diff --git a/tiled/_tests/test_writing.py b/tiled/_tests/test_writing.py
index 5cbea287f..82b840e29 100644
--- a/tiled/_tests/test_writing.py
+++ b/tiled/_tests/test_writing.py
@@ -582,15 +582,22 @@ def test_union_two_tables_two_arrays(tree):
             ],
             key="x",
         )
+        # Write by data source.
         x.contents["table1"].write(df1)
         x.contents["table2"].write(df2)
         x.contents["F"].write_block(arr1, (0, 0))
         x.contents["G"].write_block(arr2, (0, 0))
+
+        # Read by data source.
         x.contents["table1"].read()
         x.contents["table2"].read()
         x.contents["F"].read()
         x.contents["G"].read()
 
+        # Read by column.
+        for column in ["A", "B", "C", "D", "E", "F", "G"]:
+            x[column].read()
+
 
 def test_union_table_column_array_key_collision(tree):
     with Context.from_app(build_app(tree)) as context:
diff --git a/tiled/adapters/parquet.py b/tiled/adapters/parquet.py
index 9c6903bff..1f872e836 100644
--- a/tiled/adapters/parquet.py
+++ b/tiled/adapters/parquet.py
@@ -74,3 +74,6 @@ def read_partition(self, *args, **kwargs):
 
     def structure(self):
         return self._structure
+
+    def get(self, key):
+        return self.dataframe_adapter.get(key)
diff --git a/tiled/adapters/table.py b/tiled/adapters/table.py
index 41b3ce742..6e2937626 100644
--- a/tiled/adapters/table.py
+++ b/tiled/adapters/table.py
@@ -80,6 +80,11 @@ def __getitem__(self, key):
         # Must compute to determine shape.
         return ArrayAdapter.from_array(self.read([key])[key].values)
 
+    def get(self, key):
+        if key not in self.structure().columns:
+            return None
+        return ArrayAdapter.from_array(self.read([key])[key].values)
+
     def items(self):
         yield from (
             (key, ArrayAdapter.from_array(self.read([key])[key].values))
diff --git a/tiled/catalog/adapter.py b/tiled/catalog/adapter.py
index 0fdc17fe3..4214a3bc5 100644
--- a/tiled/catalog/adapter.py
+++ b/tiled/catalog/adapter.py
@@ -425,6 +425,10 @@ async def lookup_adapter(
 
             for i in range(len(segments)):
                 catalog_adapter = await self.lookup_adapter(segments[:i])
+                if (catalog_adapter.structure_family == StructureFamily.union) and len(
+                    segments[i:]
+                ) == 1:
+                    return await ensure_awaitable(catalog_adapter.get, segments[-1])
                 if catalog_adapter.data_sources:
                     adapter = await catalog_adapter.get_adapter()
                     for segment in segments[i:]:
@@ -969,6 +973,9 @@ class CatalogSparseAdapter(CatalogArrayAdapter):
 
 
 class CatalogTableAdapter(CatalogNodeAdapter):
+    async def get(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        return (await self.get_adapter()).get(*args, **kwargs)
+
     async def read(self, *args, **kwargs):
         return await ensure_awaitable((await self.get_adapter()).read, *args, **kwargs)
 
@@ -987,8 +994,17 @@ async def write_partition(self, *args, **kwargs):
 
 
 class CatalogUnionAdapter(CatalogNodeAdapter):
-    def get(self, key):
-        ...
+    async def get(self, key):
+        if key not in self.structure().all_keys:
+            return None
+        for data_source in self.data_sources:
+            if data_source.structure_family == StructureFamily.table:
+                if key in data_source.structure.columns:
+                    return await ensure_awaitable(
+                        self.for_data_source(data_source.name).get, key
+                    )
+            if key == data_source.name:
+                return self.for_data_source(data_source.name)
 
     def for_data_source(self, data_source_name):
         for data_source in self.data_sources:
diff --git a/tiled/client/union.py b/tiled/client/union.py
index 19cb2ef12..28df62bab 100644
--- a/tiled/client/union.py
+++ b/tiled/client/union.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import copy
 
 from .base import STRUCTURE_TYPES, BaseClient
-from .utils import client_for_item
+from .utils import MSGPACK_MIME_TYPE, ClientError, client_for_item, handle_error
 
 
 class UnionClient(BaseClient):
@@ -19,7 +19,31 @@ def contents(self):
     def __getitem__(self, key):
         if key not in self.structure().all_keys:
             raise KeyError(key)
-        raise NotImplementedError
+        try:
+            self_link = self.item["links"]["self"]
+            if self_link.endswith("/"):
+                self_link = self_link[:-1]
+            params = {}
+            if self._include_data_sources:
+                params["include_data_sources"] = True
+            content = handle_error(
+                self.context.http_client.get(
+                    f"{self_link}/{key}",
+                    headers={"Accept": MSGPACK_MIME_TYPE},
+                    params=params,
+                )
+            ).json()
+        except ClientError as err:
+            if err.response.status_code == 404:
+                raise KeyError(key)
+            raise
+        item = content["data"]
+        return client_for_item(
+            self.context,
+            self.structure_clients,
+            item,
+            include_data_sources=self._include_data_sources,
+        )
 
 
 class UnionContents:
diff --git a/tiled/serialization/table.py b/tiled/serialization/table.py
index 8fbead6b8..541375bb2 100644
--- a/tiled/serialization/table.py
+++ b/tiled/serialization/table.py
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ def serialize_csv(df, metadata, preserve_index=False):
 def deserialize_csv(buffer):
     import pandas
 
-    return pandas.read_csv(io.BytesIO(buffer))
+    return pandas.read_csv(io.BytesIO(buffer), headers=False)
 
 
 serialization_registry.register(StructureFamily.table, "text/csv", serialize_csv)