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UA Local 142 wage & welfare bonds.
From $125.
A contractor signatory to a collective bargaining agreement with United Association Local 142 (San Antonio) posts this bond to guarantee its wages and contributions to the union’s wage-and-fringe-benefit funds. Local 142’s agreement sets the amount; premiums are 4% of the bond amount plus a $25 fee, $125 minimum.
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Local 142 is waiting on this bond. Here is the whole process — no broker phone tag:
Apply online
Your business details, the bond amount your Local 142 agreement sets, the effective date, and a one-time consent to a soft credit pull.
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Most applications clear quickly on a soft pull that never affects your score; pricing is 4% of the bond amount plus a $25 fee, $125 minimum. Larger amounts may get a brief review.
File with Local 142
Your executed bond and power of attorney arrive by email, ready to file with UA Local 142 or its fringe benefit fund administrator. Wet-ink originals mailed on request.
What it is and who needs it.
What the Local 142 wage and fringe benefits bond actually guarantees
A wage-and-fringe-benefits bond — sometimes called a wage-and-welfare bond — is the financial guarantee a union local requires of a signatory contractor: a contractor bound by a collective bargaining agreement to employ covered plumbers, pipefitters, HVAC technicians, or welders. United Association Local 142, based in San Antonio and affiliated with the United Association of Journeymen and Apprentices of the Plumbing and Pipe Fitting Industry, sets the bond amount for the accounts it covers under its collective bargaining agreement.
It is a three-party arrangement: the contractor (the principal), the surety carrier, and UA Local 142 or its wage-and-fringe-benefit trust funds (the obligee), protecting covered workers whose wages and benefit fund contributions — health, pension, apprenticeship training — depend on those payments actually arriving. If a signatory contractor falls short, the union can claim against the bond, and if the surety pays, the contractor repays the surety.
This is a private contractual requirement created by the collective bargaining agreement — not a Texas statute. The bond amount tracks your agreement’s fringe contribution obligations and is not fixed for every contractor; confirm your exact required amount with Local 142 or your fringe benefit fund administrator before applying. We price it at 4% of the bond amount plus a $25 fee, with a $125 minimum.
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Claims, renewal, filing, and what sets the price.
If a claim is made
A claim comes from the party the bond protects, the obligee named on the form, when the duty the bond guarantees is not met.
The surety investigates and pays a valid claim, up to the bond amount. You then repay the surety: a surety bond is a guarantee of your performance, not insurance for you.
Renewal and term
The premium covers a one-year term from the effective date you choose.
Renew before the expiry date to keep the bond in force: the license, permit or contract it backs expects continuous coverage.
How to file it
File with Local 142. Your executed bond and power of attorney arrive by email, ready to file with UA Local 142 or its fringe benefit fund administrator. Wet-ink originals mailed on request.
What sets the price
The premium is 4% of the bond amount plus a $25 fee, $125 minimum: the amount the obligee sets moves the price, not your business profile.
One soft credit pull, never a hard inquiry, and it never affects your score.
Where a check runs, it decides approval; the rate is the same for everyone approved.
One application, issued instantly.
These are the actual underwriting fields, including your Local 142 agreement details and a one-time consent to a soft credit pull. The pull never affects your score, and your price — 4% of the bond amount plus a $25 fee, $125 minimum — is set at application.
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Rated at 4% of the bond amount plus a $25 fee, $125 minimum. Enter the figure your agreement set and deliver the executed bond the same day.