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The Ironworker Management Progressive Action Cooperative Trust (IMPACT) is a joint, labor-management, non-profit trust formed under Section 302(c) (9) of Labor-Management Relations (Taft-Hartley) Act which includes contributing Local Unions of the International Association of Bridge, Structural, Ornamental and Reinforcing Iron Workers and their signatory contractors.
The Iron Workers had successfully repelled the open shop demands of American Bridge Company (or "Ambridge"), an arm of the United States Steel Corporation, in 1903. In 1905, after the union's collective bargaining agreement with Ambridge had expired, Ambridge and the other members of the National Erectors Association began refusing to hire ...
Born in St. Louis, Hunt followed his father and grandfather in becoming an ironworker, and joining the International Association of Bridge, Structural, Ornamental and Reinforcing Iron Workers. He held various positions in his local union, then was appointed as a general organizer for the international union, relocating to Washington, D.C. [1] [2]
The Sheet Metal Workers' International Association (SMWIA) was a trade union of skilled metal workers who perform architectural sheet metal work, fabricate and install heating and air conditioning work, shipbuilding, appliance construction, heater and boiler construction, precision and specialty parts manufacture, and a variety of other jobs involving sheet metal.
Born in Chicago, Dean joined the International Association of Bridge, Structural, Ornamental and Reinforcing Iron Workers in 1980, when he undertook an apprenticeship as an ironworker. In 1989, he became an officer of his local union, and in 1999 he began working as a general organizer for the international union, in the Department of ...
In 1859, twelve local unions came together to form a national organization in the United States, [1] and the Iron Molders' Union was established at a convention held in Philadelphia on July 5. The first national convention was attended by 35 delegates, representing local iron molders organizations located throughout the Northeast and as far ...
West joined the International Association of Bridge, Structural, Ornamental and Reinforcing Iron Workers in 1948, while he was working in Charleston, West Virginia. In 1951, he moved to work in Los Angeles, and in 1961 he was elected as the business agent of his local union. In 1971, West was appointed as an international organizer for the ...
Born in South Norwalk, Connecticut, Lyons became an iron worker in 1916, and joined an independent local union. [1] He later moved to Cleveland, where he joined the International Association of Bridge, Structural, Ornamental and Reinforcing Iron Workers. He soon became financial secretary-treasurer of his local union.