The Ironworker Management Progressive Action Cooperative Trust (IMPACT) was founded in 2003 with one core mission:  More Jobs! More Ironworkers! More Contractors! More Customers!  Do you know that your IMPACT contributions fund...

Funding

• Development of Canadian-specific programs
• The entire budget of the National Ironworkers and Employers Apprenticeship Training and Journeyman Upgrading Fund (NIEATJUF)
• Development of all training materials
• Training materials are developed jointly with Canadian representatives participating throughout the process of updating manuals and creating new training materials
• The Annual Ironworkers Instructor Training Program
• The International Apprenticeship Competition
• Reciprocal CWB/AWS Development Agreement
• The Ironworker Wind Turbine Training Program available to all local unions and our contractors
• The development of Green Construction for Ironworkers training materials
• The purchase of Mobile Training Trailers across North America
• Access to Training Reference materials for contributing contractors
• The Distance Learning Prototype for Training Programs
• Marketing and training programs for the Shop Department that help our signatory shops stay competitive and grow the number of signatory shops
• Programs of the Department of Reinforcing Steel (partial funding)
• The Ironworker Safety & Health Department
• Dozens of new welding fume extraction systems and welding booths in Local Union Training Facilities
• The IMPACT Safety & Health Roundtable, which brings all the major organizations in the Ironworking trade together to address the major safety and health issues in our industry

RAB Funding

• DID YOU KNOW: 20% of all contributions go back to your local IMPACT Regional Advisory Board to help fund existing labor-management programs and develop new programs to grow market share and get more work

Leadership Training

• The development of the Ironworker Foreman Training Program and the Ironworker Foreman Pocket Guide
• The development of the new Ironworker General Foreman-Superintendent Training Package and Online Course
• The development of a Leadership Seminar for labor and management
• Development of the Annual Business Manager Leadership Course
• The IMPACT Mentoring Program
• Shop Supervisor Courses

Education

• Courses for Contractors conducted at Annual Ironworker Instructor Conference, the Iron Workers/IMPACT Labor-Management Conference and other location across North America

Lobbying/Getting More Work

• Major infrastructure lobbying efforts around the country to get more work for Ironworkers and our employers

Marketing/Member Engagement

• Development of “Entering the Circle of Trust: Marketing Skills for Ironworkers” to retain our existing contractors and grow our contractor base
• Millions of dollars in local and regional marketing efforts and advertising in industry publications
• A website program to help local union and contractors establish or upgrade their websites at no charge
• A comprehensive social media campaign to tell the story of the union Ironworking industry
• Distribution of the Ironworker magazine to all contributing contractors/owners
• Project tracking systems to assist local unions and our employers to identify new construction and maintenance projects and to capture more work
• Membership Engagement – IMPACT Industry Events
• Displays to promote the industry at conferences and conventions
• Displays for local unions for industry promotion and recruitment