TN Plumbers & Steamfitters 43 bonds.
$2,000 flat.
United Association Local No. 43 — the Chattanooga-based plumbers and steamfitters local — requires a signatory mechanical contractor to post a $50,000 wage and welfare bond guaranteeing union-scale wages and contributions to the local's health and welfare fund. This is a private requirement of Local 43's collective bargaining agreement, not a Tennessee statute. Ours is $2,000 flat, and the price you see is the checkout price. The application includes a credit consent, but it authorizes a soft pull only — never a hard inquiry.
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Three steps. One sitting.
Signatory status with Local 43 is waiting on this one filing. Here's the entire process:
Apply online
Business details, an effective date, and a one-time consent to a soft credit pull. That is the entire application.
Pay & e-sign
This bond is checkout-priced at $2,000 flat, so it issues the moment you pay. At most, 1–2 business days.
File with the local
Your executed bond and power of attorney arrive by email, ready to file with UA Local 43 so your signatory status stays current. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
What it is and who needs it.
What the bond actually guarantees
United Association Local No. 43 is the Chattanooga-based plumbers and steamfitters local, chartered in 1890 and representing pipe trades workers across southeast Tennessee. A contractor who signs Local 43's collective bargaining agreement agrees to pay union-scale wages and to remit contributions to the local's health & welfare fund covering its members.
The wage welfare bond backs those obligations for a signatory contractor. It is a three-party arrangement: you (the principal), the surety carrier, and UA Local 43 and its benefit funds (the obligee / protected parties). If a signatory contractor fails to pay covered wages or remit fund contributions, the local can recover against the bond.
It is not insurance for you — if the surety pays a claim, you repay the surety. This is a private contractual requirement of the collective bargaining agreement, not a Tennessee statute, so the $50,000 amount is set by the local rather than a public statute. The bond must stay on file for as long as you hold signatory status, so we track the term and send renewal notices ahead of expiration.
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One application, issued instantly.
These are the actual issuing fields — business details, an effective date, and a soft-pull credit consent that never affects your score.
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Other Tennessee bonds.
Local 43 signatory status waiting on one bond.
$2,000 flat, no quote process, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.