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:

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. Developed the Ironworker as Salesman Training to retain our existing contractors and grow our contractor base.
7. Help fund the programs of the Department of Reinforcing Steel
8. Give millions of dollars in local and regional marketing efforts around the country and advertising in national trade publications
9. Fund dozens of new welding fume extraction systems and welding booths in local Apprenticeship schools around the country
10. Fund major infrastructure lobbying efforts around the country to get more work for Ironworkers and our employers
11. Fund the national Ironworker Wind Turbine Training Program available to all local unions and our contractors
12. Courses for Contractors conducted at Annual Ironworker Instructor Conference
13. Fund marketing and training programs for the Shop Department that help our signatory shops stay competitive and grow the number of signatory shops
14. Have established the first Off the Job Accident Insurance Policy in the construction industry in pilot programs around the country
15. Fund the development of the Green Construction for Ironworkers training materials
16. 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
17. Fund the Ironworker Safety & Health Department
18. Fund grant writing consultants who have secured almost $3 million in federal grants for the National Training Fund and local unions
19. Fund project tracking systems to assist local unions and our employers to identify new construction and maintenance projects and to capture more work
20. Help local unions establish or upgrade their WEB sites at no charge
21. Make the TWIC cards free to hundreds of Ironworkers around the country
22. Fund the Ironworker Davis Bacon office
23. Fund the purchase of Mobile Training Trailers around the country
24. Help fund the National Coordinating Committee for Multi-Employer Plans (NCCMP) to fight for legislation to protect your pension plan
25. 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
26. Fund lobbying and legislative efforts around the country to promote Collectively Bargained Work Comp
27. Fund legal efforts to protect the work jurisdiction of our Ironworker employers.
28. Fund EEOC Training
29. Developing a National Leadership Seminar for labor and management
30. Fund a full-blown social media campaign to tell the story of the union Ironworking industry