Mechanical Contractors Association of Iowa Group Return

Labor relations- 1) participated in quarterly health and welfare and pension trust meetings for local 33 and local 125; 2) participated in regular trustee meetings for the joint apprentice training committees (jatc) for local 33 and local 125; 3) 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; 4) 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 on boiler inspections; 3) provided input and educated legislators on the benefits of employing a network of statewide plumbing and Mechanical inspectors; 4) provided input on proposed state government reorganization - specifically as it relates to the Iowa plumbing and Mechanical systems board; 5) provided input on the governor's proposed Iowa office of apprenticeship and Iowa apprenticeship council.

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 filming of two (2) new safety videos to be distributed to over 2,600 Mechanical Contractors nationwide.