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ABSTRACT Given the importance of Morita theory of semigroups, we continue the study on the local structure of semigroups. Here we consider a class of nonregular semigroups, called locally U-commutative semigroups having U-local units, containing the classes of locally inverse semigroups, locally adequate semigroups, locally Ehresmann semigroups, and semigroups with local units having locally commuting idempotents. Our aim is to give a Rees matrix covering theorem for such semigroups with a partial McAlister sandwich bundle, and hence to put all the existing results into one context.