As an IMPACT member you may be asking, "What does IMPACT do?" The Ironworker Management Progressive Action Cooperative Trust (IMPACT) was founded in 2003 with one core mission: More Jobs! More Ironworkers! More Contractors! More Customers!

25 Things You Might Not Know about IMPACT!

Do you know that your IMPACT contributions

1. Fund the entire budget of the National Training Fund, including
   • Development of all Training Materials
   • The Annual Ironworkers Instructors Training Program
   • The National Apprenticeship Competition
2. 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
3. Make the National Ironworker Welding Certification free with no testing or recertification costs
4. Fund the development of the Ironworker Foreman Training Program and the Ironworker Foreman Pocket Guide
5. Fund the development of the new Ironworker General Foreman-Superintendent Training Package and Online Course
6. Help fund the programs of the Department of Reinforcing Steel
7. Give millions of dollars in local and regional marketing efforts around the country and advertising in national trade publications
8. Fund dozens of new welding fume extraction systems and welding booths in local Apprenticeship schools around the country
9. Fund major infrastructure lobbying efforts around the country to get more work for Ironworkers and our employers
10. Fund the national Ironworker Wind Turbine Training Program available to all local unions and our contractors
11. Fund marketing and training programs for the Shop Department that help our signatory shops stay competitive and grow the number of signatory shops
12. Have established the first Off the Job Accident Insurance Policy in the construction industry in pilot programs around the country
13. Fund the development of the Green Construction for Ironworkers training material
14. Fund a National Safety Insurance/Work Comp Program that develops Alliances with major insurance companies and helps our employers lower their second highest cost-Work Comp Insurance
15. Fund the Ironworker Safety & Health Department
16. Fund grant writing consultants who have secured almost $3 million in federal grants for the National Training Fund and local unions
17. Fund project tracking systems to assist local unions and our employers to identify new construction and maintenance projects and to capture more work
18. Help local unions establish or upgrade their websites at no charge
19. Make the TWIC cards free to hundreds of Ironworkers around the country
20. Fund the Ironworker Davis Bacon office
21. Fund the purchase of Mobile Training Trailers around the country
22. Help fund the National Coordinating Committee for Multi-Employer Plans (NCCMP) to fight for legislation to protect your pension plan
23. Fund 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
24. Fund lobbying and legislative efforts around the country to promote Collectively Bargained Work Compensation
25. Fund legal efforts to protect the work jurisdiction of our Ironworker employers

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