The ULA Network Foundation creates awareness, access, and opportunity for veterans, students, young adults, career changers, and underserved communities through community construction projects, vocational career education, mentorship, and workforce partnerships.
The ULA Network Charitable Foundation was created to extend the impact of the union community beyond the workplace. Through education, career development, community service, and support for veterans, the Foundation helps create opportunities for the people and communities it serves.
From introducing students to the skilled trades to bringing union-trained volunteers together to support veterans, the Foundation turns the values of service, education, and opportunity into programs that make a difference.
Our work is built around a simple idea: when we invest in people and communities, we help build a stronger future for everyone.
Through education, service, and community initiatives, the Foundation supports veterans, students, and the communities that bring people together.
Supporting veterans and their families through community service, volunteer opportunities, and initiatives that strengthen connections to the union community.
Creating opportunities to explore the skilled trades through career education, CTE experiences, and exposure to future career pathways.
Bringing union organizations, skilled tradespeople, training programs, and community partners together through education, service, and community projects.
Workforce development, financial literacy, community construction projects, and educational partnerships.
Practical programs that strengthen communities, create career pathways, and support the people who power this nation.
The core program of the Foundation. Union veterans, apprentices, and tradespeople volunteer to improve facilities serving veterans and their families.
Programs that introduce participants to careers in construction, infrastructure, public service, transportation, utilities, and the unionized skilled trades.
Supports students and emerging workers through career education, mentorship, hands-on exposure, and apprenticeship preparation.
Vets4Vets is a core initiative of the ULA Network Charitable Foundation, bringing together union veterans, apprentices, skilled tradespeople, signatory contractors, training programs, and community partners to put skilled labor into action for veterans and the communities that support them.
Through hands-on service, mentorship, and community construction projects, the initiative creates opportunities to serve, build connections, and demonstrate the lasting contributions of veterans within organized labor.
The Foundation’s work continues to grow — building on community service to create new opportunities for education, career exploration, and the next generation of skilled workers.
The Foundation’s Vets4Vets initiative brings union veterans, apprentices, skilled tradespeople, and community partners together through hands-on service projects supporting veteran-serving organizations.
Building on its commitment to service, the Foundation began exploring new ways to connect education with opportunity and introduce more people to the skilled trades.
LevelUp brings that expanded mission to students, creating opportunities to explore the skilled trades, learn about career pathways, and envision a future in the workforce.
Programs designed to complement established apprenticeship-readiness programs, including the Multi-Craft Core Curriculum MC3.
Registered Apprenticeships combine paid employment, structured on-the-job learning, classroom instruction, mentorship, and progressive skill development.
Learn how registered apprenticeship works and begin exploring career opportunities.
Search current apprenticeship opportunities by occupation and location.
Locate apprenticeship sponsors, workforce organizations, educators, and program partners.
Information about registered apprenticeship programs throughout New York State.
Review active recruitment announcements and application instructions.
Search active apprenticeship sponsors and registered programs.
Connects military service members and veterans with union construction career opportunities.
Provides veterans, National Guard members, reservists, and transitioning service members with career pathway information.
LevelUp CTE & Skilled Trades Academy introduces students and young adults to career opportunities in the skilled trades through education, hands-on exposure, mentorship, and connections to industry.
The program helps participants explore potential career pathways, better understand the trades, and discover what it takes to take their next step toward a skilled career.
Discover skilled-trades careers and pathways.
Gain exposure to the work and people behind the trades.
Learn about the steps toward future opportunities.
Explore programs designed to connect people with education, career opportunities, veteran support, and community.
Connect with veteran-focused programs, peer support, community projects, and opportunities to serve alongside fellow veterans and union members.
Explore career pathways, skilled-trades education, apprenticeship resources, and opportunities to build a career through the trades.
Starting a career means learning how to manage the opportunities that come with it. The Foundation incorporates financial education into vocational and workforce programming.
Track expenses, build a realistic budget, and take control of monthly finances.
Understand credit scores, build a stronger financial foundation.
Understand deductions, withholdings, and take-home pay.
How apprenticeship wages increase as skills develop.
Benefits, pensions, annuities, and long-term planning.
Loans, interest rates, and managing debt wisely.
Long-term strategies for career and financial success.
Financial education resources for all ages and stages.
The Foundation works to connect students, schools, educators, Career and Technical Education programs, community organizations, and training partners with meaningful career exposure.
Hands-on introductions to construction and building trades for students and young adults.
Guided tours of apprenticeship training facilities and active jobsites.
Events connecting students with working tradespeople and career professionals.
Extended learning opportunities that build career awareness and practical skills.Extended learning opportunities that build career awareness and practical skills.
Connections with union members who guide students through career planning.
Pathways from education into registered apprenticeships and careers.Pathways from education into registered apprenticeships and careers.
The Foundation’s work is strengthened through partnerships with organizations committed to expanding career awareness, preparing future workers, and connecting qualified candidates with trusted opportunities.
Awareness Creates Access. Access Creates Opportunity. Stay informed about Vets4Vets projects, apprenticeship recruitments, vocational career programs, and Foundation news.
Community construction projects, volunteer opportunities, and impact stories.
Apprenticeship recruitments, training programs, and workforce opportunities.
Mentorship opportunities, career education, and student initiatives.
Workshops, resources, and tools for financial wellness.
School partnerships, career days, and student exposure programs.
Recognizing unions, contractors, and organizations strengthening our mission.Recognizing unions, contractors, and organizations strengthening our mission.
Feature one ULA healthcare or benefits partner through an educational article, video, podcast or Q&A.
Members can share stories involving prevention, recovery, or union wellness programs.