Mechanical Contractors Association of Iowa Group Return

Labor relations- 1) negotiated a new 5-year collective bargaining agreement with local 33 plumbers and steamfitters; 2) participated in quarterly health and welfare and pension trust meetings for local 33 and local 125; 3) participated in regular trustee meetings for the joint apprentice training committees (jatc) for local 33 and local 125; 4) worked closely with local 33 and local 125 to provide online and on-demand training, enabling persons to comply with Iowa plumbing and Mechanical systems board continuing education requirements; 5) participated in regular labor-management meetings to maintain workforce stability and improve training programs to meet customer demands.

Government affairs 1) provided input to the state of Iowa requesting additional funding for the rebuild Iowa infrastructure fund (riif); 2) provided input and continued to educate legislators regarding the benefits of allowing alternative project delivery methods to be utilized on public construction projects; 3) provided input and educated legislators on the benefits of employing a network of statewide plumbing and Mechanical inspectors; 4) successfully provided input and educated legislators on the importance of the Iowa plumbing and Mechanical systems board retaining the authority to review and adopt the plumbing code and Mechanical code updates as they are released.

Safety-1) maintained and improved upon the mcai training vault web-based training database that streamlines training documentation and statistics for classes taught by the mcai, union, employers, and third party providers. Iowa statewide licensing ceu credits continue to be tracked in conjunction with this system; 2) assisted with the filiming of five (5) new safety videos to be distributed to over 2,600 Mechanical Contractors nationwide.