Patrick R. Perno, General Secretary-Treasurer of the United Association of Plumbers and Pipefitters (UA), is responsible for financial matters and membership services of the UA, as well as the day-to-day operation of the General Office in Washington, D.C.
Prior to becoming General Secretary-Treasurer, Mr. Perno served as Administrative Assistant to the General President beginning in March 1998. His duties included the administration of the Pipe Fabrication Agreement, National Instrument Tech Agreement, Building Trades National Construction Agreement, project labor agreements and certain collective bargaining agreements. He also provided interpretation and enforcement of matters related to the UA Constitution.
Over the course of his career, Mr. Perno has served in many different leadership roles in the trade union movement. He served as Vice President of the New Jersey State Pipe Trades from 1985 to 1996, Executive Board Member of the New Jersey Building Trades, president of Passaic County Building Trades, and five times as Chairman of the Resolutions Committee at the New Jersey State Pipe Trades Convention. In addition to those roles, he served on the interview committee for Bergen (N.J.) County's Committee on Political Education. Mr. Perno was also Chairman of the Solomon Scholarship Fund, which provides financial assistance enabling a local labor family member to attend college. In 1990, Mr. Perno was named Bergen County's "Labor Leader of the Year."
In addition to his duties as General Secretary-Treasurer, Mr. Perno has served as a Trustee on the Plumbers and Pipefitters National Pension Fund since March 1998 as well as on other trust funds, including the UA Local Union Officers' and Employee's Pension Fund, the UA Office Employees' Pension Fund and the UA General Officers' Pension Fund. In addition, Mr. Perno currently serves as the Industrial Relations Council's Committee Advisor.
From 1981 to 2006, Mr. Perno was a delegate to United Association Conventions and has served as a delegate to AFL-CIO Conventions since 1989.