals and families. Assists with housing, employment, immigration, family law, and public benefits matters.
Advocates for policies that create good jobs, expand access to work, and strengthen protections for workers. Provides research and policy analysis on employment issues.
Provides union members with access to affordable legal services, attorney referrals, and legal resources through union benefit programs.
Comprehensive resource on employee rights, workplace discrimination, wrongful termination, and employment law. Helps workers understand their legal options.
Pro bono legal assistance program where volunteer attorneys answer civil legal questions for low-income individuals through an online platform.
Protects retirement incomes in private-sector defined benefit pension plans. Provides information about pension guarantees, plan terminations, and participant benefits.
Protects retirement, health, and other employee benefits. Enforces ERISA law and provides guidance on benefit fund compliance and fiduciary responsibilities.
Advocates for the retirement security of public employees. Provides education, research, and best practices for pension fund trustees and administrators.
Provides education, research, and networking for employee benefit plan professionals. Offers compliance resources and fiduciary training for fund trustees.
Provides legal assistance for veterans navigating disability claims, discharge upgrades, benefits appeals, and other legal matters related to military service.
Six federally funded Pension Counseling Projects provide free legal assistance with pension and retirement benefit problems in 30 states.
ULA collaborates with trusted legal professionals and firms that understand the unique needs of union workers, labor organizations, and benefit funds.
Representing institutional investors, pension and benefit funds, and individuals in high-stakes commercial litigation. The firm focuses on securities fraud, corporate misconduct, and complex fiduciary matters nationwide.
A leading plaintiffs’ litigation firm representing institutional investors and shareholders in complex class actions and high-profile securities cases. The firm pursues corporate accountability and financial recovery on a national and international scale.
Providing legal representation across a broad range of practice areas, with a strong focus on personal injury and civil litigation matters. The firm serves individuals and families throughout New York.
Representing injured workers and individuals in serious personal injury matters. The firm focuses on securing compensation, protecting workplace rights, and guiding clients through complex claims with strategic, results-driven advocacy.
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Union members work in demanding, high-risk, highly regulated industries. Their families depend on negotiated wages, benefit funds, and contractual protections.
Short-form interviews, expert conversations, and educational content that help union members better understand the legal issues affecting their work and their families.
Through trusted partnerships and tailored programs, the ULA Network delivers real financial solutions. Explore our articles below to get started.
